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Public Amusements.
base desertion . Finally , he acknowledges himself her brother , and demands immediate arbitration by the sword , or a paper from Sir George , acknowledging the whole of his misconduct , subscribed by his own hand . Sir George refuses the ignominious paper , but determines not to raise his hand against the life of his mistress's brother , resolving rather to sacrifice his own to the vengeance of his implacable adversary . At length , however , his reflections convince him that he has done wrong , and since he cannot , by reasoning , subhe determines to his pride
due the obstinacy of his opponent , conquer own , -md sio-n the confession of his suilt . This unexpected concession at once softens the rao-e of " Delaval , who considers him as a brother . The rest of the Dramatis Persona , who had been tinder alarm respedfrng the duel , soon arrive , and the piece , of course , concludes with the marriages between Sir George and Miss Delaval , and Mr . Dolaval and Lady Jane . _ This is livelwithout extravagance ' . It is written by a man who
Comedy y knows the progress arid the conflifts of the passions , and who seems desirous to foster the amiabls affeaions . There is much pleasantry m the dialogue , and considerable interest in the progress of the table . _ One singular merit which the Comedy possesses must not pass unnoticed . Tt does not attempt to impose upon the imagination at the expence of the
understanding , by an idle , though popular , display ot flimsy bustle aiui unmeaning trick . The incidents spring with propriety from the plot , andjiot one of them is calculated to excite pantomimic applause . The success of the piece is therefore , a compliment to the good sense of the public ; and shews , that though they may lavish for an instant temporary applause on perishable compositions , thev can , when one with just pretensions to approbation is offered to their decision , be sensible of its value , and vindicate their claims to
taste and discrimination . . . The only objectionable passage throug hout the piece is the manner m which the Doctor discovers that Miss Delaval , in her virile habit , is a woman . This discovery micdit easily be accomplished without making the Doctor perceive her sex / in attempting , while she is fainting , to untie her neck-cloth . The levity of Sir George seems not to correspond with the description ot his character at an earlier time of life , and he hardly seems a lover fit ror the Delavalbut the authordoubtlessintended to shew
refined and tender Miss ; , , the mischievous power of prosperity , r . nd perhaps to insinuate that the best women have strange whims in their choice of men . The charafter of Lord Vibrate seems to be the chief attempt at novelty ; his resolutions and counter-resolutions succeed each other too rapidly for probibilitv but in the present state of society and equality of manners , characters of mere life would not be marked with discriminations , strong enough for dramatic purposes .
NEW PERFORMER . Feb 17 . A young Lady made her first appearance on this stage , in the charade -of The Country Girl , which she performed in a style that wouldhave done credit to a veteran . In lace , person , expression and aaion , she ma the of what MrsJordan must have been at
be con idered as being pifture . the a " e of seventeen , which are the years this daughter of Thalia has already numbered She ha a good clear voice , speaks articulately , and is a very neT smart , affive figured breeches ; and undoubtedly has taken her lessons hi a good school . She was received throughout with the most general and unfeigned applause .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Public Amusements.
base desertion . Finally , he acknowledges himself her brother , and demands immediate arbitration by the sword , or a paper from Sir George , acknowledging the whole of his misconduct , subscribed by his own hand . Sir George refuses the ignominious paper , but determines not to raise his hand against the life of his mistress's brother , resolving rather to sacrifice his own to the vengeance of his implacable adversary . At length , however , his reflections convince him that he has done wrong , and since he cannot , by reasoning , subhe determines to his pride
due the obstinacy of his opponent , conquer own , -md sio-n the confession of his suilt . This unexpected concession at once softens the rao-e of " Delaval , who considers him as a brother . The rest of the Dramatis Persona , who had been tinder alarm respedfrng the duel , soon arrive , and the piece , of course , concludes with the marriages between Sir George and Miss Delaval , and Mr . Dolaval and Lady Jane . _ This is livelwithout extravagance ' . It is written by a man who
Comedy y knows the progress arid the conflifts of the passions , and who seems desirous to foster the amiabls affeaions . There is much pleasantry m the dialogue , and considerable interest in the progress of the table . _ One singular merit which the Comedy possesses must not pass unnoticed . Tt does not attempt to impose upon the imagination at the expence of the
understanding , by an idle , though popular , display ot flimsy bustle aiui unmeaning trick . The incidents spring with propriety from the plot , andjiot one of them is calculated to excite pantomimic applause . The success of the piece is therefore , a compliment to the good sense of the public ; and shews , that though they may lavish for an instant temporary applause on perishable compositions , thev can , when one with just pretensions to approbation is offered to their decision , be sensible of its value , and vindicate their claims to
taste and discrimination . . . The only objectionable passage throug hout the piece is the manner m which the Doctor discovers that Miss Delaval , in her virile habit , is a woman . This discovery micdit easily be accomplished without making the Doctor perceive her sex / in attempting , while she is fainting , to untie her neck-cloth . The levity of Sir George seems not to correspond with the description ot his character at an earlier time of life , and he hardly seems a lover fit ror the Delavalbut the authordoubtlessintended to shew
refined and tender Miss ; , , the mischievous power of prosperity , r . nd perhaps to insinuate that the best women have strange whims in their choice of men . The charafter of Lord Vibrate seems to be the chief attempt at novelty ; his resolutions and counter-resolutions succeed each other too rapidly for probibilitv but in the present state of society and equality of manners , characters of mere life would not be marked with discriminations , strong enough for dramatic purposes .
NEW PERFORMER . Feb 17 . A young Lady made her first appearance on this stage , in the charade -of The Country Girl , which she performed in a style that wouldhave done credit to a veteran . In lace , person , expression and aaion , she ma the of what MrsJordan must have been at
be con idered as being pifture . the a " e of seventeen , which are the years this daughter of Thalia has already numbered She ha a good clear voice , speaks articulately , and is a very neT smart , affive figured breeches ; and undoubtedly has taken her lessons hi a good school . She was received throughout with the most general and unfeigned applause .