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Strictures On Public Amusements.
EPIWGUE .-BT THE SAME . SPOKEN BY MRS . POPE . WELL , heav'n be prais'd , I have escap'd at last , And all my woman's doubts and fears are past . Before this awful crisis of our play ,
Our vent ' rous bard has often heard me say—Think you , our friends one modern ghost will see , Unless , indeed , of Hamlet ' s pedigree : Know you not , Shakespeare ' s petrifying pow ' r Commands alone the horror-giving hour ? " Madam , " said he , " with mingled awe and love , " I think of Him , the brighest spirit above , " Who triumphs over time and fickle forms , " The changes of caprice , and passion ' s storms ; " Whose mighty Muse the subject world must bind , « ' While sense and nature charm the willing mind . "
But , Sir , I cry'd , your eulogy apart , Which flows from mine , indeed from every heart ; You mean to sanction then your own pale sprite , By his " that did usurp this time of night : " " I do , " he answered , " and I beg you'll spare " My injur'd phantom ev'ry red-sea pray'r : " Why should your terror lay my proudest boast ? " Madam , I die , if I give up the ghost . "
The jest which burstcd from his motly mind , Anxious as it must be , has made me kind ; I come his advocate , if there be need , And g ive him absolution { or the deed . You'll not deny my spiritual power , But let me rule at least one little hour ! Be your's the sceptre every future day , And mine the transport humbly to obey .
31 . At the HA YMARKET THEATRE , a lady of the name of Y ATES made her debut in Euphrasia , in the GRECIAN DAUGHTER . Her figure , though much taller than the common size , is graceful and commanding ; her voice seemed attuned to the ¦ varying modulations of tragic woe , and her action was in general just .. Her acting , on the whole , displayed a superior kind of merit , which was . highly applauded by an admiring audience . ' v April 8 . The Haymarket Theatre closed rather unexpectedly ; but it seemed
necessarily , on account ol the Theatre Royal Drury-lane performing every night for the remainder of the season . 10 . A new Operatic Farce , called " NETLEV ABBEY , " written by Mr . PEARCE , author of " HARTFORD BRIDGE , " was performed for the first time at Covent Garden Theatre -. the characters as follow :
Oakland , - - Mr . MUNDEN , Captain Oakland , - Mr . INCLEDON , M'Scrape , - - Mr . J OHNSTONE , Gunnel , - - Mr . FAWCETT , Jcffery , - - Mr . BLANCHARD , Sterling , ' - Mr . POWELL , „ Rapine , - - Mr . CUBITT , Charles , - - Mr . CLERIMONT , Ellen Woodbine , - Mrs . MOUNTAIN , . Lucy Oakland , - - ' Mifs HOPKINS , Catherine , - - Mrs . MARTYR ,
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
EPIWGUE .-BT THE SAME . SPOKEN BY MRS . POPE . WELL , heav'n be prais'd , I have escap'd at last , And all my woman's doubts and fears are past . Before this awful crisis of our play ,
Our vent ' rous bard has often heard me say—Think you , our friends one modern ghost will see , Unless , indeed , of Hamlet ' s pedigree : Know you not , Shakespeare ' s petrifying pow ' r Commands alone the horror-giving hour ? " Madam , " said he , " with mingled awe and love , " I think of Him , the brighest spirit above , " Who triumphs over time and fickle forms , " The changes of caprice , and passion ' s storms ; " Whose mighty Muse the subject world must bind , « ' While sense and nature charm the willing mind . "
But , Sir , I cry'd , your eulogy apart , Which flows from mine , indeed from every heart ; You mean to sanction then your own pale sprite , By his " that did usurp this time of night : " " I do , " he answered , " and I beg you'll spare " My injur'd phantom ev'ry red-sea pray'r : " Why should your terror lay my proudest boast ? " Madam , I die , if I give up the ghost . "
The jest which burstcd from his motly mind , Anxious as it must be , has made me kind ; I come his advocate , if there be need , And g ive him absolution { or the deed . You'll not deny my spiritual power , But let me rule at least one little hour ! Be your's the sceptre every future day , And mine the transport humbly to obey .
31 . At the HA YMARKET THEATRE , a lady of the name of Y ATES made her debut in Euphrasia , in the GRECIAN DAUGHTER . Her figure , though much taller than the common size , is graceful and commanding ; her voice seemed attuned to the ¦ varying modulations of tragic woe , and her action was in general just .. Her acting , on the whole , displayed a superior kind of merit , which was . highly applauded by an admiring audience . ' v April 8 . The Haymarket Theatre closed rather unexpectedly ; but it seemed
necessarily , on account ol the Theatre Royal Drury-lane performing every night for the remainder of the season . 10 . A new Operatic Farce , called " NETLEV ABBEY , " written by Mr . PEARCE , author of " HARTFORD BRIDGE , " was performed for the first time at Covent Garden Theatre -. the characters as follow :
Oakland , - - Mr . MUNDEN , Captain Oakland , - Mr . INCLEDON , M'Scrape , - - Mr . J OHNSTONE , Gunnel , - - Mr . FAWCETT , Jcffery , - - Mr . BLANCHARD , Sterling , ' - Mr . POWELL , „ Rapine , - - Mr . CUBITT , Charles , - - Mr . CLERIMONT , Ellen Woodbine , - Mrs . MOUNTAIN , . Lucy Oakland , - - ' Mifs HOPKINS , Catherine , - - Mrs . MARTYR ,