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Ode To An Ass,
To Mah ' met ' s mule , they say , was giv ' n A snug and comfortable birth iii heav ' n ; ^ And I ' m no conj ' rer , Jack , or there must be One equally as good for thee . Trust me , thou shalt not always be a clod ; As if that great and gracious God ( In whose high will they know each thing that passes ) Made two-legg'd , but not four-legg'd asses !
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
MARCH 19 . AT Coverit-Garden Theatre , a new Play , called , " LIFE ' S VAGARIES , " was performed for the first time , the characters of which were thus represented : Lord Torrendel , ... Mr . BERNARD . Lord Arthur D'Aumerle , - - - Mr . LEWIS .
Sir Hans Burgess , - Mr . MUSDE . V . George Burgess , - - - - - Mr . FAWCETT , ¦ Dickens , - - - - ' - - Mr . QUICK . Timolin , - - - Mr . JOHNSTONE . L'Aillet , ------- Mr . FARLEY . Hoop , - - - - - . - . Mr . TOW . VSIIEND . Lae ' y Torrendel , ----- Mrs . POPE . Augusta , - . - - . - - .- Miss WALL is . Fanny Dickens , - Mrs . LEE .
Sir Hans Burgess having purchased a spot of land near the coast , wishes to establish it into a fashionable sea-bathing place ; and , to be thoroughly acquainted with the customs of others , sends his son George round to Brighton , Weymouth , Scarborough , & c . This young gentleman is a very extraordinary character ; a heart fraught with universal charity arid benevolence , yet of sei penurious a disposition , that he will scarcely allow himself the comforts of life . He arrives at the town where the scene lies , after a walk of fourteen miles , covereel with dust , and overcome with fatigue , to the surprise and vexation of
his father , whose grand wish is to see him a man of ton and spirit . Lord Torrendel , a man of known gallantry , resides at a castle near ; anel , to prevent his wife from interrupting his pleasures , he pretends to be at Lisbon for the recovery of his health : his letters are elated from Portugal , and her ' s are conveyed to him by Dickens , a banking-agent of Lord Torrendel * s ; , however , the lady's anxiety for her husband , determines her to take shipping for Lisbon ; she stopsio change horses at the very moment Dickens is about to forward to her a letter in Cumberlane ! , where they suppose she still is ; on opening it , with surprise
and sorrow she perceives the whole deception , anel resolves , by means of a servant , to gain admittance into tlie castle . Sir Hans wishes to marry his son George to his ward Augusta , but , fearing : e he will despise his sordid spirit , by the advice of Dickens he gives out that her nhcle has made a second will in favour of some imaginary person , thereby to lower and cause her to rejoice in an union with George . Augusta submits to her loss , and accepts Dickens' offer of superintending tlie education of his daughter Fanny ; what reconciles her the more is iter having been only adopted by her uncle on his disinheriting his own child
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ode To An Ass,
To Mah ' met ' s mule , they say , was giv ' n A snug and comfortable birth iii heav ' n ; ^ And I ' m no conj ' rer , Jack , or there must be One equally as good for thee . Trust me , thou shalt not always be a clod ; As if that great and gracious God ( In whose high will they know each thing that passes ) Made two-legg'd , but not four-legg'd asses !
Strictures On Public Amusements.
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
MARCH 19 . AT Coverit-Garden Theatre , a new Play , called , " LIFE ' S VAGARIES , " was performed for the first time , the characters of which were thus represented : Lord Torrendel , ... Mr . BERNARD . Lord Arthur D'Aumerle , - - - Mr . LEWIS .
Sir Hans Burgess , - Mr . MUSDE . V . George Burgess , - - - - - Mr . FAWCETT , ¦ Dickens , - - - - ' - - Mr . QUICK . Timolin , - - - Mr . JOHNSTONE . L'Aillet , ------- Mr . FARLEY . Hoop , - - - - - . - . Mr . TOW . VSIIEND . Lae ' y Torrendel , ----- Mrs . POPE . Augusta , - . - - . - - .- Miss WALL is . Fanny Dickens , - Mrs . LEE .
Sir Hans Burgess having purchased a spot of land near the coast , wishes to establish it into a fashionable sea-bathing place ; and , to be thoroughly acquainted with the customs of others , sends his son George round to Brighton , Weymouth , Scarborough , & c . This young gentleman is a very extraordinary character ; a heart fraught with universal charity arid benevolence , yet of sei penurious a disposition , that he will scarcely allow himself the comforts of life . He arrives at the town where the scene lies , after a walk of fourteen miles , covereel with dust , and overcome with fatigue , to the surprise and vexation of
his father , whose grand wish is to see him a man of ton and spirit . Lord Torrendel , a man of known gallantry , resides at a castle near ; anel , to prevent his wife from interrupting his pleasures , he pretends to be at Lisbon for the recovery of his health : his letters are elated from Portugal , and her ' s are conveyed to him by Dickens , a banking-agent of Lord Torrendel * s ; , however , the lady's anxiety for her husband , determines her to take shipping for Lisbon ; she stopsio change horses at the very moment Dickens is about to forward to her a letter in Cumberlane ! , where they suppose she still is ; on opening it , with surprise
and sorrow she perceives the whole deception , anel resolves , by means of a servant , to gain admittance into tlie castle . Sir Hans wishes to marry his son George to his ward Augusta , but , fearing : e he will despise his sordid spirit , by the advice of Dickens he gives out that her nhcle has made a second will in favour of some imaginary person , thereby to lower and cause her to rejoice in an union with George . Augusta submits to her loss , and accepts Dickens' offer of superintending tlie education of his daughter Fanny ; what reconciles her the more is iter having been only adopted by her uncle on his disinheriting his own child