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Strictures On Public Amusements.
bf the whole piece is in his hands ; out of them there would be none at all . Quick was , as he always is , a fund of good humour ; and Fawcett did as much as could be expected . Mrs . Pope had all those amiable graces about he * > which have sogreatly endeared her to the Public . Mrs . Lee , from the Salisbury stage , is a lively little woman , who , with some evident imitation of Mrs . Jordan , seems to possess many intellectual as well as for the cast of densher vocal talents
personal requisites Hoy ; are very respectable . . . ' "¦ PROLOGUE , WRITTEN BY Mil . TAYLOHj AND SPOKEN BY MR . lilDDLETOit . 'TIS strange that authors , who so rarely find Their pray ' rs can move an audience to be kind , Still sendwith piteous tone and look forlorn
, , The Prologue forth , to deprecate your scorn . Such doleful heralds , which would fain appear . The timid struggles of a modest fear , The surly Critic views with jealous spleen , ; As the dull presage ofthe coming scene ; In vain , the dread hostility to cairn , E'en potent Flatt ' tries her soothing balm
ry J "" Pity ' s a crime his lofty soul disdains , And his pride feasts upon the Poet's pains . Yet now no critic rancour need we fear , For lib ' ral Candour holds her empire here —« Candour , who scorns for little faults to pry ^ But looks on merits with a partial eye .
And sure a Bard , whose Muse so oft has fouh ' di The happy pow ' r to kindle mirth around , Tho' , iri her sportive moods , averse to grace The rigid forms of action , time , and place ,-While gen ' rous objects animate her view , May still her gay , luxuriant course pursue ; For , ' mid her whims ' , she still has shewn the arS To press the USEFUL MORAL on the heart
. , With just-contempt the worthless to discartf , And deal to VIRTUE its deserv'd reward . So aifn'd the Bard ( if haply we may dare Our humble scenes with noblest strains compare ) . The Bard , whose favour'd Muse could joy afford , That easM the cares of Rome ' s Imperial Lord , Who , in her satire frolicksrime or wild ,
Gave Vice the deepest wounds when most she smil'd . . 2 r . The Tragedy of EDWY and ELGIVA was performed for the first time at-Drury-lane Theatre . The play is built upon a well known story , the name of which it bears . The love oi'Edtvy anel Elgiva is opposed by . Dunstan , Abbot of Glastonbury , who , impatient of the restraint which the hasty Edwy would lay iipon the church , and desirous of urging the young King to some measure which should furnish-the discontented Barons with a lea of lacing Prince Edgar on
p p the throne , seizes Elgiva , and afterwards influences the synod , which Edwy had called to ratify his marriage , to excommunicate her , and at length causes her to be murdered . On a charge of treason , preferred against him by the King , Dunstan is banished ; but the people rising to demand his restoration , he returns , and leads the rebels against Edwy , who , distracted at the loss of his Elgiva , rushes among his enemies , and fails , 'flic play was not given out for the VOL . . : O o
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
bf the whole piece is in his hands ; out of them there would be none at all . Quick was , as he always is , a fund of good humour ; and Fawcett did as much as could be expected . Mrs . Pope had all those amiable graces about he * > which have sogreatly endeared her to the Public . Mrs . Lee , from the Salisbury stage , is a lively little woman , who , with some evident imitation of Mrs . Jordan , seems to possess many intellectual as well as for the cast of densher vocal talents
personal requisites Hoy ; are very respectable . . . ' "¦ PROLOGUE , WRITTEN BY Mil . TAYLOHj AND SPOKEN BY MR . lilDDLETOit . 'TIS strange that authors , who so rarely find Their pray ' rs can move an audience to be kind , Still sendwith piteous tone and look forlorn
, , The Prologue forth , to deprecate your scorn . Such doleful heralds , which would fain appear . The timid struggles of a modest fear , The surly Critic views with jealous spleen , ; As the dull presage ofthe coming scene ; In vain , the dread hostility to cairn , E'en potent Flatt ' tries her soothing balm
ry J "" Pity ' s a crime his lofty soul disdains , And his pride feasts upon the Poet's pains . Yet now no critic rancour need we fear , For lib ' ral Candour holds her empire here —« Candour , who scorns for little faults to pry ^ But looks on merits with a partial eye .
And sure a Bard , whose Muse so oft has fouh ' di The happy pow ' r to kindle mirth around , Tho' , iri her sportive moods , averse to grace The rigid forms of action , time , and place ,-While gen ' rous objects animate her view , May still her gay , luxuriant course pursue ; For , ' mid her whims ' , she still has shewn the arS To press the USEFUL MORAL on the heart
. , With just-contempt the worthless to discartf , And deal to VIRTUE its deserv'd reward . So aifn'd the Bard ( if haply we may dare Our humble scenes with noblest strains compare ) . The Bard , whose favour'd Muse could joy afford , That easM the cares of Rome ' s Imperial Lord , Who , in her satire frolicksrime or wild ,
Gave Vice the deepest wounds when most she smil'd . . 2 r . The Tragedy of EDWY and ELGIVA was performed for the first time at-Drury-lane Theatre . The play is built upon a well known story , the name of which it bears . The love oi'Edtvy anel Elgiva is opposed by . Dunstan , Abbot of Glastonbury , who , impatient of the restraint which the hasty Edwy would lay iipon the church , and desirous of urging the young King to some measure which should furnish-the discontented Barons with a lea of lacing Prince Edgar on
p p the throne , seizes Elgiva , and afterwards influences the synod , which Edwy had called to ratify his marriage , to excommunicate her , and at length causes her to be murdered . On a charge of treason , preferred against him by the King , Dunstan is banished ; but the people rising to demand his restoration , he returns , and leads the rebels against Edwy , who , distracted at the loss of his Elgiva , rushes among his enemies , and fails , 'flic play was not given out for the VOL . . : O o