A Select Collection of English Plays Volume 1; In Six Volumes (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 Excerpt: ... charms for me too: tho' in the main, all the pleasure the best opera gives us, is but mere senfation--Methinks it's pity the mind can't have a little more share in the entertainment--she music's certainly sine; but, in my thoughts, there's none of your composers come up to old Sbakespear and Qtway. Bev. jun. How, Madam why if a woman of your fense were to fay this in the drawing room. Enter a Servant. Serv. Sir, here's Signior Carbonelli fays he waits youf commands, in the next room. Bev. jun. A propos You were faying yesterday. Madam, you had a mind to hear him--will you give him leave to entertain you now? Ind. By all means: desire the gentleman to vyalk in. Ex. Servant. Bev. jun. I fancy you will sind something in this hand, that is uncommon. Ind. You are always sinding ways, Mr. Bevil, to tnake life seem less tedious to me. Enter Music-masteR. When the gentleman pleases. J/ter a sonnata is playd, Bevil junior iuaits on tbl mafier to the door, Sec. Beni. jun. You smile, Madam, to see me so complaifant to one, whom I pay for his visit: now, I own, 1 think it not enough barely to pay those, whose talents are superiour to our own (I mean such talents as wou'd become our condition, if we had them.) Methinks we ought to do something more, than barely gratify them for what they do at our command, only because their fortune is below us. Ind. You fay I smile: I assure you it was a smile of approbation; for indeed I cannot but think it the distinguishing pait of a gentleman to make his superiority of "fortune as easy to his inseriours as he can. Now once more to try him. /side.--I was faying just now, I believed you would never let me dispute with you, and I dare fay it will always be so: however I must have your opinion upon a subject which created a deb...