. Sheridan's comedies: . re, at that dash and star. Yes, maam — A certain lord had best lives not twenty miles from Grosvenor Square ;For, should he Lady W. find willing, Wormwood is bitter Oh ! thats me ! the villain ! Throw it behind the fire, and never more Let that vile paper come within my door. Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny ? Knows he the world so little, and its trade ? Alas ! the devils sooner raised than laid. So strong, so
. Sheridan's comedies: . re, at that dash and star. Yes, maam — A certain lord had best lives not twenty miles from Grosvenor Square ;For, should he Lady W. find willing, Wormwood is bitter Oh ! thats me ! the villain ! Throw it behind the fire, and never more Let that vile paper come within my door. Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny ? Knows he the world so little, and its trade ? Alas ! the devils sooner raised than laid. So strong, so swift, the monster theres no gagging: Cut Scandals head off, still the tongue is wagging. Proud of your smiles once lavishly bestowd, Again our young Don Quixote takes the road ; To show his gratitude he draws his pen, And seeks this hydra, Scandal, in his den. For your applause all perils he would through —- Hell fight—thats write — a cavalliero true, Till every drop of blood — thats ink — is spilt for THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. A COMEDY. ACT I. Scene I. — Lady Sneerwells Dressing-room. Lady Sneerwell discovered at the dressing-table; Snake dt inking chocolate. Lady Sneer. The paragraphs, you say, Mr. Snake, were all in-serted ? Snake. They were, madam ; and, as I copied them myself in afeigned hand, there can be no suspicion whence they came. Lady Sneer. Did you circulate the report of Lady Brittles in-trigue with Captain Boastall ? Snake. Thats in as fine a train as your ladyship could wish. Inthe common course of things, I think it must reach Mrs. Clackittsears within four-and-twenty hours ; and then, you know, the businessis as good as done. Lady Sneer. Why, truly, Mrs. Clackitt has a very pretty talent,and a great deal of industry, Snake. True, madam, and has been tolerably successful in herday. To my knowledge, she has been the cause of six matches beingbroken off, and three sons being disinherited; of four forced elope- 213 214 THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
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