British theatre . ld deface the age. But all should catch good-humour from the stage ,* The storming husbandy and iniperious wify Should learn the dotirine of a quiet life : The plodding drudge, should here at times resort, 4nd leave his stupid club, and stummy port; 98 EPILOGUE. The pensive politician^ who foresees Cloudsy stormsf and tempests, in the calms of peace-. The scribbling tribe, who vent their angry spleens In songs, prints, pamphlets, papers, magazines-, Lucius, and Anti-Lucius, pros and cons. The list of placets, and of placet-nons ; The mobbing vulgar, and the ruling great. And
British theatre . ld deface the age. But all should catch good-humour from the stage ,* The storming husbandy and iniperious wify Should learn the dotirine of a quiet life : The plodding drudge, should here at times resort, 4nd leave his stupid club, and stummy port; 98 EPILOGUE. The pensive politician^ who foresees Cloudsy stormsf and tempests, in the calms of peace-. The scribbling tribe, who vent their angry spleens In songs, prints, pamphlets, papers, magazines-, Lucius, and Anti-Lucius, pros and cons. The list of placets, and of placet-nons ; The mobbing vulgar, and the ruling great. And all who storm, and all who steer the state-, Here should forget the labours of the day, And laugh their cares, and their complaints, away. The wretch of Jonathans, who, crushed with shames Crawls lamely out from Indians desperate game. Safely might speculate within these walls; For here^ while ycu approve, stock never falls: Pleasd then indulge the ffforts of to-night. Nor grudge to give, if youve receivd THE SIEGE OF DAMASCUS. A TRAGEDY,By JOHN HUGHES, Esq^ ADAPTED roll TUEATRICAL REPRESENTATION, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES-ROYAL,DRURY-LANE AND COVE NT-GARDEN. REGULATED FROM THE PROMPT-BOOKS,By Permistlon of the Managen, The Lines distineuistiM by inverted Commas, are omitted in the Represenratjor. LONDON t Printed for the Proprietors^ under the DireSion of John Bell, Britte^ litrar?. Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Waie«. MDCCXCIII. TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL COJVFER. MY LORD,JylY obligations to jour lordship are so great andsingular, so much exceeding all aclnowled^rjient, andyet so highly demanding all that i can ever mahe,that nothing has been a greater uneasiness to me thanto think i have not publicly owned them sooner. Thehonour of having been admitted to your lordshipsacquaintance and conversation, and the pleasure /have sometimes had of si taring in your private hoursand retirement frorn the town, were a liappiness suf-ficient of iisclf t
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