Event Comment: To the Public: An Impar
tial Accoun
t of
Cibber's
Impromptu, by a Spec
tator: @In a frolicsome humour I wen
t t'o
ther day@
To see
the Diversions collec
ted by
THE',@When seen -from Amazemen
t I could no
t refrain@
Tha
t such an odd Oglio should come in his brain;@
Tha
t from Chaos, Confusion and Visible nigh
t@He could bring such a queer group of figures
to ligh
t:@I wen
t-wi
th a cri
tical spleen
tha
t disdained@
This projec
t -bu
t found myself well en
ter
tained.@For
the English
there's ships; for
the Sco
ts a good song;@[wha
t] He sough
t to provide for Hibernia was Wrong@When
this I observ'd
to awor
thy dear Honey -@He reply'd -"Blurr and Houns?
there's enough for your money.@Bu
t to s
tate the affair wi
thou
t laugh
ter or fun@All agreed -my shif
t was superior
to none;@Wi
th new Scenes, new Machines, Music, Dancing and all,@
To risk our Diversions
THE' ven
tured a fall@And if his las
t trump should unluckily fail,@[Brain?] mus
t lay a scheme
to keep ou
t of a jail.@A few
trivial errors we ough
t to forgive@Pay
to Meri
t reward and le
t Indus
try live,@For your Candor alone mus
t de
termine his fa
te@For
the sake of Old Coll', le
t Theophilus ea
t.@ His Benefi
t tomorrow, Wednesday,
the 14
th Ins
tan
t, a
t the
Thea
tre in
The
Haymarket</i>