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SCG-C.736.012
21-28 Feb 1736:11, 12, 21 (109)
The remainder of The Toy-Shop. . . [1/2 column]
Mast I have the pitch pipe of Gracchus the Roman Orator,
who, being apt, in dispute to raise his voice too high, by
touching a certain soft note in this pipe, would regulate
and keep it in a moderate key. . . [18 lines] It is a very
useful thing to have about one, either at church or play-
house, or Westminster-Hall . . . [14 lines]
Mast Some few do. But the generallity are so intirely
taken up with the care of little master's complexion, his
dress, his dancing, and such like effeminacies, that they
have not the least regard for any internal accomplishments
whatsoever. . .
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