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VGW(PA.736.006
8-15 Oct 1736:11 (11)
The Monitor. No. 9. . . [5 lines in Latin from Horace]
Worshipful Sir, I beg leave to know, if it be decent to
laugh at a humorous scene, without putting my fan before my
face?
When I was last in Town, I had the pleasure of being an
humble spectator to see the Beaux-Stragem perform'd; where,
I confess, I was highly delighted with love's catechism.
Miss Tancrede (who sat next to me, ) of a sudden, gave me a
most terrible hunch with her elbow, and told me, I was the
most insufferable coquet that liv'd; that she should never
be able to come in company with me for so indecent an
action, as to giggle at Archer's killing of Cherry, without
hiding my face. I look upon this to be as gross an affront,
as ever was offered to a woman of my fashion: If your
Worship thinks it worthy your notice, 'twill be a sufficient
satisfaction to your humble servant, Arabella Sly.
[Answer, regarding proper behavior is given in the
following 66 lines, but no particular reference to the
theatre.]
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