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VGW(PA.737.036
22-29 Apr 1737:11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32 (39)
The remainder of the Toy-Shop, begin in the Gazette no. 37.
Enter a young gentleman.
3 Gent. I want a plain gold ring, sir, exactly this size.
Mast. Then 'tis not for your self, sir.
3 Gent. No.
. . . [44 separate character's lines]
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.
2 La. Such a pipe as that, if it could be heard, would be
very useful in coffee houses, and other publick places of
debate and modern disputation.
Gent. Yes, Madam, and I believe many a poor husband would
be glad of such a regulator of the voice in his own private
family too.
Mast. . . [12 lines describing the value of a "certain
hollow tube, which I call a distinguisher."] It is a very
useful thing to have about one, either at Church or Play-
house, or Westminster-Hall; at all which places a vast
variety both of useful and diverting experiments may be made
with it. . . [5 lines]
Gent. . . [8 lines]
Mast. Some few do [take particular care to engage their
children early in the use of it.] But the generality are so
intirely take 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. They are so far from
teaching him to subdue his passions, that they make it their
whole business to gratify them all.
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In this gay thoughtless age he'as found a way,
In trifling things just morals to convey.
'Tis his at once to please and to reform,
And gave old satire a new pow'r to charm.
And, would you guide your lives and actions right,
Think on the maxims you have heard to-night.
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