The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.
- Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin
- Date:
- 1814
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![attempts on Mrs. Cornflower, who, I think, does not seem quite insensible to his little attentions, and I do but manage afl'airs properly with Susan, the best thing we can, do, ^vill be to carry ofl* our prizes before the farmer returns. I think I hear Sir Charles. Sir Charles. [IVithoiit.^ Where is he, I say ? I can’t find my blockhead. Peter. Look on your own shoulders. Sir Charles. Where is the rascal ? Peter. Which of us does he mean ? Enter Sir Charles, Sir Charles. O, you are here, sir—Well, have you heard any thing that indicates a suspicion of my designs upon Mrs. Cornflower? Peter. O no; we’ve manag’d matters very well hitherto. O sir, little did I think, when I saw you ogling her at the races, it would come to this! but when you have game in view, you stand for no repairs, as the canaille have it: yet, if I hadn’t luckily learned that the farmer was in London, you’d never have got into the house. Sir Charles. It was a masterly contrivance of mine, to overturn the chaise, and pretend I was internally hurt; was’nt it, Peter? Peter. Bless your honour, you had flats to deal with. Sir Charles. Cornflower, I find, is expected soon, so we must despatch, for I’m resolved to carry his wife ofl’, by art or force; tho’ I think there would be no occasion for violence, if I had but a little more time; for I confess she is not quite so ])rudish as I expected, nor yet so compliant as I had hoped; but assiduity may remove every bar; and when I have once caiTied her off'—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
