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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![Sir Charles. I love the medium, sir.—I ridi^ cule as much le petit rnaitre of London, as le rust re of the Land’s End—frivolity and fog are equally my aversion. [Aside^ What a crusty bear it is! Enter Stubble. [Hesitatingly,'] Stub. [Sulkily^ May I speak a word, sir ? Corn. May you speak a word, sir? Yes, sir, you may—what now ? Stub. Here’s the carrier from the county town with a load of lamps, and gingerbread gear. I told him they never could be for you; but he said you ordered ’em: however, I would’nt let him unload, till I knew the rights of it. Corn. He’s right enough. Stub, Then I was wrong again, I suppose! [Exit. Corn. A rough fellow, though an honest one, sir; and I prefer a knotted oak to a pliant poplar—but I must see after this gingerbread gear, as he calls it; so, excuse me a short time. Sir Charles; iv’e shall meet again at dinner, where I hope keen appetites and substantial fare will make us better acquainted, [Exit, Mrs. C, Mr. Cornflower, Sir Charles, has gained the law-suit I told you he went to London about;—so means to give his friends a country gala. Sir Charles. O, ho 1 then ]\Ir. Cornflower has a little more taste for London fashions than he is willing to allow. Ah, madam, London is the tme emporium of pleasure. Believe me, it has beam ties innumerable ; and would eclipse the world, if it added to its catalogue those of Mrs, Cornflower, [Bowing?^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
