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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![Corn. And if ever I catch you interrupting this girl again I’ll put my threat in execution, depend on’t. Sir Charles. \To Peter^ I wish Mr. Corn¬ flower had horsewdiipped you—you richly deserve- it: out of my sight. Peter. [Asidel] What a breeze! Well, Fm going—Susan, adieu 1 [Ejeit, sauntering insolently. Corn. \To Susan^ You return home; and though I will not consider you in fault now, if ever I know you give that puppy encouragement, you- lose my protection. Sir Charles. \_Aside.'\ My protection ! ,0, ho 1 I see ho^v it is. Susan. I’m sure I never encouraged him; I look higher than him, at any rate. Sir Charles. [Aside.y Look higher than him —that’s plain enough. Cor72. * Go home then, and remember wdiat I have said. Susan. l^Asidel] Bless me, it’s very hard to be snubbed when one is’nt in fault, so it is. [^Eidt. Sir Charles. IMr. Cornflow^er, I am extremely sorry my servant should have behaved so impro-- perly; but London servants, sir, are the devil. Corn. The misconduct of servants originates, too pften, in the example set, them by their em¬ ployers, sir. Sir Chaides. [^Aside.^ That's pretty shgirp ;. Flf wnrk him for it, however, — I hope you don't estimate me by my servant; he certainly is an incorrigible rascal. Come, I see the case — 1 should have been as indignant myself; but don’t give yourself any further uneasiness on the score of the, girl,—I’ll accommodate the matter, depend on- it, and take care that he shall not interfere between/ you any more.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
