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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![my dear sir, I v/as taken by surprise.—By-the-by, I can tell you a most laughable story about that. Barn, Stick to your own story. Pother, Well then, as I said before, Peter came to consult me, all in the way of my pro¬ fession ; and he did ask me how the marriage was brought about, and I did happen to say,—Peter,” says I,—Mr. and Mrs. Cornflower-Chouse on fire —ran up a ladder—saved her life — arrested her* father”—‘‘Out of pure love and affection,” says, Peter—Says I, “ You ’re a blockhead ”—Says he, ‘‘You’re a parliamentary orator—cock and bull ^ story—unintelligible explanation;” and—[Raising ] his voiced “ Am I to be catechised? I, Doctor , Pother; who, for anatomy, chemistry, pharmacy, phlebotomy, oxygen, hydrogen, caloric, carbonic, atmospheric, galvanic,—’sdeath, sir! I’ll follow them till I find ’em; and prove, sir, that Dr. Pother, ^ir, is not a man, sir, to part man and wife, sir, except in the way of his profession, sir; and if I had time, sir, I could tell you a story about that, sir, that would—pooh! pah! broo ! [Eiit, in a passion. Barn. The fellow’s honest, I know ; but his folly has made him the dupe of that scoundrel, Peter. I have seen Mr, Williams, our worthy curate; krid he has undertaken the task of breaking the dreadful tidings to poor Cornflower. Unhappy, 'misguided friend! I feel for your disappointment as if it was my own. Modern fashionable friends are warm in the hour of prosperity; but give me the man who is equally zealous in the moment of adversity.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
