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Scene XII.
[To them] MINCING.
MINCING
The gentlemen stay but to comb, madam, and will wait on you.
MILLAMANT
Desire Mrs.--that is in the next room, to sing the song I would have learnt yesterday. You shall hear it, madam. Not that there's any great matter in it--but 'tis agreeable to my humour.
SONG.
Set by Mr. John Eccles.
I
Love's but the frailty of the mind
When 'tis not with ambition joined;
A sickly flame, which if not fed expires,
And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
II
'Tis not to wound a wanton boy
Or am'rous youth, that gives the joy;
But 'tis the glory to have pierced a swain
For whom inferior beauties sighed in vain.
III
Then I alone the conquest prize,
When I insult a rival's eyes;
If there's delight in love, 'tis when I see
That heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
About William Congreve
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Summary
Prologue--Spoken by Mr. Betterton.
Dramatis Personae.
ACT I
Scene I.
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Scene III.
Scene IV.
Scene V.
Scene VI.
Scene VII.
Scene VIII.
Scene IX.
ACT II
Scene I.
Scene II.
Scene III.
Scene IV.
Scene V.
Scene VI.
Scene VII.
Scene VIII.
Scene IX.
ACT III
Scene I.
Scene II.
Scene III.
Scene IV.
Scene V.
Scene VI.
Scene VII.
Scene VIII.
Scene IX.
Scene X.
Scene XI.
Scene XII.
Scene XIII.
Scene XIV.
Scene XV.
Scene XVI.
Scene XVII.
Scene XVIII.
ACT IV
Scene I.
Scene II.
Scene III.
Scene IV.
Scene V.
Scene VI.
Scene VII.
Scene VIII.
Scene IX.
Scene X.
Scene XI.
Scene XII.
Scene XIII.
Scene XIV.
Scene XV.
ACT V
Scene I.
Scene II.
Scene III.
Scene IV.
Scene V.
Scene VI.
Scene VII.
Scene VIII.
Scene IX.
Scene X.
Scene XI.
Scene XII.
Scene XIII.
Scene the Last.
Epilogue--Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
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