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Simile says is very true, gentlemen; and there is nothing surprising in it, if we consider now the general method of writing plays to scenes. "O'Cul. Writing plays to scenes! Oh, you are joking. "Monop. Not I, upon my word. Mr. Simile knows that I have frequently a complete set of scenes from Italy, and then I have nothing to do but to get some ingenious hand to write a play to them. "Sim.
The following extracts will give some idea of the humor of this trifle; and in the character of Simile the reader will at once discover a sort of dim and shadowy pre- existence of Puff: "Simile. Sir, you are very ignorant on the subject, it is the method most in vogue. "O'Cul. What! to make the music first, and then make the sense to it afterwards! "Sim. Just so. "Monop. What Mr.
Vastly ingenious indeed. "Sim. Was it not? hey! it required a little command, a little presence of mind, but I believe we had better proceed. "Monop. The sooner the better, come, gentlemen, resume your seats. "Sim. Now for it. So enter Sir Richard, and look as cunning as if you had overheard them. Now for it, gentlemen, you can't be too attentive.
Thicken! aye, 'twill be as thick as the calf of your leg presently. Well, now for the real, original, patentee Amphitryon. What, ho, Amphitryon! Amphitryon! 'tis Simile calls. Why, where the devil is he? "Enter SERVANT. "Monop. Tom, where is Amphitryon? "Sim. Zounds, he's not arrested too, is he? "Serv.
I sang it to his notes, 'Hah! upon my vord vary pritt, thrum, thrum, thrum, stay, stay, thrum, thrum, Hoa? upon my vord, here it must be an adagio, thrum, thrum, oh! let it be an Ode to Melancholy. "Monop. The Devil! there you were puzzled sure. "Sim. Not in the least, I brought in a cloud in the next stanza, and matters, you see, came about at once. "Monop. An excellent transition. " O'Cul.
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