Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-26
lF'on i's London New Mon,hly Magazine, 10, Juue.,
FASHIONABLE ECOLOGUEs, No. 1.

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ASHIONABLE ECOLOGUES, No. 1.
ScssE-7he Fashionable yuansion.
Mn. MRS AND Ms.s LONG.
Miss LoNa.
Not 60 to town this Srs,ng. Papal
Mamma not 90 TO town.
nsver knew YOU 40 unkind.
You chilli me with that irown.---
NY sweet Mamma, indulge your pct,
Entreat Papa to go-
An. now l see you're weeping too,
We shall succeed know.
Mas. Loso.
Alas! my Child, Nv doue my best,
And argued all day long;
But men are always obstinate,
Especially when wrong:
lis for my Cir l urge the trip,
Not for myself alas!
But when l married had I kno,ca....
No mat;er-let that pass.
Ma. LONG.
My dear. you know tina, at.Iur
These SHY discontenss;
fon're quite absurd; why don't you make
The people pny their renisi
can't afford to take a house
Nay, don't put on that snecr;
Nor once DO happy where you arc,
wen 60 to town next year.
Miss Lose.
Next year. Papa! sexl year, Mamma,
You know I'm thir,y-two,
4 cal myself bet twsn six,
So this is enfre notss:
Vert year l shall ne shir,y-three-
I've not q day to lose;
Oh, ist rs GO to town at once,
I'm lost If YOU refuse.
Mss, LoNo
Your conduct, Sir. Is most absurd,
We went Last year in Jane,
B1t Fanny had not fais ciancc,
You to"k Us homo 90 soo2s
Sir Cha=$ss was evidently struck.
irr sure he would have poPP'G,
But thea be saw no more o, US,
And so the matter dsOp;.
Mn. Long
Fos sixteen Springs Ia town she went,
When town began TO FL,
And sixteen summers she reiu.nj,
y flirting spins;er still!
And now the times ore vorv bad.
And tenants inarrear,
Dear love! | really can't afford
To go 10 town this year.
MRs. LoSo.
Dear4ove, indeed! ask you sir,
Has any ono man got
One single csxpence he can spare.
answer he has not.
Yet in HUT Ton arrivals, still
[ see each neighbours name;
II other Paupers GO to town,
why cast zoe do the same?
MISS LoSe
Does not the Opera contain
Its customary squeeze,
Have no, the gruves of Kensinrton
Gay groups beneath the treesi
At Almack's, happy radiant eyes
Oaishlne The chandeliers;
And when l think of dear Hyde Park,
Il can't restrain my tears.
MIS- LoNG.
Oi course, my dear! you stay with Us:
Mr. Lose
Why 90, .as love! not so,
My duties Parliamentary
Force me, n'as! TO 90.
Mas. Lone
You can't afRrd house in town:
MIR Losa.
No. sweetest! there's the rub;
But shall sleep at Bats you know,
And dine, love! at the Club.
Mas. LONG.
The Club! hate that odieus word,
The bane of welded life;
On! well the rowing husband fares,
Blu, chops may serve the wife!
And than the things vile excuse,
Wh.ch we must take perforce;
"Where hare you been this afiernoon!"---
"Oh!-at--the Club cours..!
Miss Lone.
l hate them all! but / abhoy
Pho Atheneum .nosl;
They ask the Ladies' Wednesday nights!
Ills all u brsggar, boast:
To show the gilt and or mois
Each eager member strives,
Aud seems TO say, snug quarters these
What can zoe want with wIves?"
Mas LoNo
Como, dearest Fanny! dry your eyes,
a icetie rouge pu' on:
III order you sweet chapeau
From MAEADoS Carson.
The Races and the Archerics
VIII very soon be here;
Cheer up, my love! you sham't be vcx'd,
Wen 90 to town next year II.
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THE PLAY AT VENICE.
C years since German Prince making tour
=, stopped a. Venice for shor; period /, "
We Of summer, tho Adraiic was calm. Il
were lovely, the Vcntian women in the full G
1t OF those delicious spirits that III their china
q iGll with the coming and the departure Of 4
eason OF the year. Every day was given
istr;ous stranger TO research among Tho recor
nqnitIes OF this singular city, and every night