True; feeling is truest _then_, far beyond question:
I wish to the gods 'twas the same with digestion!
I wish to the gods 'twas the same with digestion!
Byron
And I'll take a turn with you there till 'tis dark.
And you, Scamp--
_Scamp_. Excuse me! I must to my notes,
For my lecture next week.
_Ink_. He must mind whom he quotes
Out of "Elegant Extracts. "
_Lady Blueb_. Well, now we break up;
But remember Miss Diddle[634] invites us to sup.
_Ink_. Then at two hours past midnight we all meet again,
For the sciences, sandwiches, hock, and champagne!
_Tra_. And the sweet lobster salad! [635]
_Both_. I honour that meal;
For 'tis then that our feelings most genuinely--feel.
_Ink_.
True; feeling is truest _then_, far beyond question:
I wish to the gods 'twas the same with digestion! 161
_Lady Blueb_. Pshaw! --never mind that; for one moment of feeling
Is worth--God knows what.
_Ink_. 'Tis at least worth concealing
For itself, or what follows--But here comes your carriage.
_Sir Rich_. (_aside_).
I wish all these people were d----d with _my_ marriage!
[_Exeunt. _
FOOTNOTES:
[609] {573}[Benjamin Stillingfleet is said to have attended evening
parties at Mrs. Montague's in grey or blue worsted stockings, in lieu of
full dress. The ladies who excused and tolerated this defiance of the
conventions were nicknamed "blues," or "blue-stockings. " Hannah More
describes such a club or coterie in her _Bas Bleu_, which was circulated
in MS. in 1784 (Boswell's _Life of Johnson_, 1848, p. 689).
And you, Scamp--
_Scamp_. Excuse me! I must to my notes,
For my lecture next week.
_Ink_. He must mind whom he quotes
Out of "Elegant Extracts. "
_Lady Blueb_. Well, now we break up;
But remember Miss Diddle[634] invites us to sup.
_Ink_. Then at two hours past midnight we all meet again,
For the sciences, sandwiches, hock, and champagne!
_Tra_. And the sweet lobster salad! [635]
_Both_. I honour that meal;
For 'tis then that our feelings most genuinely--feel.
_Ink_.
True; feeling is truest _then_, far beyond question:
I wish to the gods 'twas the same with digestion! 161
_Lady Blueb_. Pshaw! --never mind that; for one moment of feeling
Is worth--God knows what.
_Ink_. 'Tis at least worth concealing
For itself, or what follows--But here comes your carriage.
_Sir Rich_. (_aside_).
I wish all these people were d----d with _my_ marriage!
[_Exeunt. _
FOOTNOTES:
[609] {573}[Benjamin Stillingfleet is said to have attended evening
parties at Mrs. Montague's in grey or blue worsted stockings, in lieu of
full dress. The ladies who excused and tolerated this defiance of the
conventions were nicknamed "blues," or "blue-stockings. " Hannah More
describes such a club or coterie in her _Bas Bleu_, which was circulated
in MS. in 1784 (Boswell's _Life of Johnson_, 1848, p. 689).
