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Old Ashford . There will be no time for that , I ' m sure . Mignionette . How graceful both the attitudes are ! The stringing , and then the drawing ! Mrs Croker . Jemima , do you see Miss Beckford ? Well , I can ' t say I think a dress that displays the figure so much very becoming . I am sure ' tis not at all proper or correct ; and I am surprised Mrs . Beckford should allow her daughter to wear such a one . Mary Anne . There she is ! the light of all eyes , the joy of all hearts , Marian Beckford ! Mignionette . And how beautiful ! I must"" go and tell L . to look at her . Is she not lovely ? Mrs Croker . I confess she is a little too wild to please me . Poet i You never can teach Either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree . '
Mary Anne . Come , come , that is not fair . You have no right to quote . Mignionette . We must fine him . He must speak the next ten lines in verse , and we will give him Marian Beckford for the subject . Poet . ' Queen of the silver 'Mary Anne . Hush ! you are going to commit a second offence ; we shall double the penalty . Mignionette . Wait—look—she is going to shoot . There ' s an attitude —there ' s a subject for you . Young Ashford m The best shot yet . Mignionette , How she loves the sport ! Her heart seems to leap through her eyes after the arrow I Mary Anne . Come ; you have had plenty of time , and can pay your debt before Marian's turn comes .
Poet . A wonder 1 lo , behold , a mortal stands Far more than goddess graced ! A miracle ! Hebe and Dian moulded into one * With dazzling brow and wind-enamour'd hair , With glowing cheek , and brightly-beaming eye , That might be one of triumph , save that love Hath chosen it from out the world to be A little kingdom where to reign alone . How beautiful ! A spectacle whereon The whole assembled earth might come and gaze ! They ne ' er will see thee ; for the sister arts Do hold a warm and never-ending strife—The right to give such graces to the world !
Young Ashford . Here she is again ! Not so good a shot as the last ; but she has another chance . Mrs . Croker . How the recoil of the string must hurt the arm . It seems to me a dangerous amusement . L . She looks at it , as they say Paganini looks at his violin , as if it were a living creature who could understand and love her . Mignionette . She cannot be said to be looking at the violin now ! L . She is giving it an affectionate injunction before she draws it for the last time ; as if to say , ' Now , darling , fail me not . A blessing upon the arrow that flies from it .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1835, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2642/page/48/
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