... Mourning weeds for Hearts forlorn,
Which, though you must not love, you could not scorn,
| [No. 51] | Saturday, April 28, 1711 | Steele |
Torquet ab Obscenis jam nunc Sermonibus Aurem.
Hor.
Mr. Spectator,
'My Fortune, Quality, and Person are such as render me as Conspicuous as any Young Woman in Town. It is in my Power to enjoy it in all its Vanities, but I have, from a very careful Education, contracted a great Aversion to the forward Air and Fashion which is practised in all Publick Places and Assemblies. I attribute this very much to the Stile and Manners of our Plays: I was last Night at the Funeral, where a Confident Lover in the Play, speaking of his Mistress, cries out:Such an Image as this ought, by no means, to be presented to a Chaste and Regular Audience. I expect your Opinion of this Sentence, and recommend to your Consideration, as a Spectator, the conduct of the Stage at present with Relation to Chastity and Modesty.[Oh] that Harriot! to fold these Arms about the Waste of that Beauteous strugling, and at last yielding Fair![1]
I am, Sir,
Your Constant Reader
and Well-wisher.
[Oh] that Harriot! to fold these Arms about the Waste of that Beauteous strugling, and at last yielding Fair![1]
Complaint of this Young Lady is so just, that the Offence is