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12 KIRBY'S WONDERFUL MUSEUM.
and though the interval between the play and farce was
rather long, the spectators continued almost as gay and
merry as at any time during the tragedy. Between the acts
of the farce, Mr. Coates again came forward, and after apo-
logizing for appearing before the ladies without boots and
spurs, spoke some lines about hobbies, which, from their extra-
ordinary beauty and classical elegance, we suppose to be his
own production. He was particularly happy in the harmony
and quantity of his verse, as well as in grammatical pre-
cision. Our readers may take this couplet as a specimen of
his rhyme-
“ Horses which are dull and stubborn,
Are as difficult as our wives to govern’'
Of Lord Wellington, Mr. Coates said,
“ Lord Wellington’s hobby in these bloody wars,
Is breaches, ambuscades, and ugly scars;
In time of peace how chang’d his trade is,
His Lordship’s hobby is then the ladies,”
His own hobby he described as
“ Acting for widows, driving on high cushions,
And playing for our brave allies—the Russians.”
He was loudly encored, and returned, but as appeared in the
sequel, not to repeat his address, but merely to give a
sage and interesting piece of advice to the ladies, in these
words-
“ Since I’ve repeated my hobbies through,
Pray, ladies, don’t let the fortune-hunters jockey youI”
Mr. Coates then retired amidst a most tumultuous uproar of
approbation.
Not dismayed with the reception he had gained, he still
persisted in not only riding his hobby, but insisting on every
body getting up behind him; and having, as we presume, his
motto of “ While I live I will crow,” warm in his head, he again
became the subject of amusement; and on Wednesday, Feb.
24th, 1813, Mr. Coates, (( in all his glory re-appeared,”
and though the interval between the play and farce was
rather long, the spectators continued almost as gay and
merry as at any time during the tragedy. Between the acts
of the farce, Mr. Coates again came forward, and after apo-
logizing for appearing before the ladies without boots and
spurs, spoke some lines about hobbies, which, from their extra-
ordinary beauty and classical elegance, we suppose to be his
own production. He was particularly happy in the harmony
and quantity of his verse, as well as in grammatical pre-
cision. Our readers may take this couplet as a specimen of
his rhyme-
“ Horses which are dull and stubborn,
Are as difficult as our wives to govern’'
Of Lord Wellington, Mr. Coates said,
“ Lord Wellington’s hobby in these bloody wars,
Is breaches, ambuscades, and ugly scars;
In time of peace how chang’d his trade is,
His Lordship’s hobby is then the ladies,”
His own hobby he described as
“ Acting for widows, driving on high cushions,
And playing for our brave allies—the Russians.”
He was loudly encored, and returned, but as appeared in the
sequel, not to repeat his address, but merely to give a
sage and interesting piece of advice to the ladies, in these
words-
“ Since I’ve repeated my hobbies through,
Pray, ladies, don’t let the fortune-hunters jockey youI”
Mr. Coates then retired amidst a most tumultuous uproar of
approbation.
Not dismayed with the reception he had gained, he still
persisted in not only riding his hobby, but insisting on every
body getting up behind him; and having, as we presume, his
motto of “ While I live I will crow,” warm in his head, he again
became the subject of amusement; and on Wednesday, Feb.
24th, 1813, Mr. Coates, (( in all his glory re-appeared,”