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By permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, and the Worshipful the Mayor. In a large room, at the Wrestlers, in the Petty Cury, on Monday the 10th of May, and every Evening during the week, Signor Zucker, and Co : (who have had the Honour of performing before their Majesties) Will display their inimitable and surprising performances. Part the First, With Books, Eggs, Numbers, Dishes, &c. by Mr. Zucker. Second,-Singing by Miss Zucker. Third,-A Lady, who has had the Honour of performing before their Majesties, will play several Airs on the Musical Glasses. After which she will Produce the Learned Birds; Which she has taught, at the word of command, to go through the Exercise of a Soldier; to lie down as if dead, on a wooden Pillow, then she takes him by the Leg, Wing, or Head, and his Limbs hang as really dead; to sit up like a Lapdog, with a Stick in his Claw, after which he swings himself in a Swing, like a Rope-Dancer; to shew how the Ladies look out of their Windows; to mimic a Dutch Woman going to Market, with Milk-Pails on her Shoulders; to appear as a Cannoneer, with a Firelock, Cartouch-Box and Cap, and sitting on the Carriage of a Cannon, will discharge the same, without being frightened in the least; the same will act as if wounded, and be wheeled to the Hospital in a little Barrow; to turn a Wind-Mill;-And, the most surprizing of all, to stand in the middle of a Firework, which shall be discharged all around him, without the least Fear. Fourth,-Miss Zucker will act a Medley upon different Countries, and sing several favourite Songs. To conclude with a Masquerade Dance, between several dozens of Eggs, by Miss Zucker, Blind-Folded. The Room is fitted up in a commodious Manner for the reception of Ladies & Gentlemen. Doors to be opened at Seven, and to begin precisely at Eight. Admittance One Shilling only [Elektronische Ressource]
1790




The life of Lavinia Beswick, alias Fenton, alias Polly Peachum: containing, her birth and education. Her Intrigues at a Boarding School. Her first Acquaintance with a certain Portugueze Nobleman. The Time when, and Person to whom she bestow'd her first Favours. A particular Account of her Conversation with a Mercer, now living near the Royal Exchange. Or the Portugueze Nobleman being confin'd in the Fleet, and the honourable Method she took to gain him his Liberty. A Copy of Verses which she composed on a Fop, which conduced to her Acquaintance with Mr. Huddy, for whose Benefit, at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market, the first appear'd on the Stage. A particular Account of a Benefit she shar'd with one Mr. Gilbert, a few Week-After Mr. Huddy's, at the same Theatre. Her first Admittance into the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: Her Weekly Salary, both now and then; and the Time when, and the Cause why, it was raised. Of her Wit gaining her more Lovers than her Beauty. The Horse-Courser dismounted, yet saves his Distance. A Poet structing under the Protection of the Nine Muses. Another Poet, who would attack Ulysses and Penelope in a barbarous Manner, is severely handled by Polly in a Satyrical Stanza. Her Judgment in Poetry, and History Painting. And the reasonable Reason why so many great Men have been her Humble Servants. The whole interspers'd with convincing proofs of her ingenuity, wit, and smart repartees. And concluding with some remarkable instances of her humanity to the distressed [Elektronische Ressource]
1728

The spectator bird
A Bison book
Repr., 4. print, 1979
Signatur: EKYS2432











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