Some Doctor, indeed, has declared that such grief
Should--unless 'twould to utter despairing its folly push--
Fly to the Beaujon, and there seek relief
By rattling, as BOB says, "like shot thro' a holly-bush."
I must now bid adieu;--only think, DOLLY, think
If this _should_ be the King--I have scarce slept a wink
With imagining how it will sound in the papers,
And how all the Misses my good luck will grudge,
When they read that Count RUPPIN, to drive away vapors,
Has gone down the Beaujon with Miss BIDDY FUDGE.
_Nota Bene_.--Papa's almost certain 'tis he--
For he knows the Legitimate cut and could see,
In the way he went poising and managed to tower
So erect in the car, the true _Balance of Power_.
[1] The oldest, most celebrated, and most noisy of the singers at the
French Opera.
[2] The Theatre de la Porte St. Martin which was built when the Opera
House in the Palais Royal was burned down, in 1781.
[3] "The Old Testament," says the theatrical Critic in the _Gazette de
France_, "is a mine of gold for the managers of our small play-houses. A
multitude crowd round the Theatre de la Gaiete every evening to see the
Passage of the Red Sea."
[4] A piece very popular last year, called "_Daniel, ou La Fosse aux
Lions_."
[5] Madame Begrand, a finely formed woman, who acts in "Susanna and the
Elders,"--"_L'Amour et la Folie_.
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