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NYJ-N.769.097
20 Jul 1769:32 (1385)
By permission of his Excellency the Governor. By particular
desire, on Friday evening, the twenty-first inst. at Mr.
Burn's long Room will be presented, an Attic Evening's
Entertainment. Extracts from various authors read, and some
of the most celebrated songs will be sung. A Harvest Storm,
Shooting and Hunting, their Barbarity.---A ludicrous account
of fox-hunting,---from Thompson's Poem on Autumn. Away to
the Fields, (a hunting song) by Mr. Hudgson. Satan's
Soliloquy. [Milt. Parad. Lost. B. 4.] A song set by Dr.
Henry Purcel, by Mr. Warwell. A Poetic Epistle, by Mr. Gay.
The Linnets by Mr. Hudgson. The Answer of Achilles, to the
Embassy sent from Agamemnon,---from Pope's Homer. A Martial
Song, in character, by Mr. Warwell. A two part song by Mr.
Warsell and Mr. Hudgson. Tickets to be had at Mr. Burns's
Tavern, at five shilllings each. No person to be admitted
without a ticket:-To begin at half an hour past seven
o'clock.
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