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ENTHUSIASM: A COMEDY.



SCENE III.

The private Closet of Lord Worrymore.

Enter his Lordship, with papers in his hand, followed by an Amanuensis.

LORD WORRYMORE.

Sit down at this table, and begin your task; and take good care to copy correctly the periods, the pauses, and the notes of admiration. Eloquence is wonderfully assisted in the reading by those little auxiliaries.

AMANUENSIS.

I will, my Lord.

LORD WORRYMORE.

And when you come to any very striking expressions, be sure to draw a line under them—so, (showing him how.) that the reader may do them justice, with a correspondent emphasis and elevation of voice.

AMANUENSIS.

Certainly, my Lord: I shall mark all such passages as your Lordship may be pleased to point out.

LORD WORRYMORE.

I should like you to mark also some passages of your own selecting: for an unlearned person