"Man in this world, Sir, may be compared to a hackney-coach upon a stand; continually subject to be drawn by his unruly appetites, on one foolish jaunt or another; but you will say, if his appetites are horses, which as it were drag him along, reason is the coachman to rule those horses--But, Sir, when the coachman reason, is drunk with passion--"
Love in the City; a Comic Opera
First performed February 21, 1767. At least 4 entries in ESTC (1767).<br>
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<u>Love in the City; a Comic Opera. As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. The Words Written, and the Music Compiled by the Author of Love in a Village.</u> (London: Printed for W. Griffin, in Catharine-Street, in the Strand, 1767). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T38655">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;