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Our Polly is a sad slut, nor heeds what we have taught her,

I wonder any man alive will ever rear a daughter,

For when she's drest with care and cost, all tempting, fine,

and gay,

As men should serve a cucumber, she flings herself away.

Beggar's Opera.

After the death of Mr. Bertram, Mannering had set out upon a short tour, propos