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yarb commented on the word stagefinch
At last, the moment I had been waiting for being arrived, namely the dropping of the curtain on this favourite and standard piece, we went, for my widow would go with me, behind the scenes, where we caught a glimpse of Phenicia, who was playing off the amiable and unaffected simpleton, and listening with all the primness of studied simplicity to the soft chirping of a young stagefinch, who had evidently suffered himself to be caught in the birdlime of her professional or meretricious talents.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 7 ch. 7
September 30, 2008