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WHILE the Beggar's Opera was under rehearsal at the Haymarket Theatre,
in 1823, Miss Paton, who was to play the part of Polly, expressed a
wish to sing the air of The Miser thus a Shilling sees, a note higher;
to which the stage-manager immediately replied, Then, Miss, you must
sing, 'The Miser thus a Guinea sees.'
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