[34]. In the last edition of the works of a modern Poet, there is a Sonnet to the King, complimenting him on ‘his royal fortitude.’ The story of the Female Vagrant, which very beautifully and affectingly describes the miseries brought on the lower classes by war, in bearing which the said ‘royal fortitude’ is so nobly exercised, is very properly struck out of the collection.
[35]. The scene where the screen falls and discovers Lady Teazle, is without a rival. Perhaps the discovery is delayed rather too long.
[36]. What Louis XVIII. said to his new National Guards.
[37]. It was about this time that Madame Lavalette assisted her husband to escape from prison.
[38]. A Mr. Bibby, from the United States.
[39].
‘’Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill
Appear in writing, or in judging ill.’
Pope.
[40]. This young lady has since acted Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ with considerable applause.