INTRODUCTION. x\x 
owner, to recover them, was obliged to diC 
charge not only the bill due for brandy and 
tobacco, but all the other debts of the heroine. 
During the Intoxication and giddlnefs oc- 
cafioned by thefe amufements, Love alfo did 
not fail to ad his part ; and certain little in- 
trigues were, from time to time, brought to 
light, which gave employment to the tongue 
of fcandal, and introduced unhappinefs into fa- 
milies. Hymen, it is true, amidft thefe ad- 
ventures, fometimes intervened to repair the 
follies of his brother ; and many marriages, 
which reftored every thing to order, were 
the refult of his negotiations ; but the com* 
plaints, though ftifled, did not lefs exift. 
The watchfulnefs of the mother was alert. 
The hufband, by fo much the more fecretly 
irritated as he faw hirafelf obliged to conceal 
his jealoufy, curfed in his heart both a£tors 
and theatre 5 while the matronly part of the 
communltyj lefs on the referve, declaimed 
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