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Review Of New Publications.
' Sir William . May I enquire tbe reason of that ? ' Lord Priory . It is because I am married myself ; and having always treated my wife according to the ancient mode of treating wives ^ t would rather she should never be an eye-witness to the modern household management . ' Sir William . The ancients , I believe , were very affectionate to their wives .
' Lord Priory . And they bad reason to b" : so ; for their wives obeyed them . The ancients seldom gave them the liberty to do wrong ; but modern wives do as they like . ' Mr . Norherry . And don ' t you suffer Lady Priory to do as she likes ? c Lord Priory . Yes , when it is what I like too . But never , never else . ' Sir William . Does not this draw upon you the character of an unkind husband ?
' Lord Priory , That I -am proud of . Did yon n ? ver observe that seldom a breach of fidelity in a wife is exposed , where the unfortunate husband is not said to be " the best creature iu the world I Poor man , . so good natured !—• Doatingly fond of his wife !—Indulged her in every thing 1—How cruel in her to ser \ 'e him so . " Now , if I am served rs , it shall not be for my goodnature . ' Mr . Norherry . But I hope you equally disapprove of every severity .
' Lord Priory [ rajidly . ] What do yon mean by severity ? ' Mr . Norherry . You know you used to be rather violent in your temper . - Lord Priory . So I am still—apt to be hasty and passionate—but that is rather of advantage to me as a husbands—it causes me to be obeyed without hesitation—no liberty for contention , tears , or repining . I insure conjugal sunshine , by now and then introducing a storm ; while some husbands never see any thing but a cloudy sky , and all for the Avant of a little domestic thunder to clear away the vapours . ' Sir William . I have long conceived indulgence to be the bane of female
Happiness . ' Lord Priory . And so it is . —I know several weir-en of fashion , Avho will visit six places of different amusement on thc same night , have company at home besides , and yet , for want of something more , they'll be out of spirits : my wife never goes to a public place , has scarce ever company at home , and yet is ahvays in spirits . ' Sir William . Never visits operas , . or balls , or routs ? ' Lord Priory . How should she ? She goes to bed every nig ht exactly
at ten ? Mr . Norherry . In the name of wonder , how have you been able to bring her to that ? ' . ' ' Lord Priory . By making her rise every morning at five . ' Mr . Norherry . Arid so she becomes tired before night ? . ' Lord Priory . Tired to death . Or , if I see her eyes completely open at bed-time , and she asks me to play one game more at p-. quet , the next
morning I jog her elbow at half after tour . . . ' Mr . Norherry . But suppose she does not reply to the signal ? ' Lord Priory . Then 1 turn the key of the door when I leave the chamber ; and there I find her when i come home in the evening . * Sir William . And without her having seen a creature all clay ? ' Lord Priory . That is in my favour ; for not having seen a single soul , she is rejoiced even to see me . ' Mr . Norherry . And will she speak to you after such usage ? VOL . VIII . I * U
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
' Sir William . May I enquire tbe reason of that ? ' Lord Priory . It is because I am married myself ; and having always treated my wife according to the ancient mode of treating wives ^ t would rather she should never be an eye-witness to the modern household management . ' Sir William . The ancients , I believe , were very affectionate to their wives .
' Lord Priory . And they bad reason to b" : so ; for their wives obeyed them . The ancients seldom gave them the liberty to do wrong ; but modern wives do as they like . ' Mr . Norherry . And don ' t you suffer Lady Priory to do as she likes ? c Lord Priory . Yes , when it is what I like too . But never , never else . ' Sir William . Does not this draw upon you the character of an unkind husband ?
' Lord Priory , That I -am proud of . Did yon n ? ver observe that seldom a breach of fidelity in a wife is exposed , where the unfortunate husband is not said to be " the best creature iu the world I Poor man , . so good natured !—• Doatingly fond of his wife !—Indulged her in every thing 1—How cruel in her to ser \ 'e him so . " Now , if I am served rs , it shall not be for my goodnature . ' Mr . Norherry . But I hope you equally disapprove of every severity .
' Lord Priory [ rajidly . ] What do yon mean by severity ? ' Mr . Norherry . You know you used to be rather violent in your temper . - Lord Priory . So I am still—apt to be hasty and passionate—but that is rather of advantage to me as a husbands—it causes me to be obeyed without hesitation—no liberty for contention , tears , or repining . I insure conjugal sunshine , by now and then introducing a storm ; while some husbands never see any thing but a cloudy sky , and all for the Avant of a little domestic thunder to clear away the vapours . ' Sir William . I have long conceived indulgence to be the bane of female
Happiness . ' Lord Priory . And so it is . —I know several weir-en of fashion , Avho will visit six places of different amusement on thc same night , have company at home besides , and yet , for want of something more , they'll be out of spirits : my wife never goes to a public place , has scarce ever company at home , and yet is ahvays in spirits . ' Sir William . Never visits operas , . or balls , or routs ? ' Lord Priory . How should she ? She goes to bed every nig ht exactly
at ten ? Mr . Norherry . In the name of wonder , how have you been able to bring her to that ? ' . ' ' Lord Priory . By making her rise every morning at five . ' Mr . Norherry . Arid so she becomes tired before night ? . ' Lord Priory . Tired to death . Or , if I see her eyes completely open at bed-time , and she asks me to play one game more at p-. quet , the next
morning I jog her elbow at half after tour . . . ' Mr . Norherry . But suppose she does not reply to the signal ? ' Lord Priory . Then 1 turn the key of the door when I leave the chamber ; and there I find her when i come home in the evening . * Sir William . And without her having seen a creature all clay ? ' Lord Priory . That is in my favour ; for not having seen a single soul , she is rejoiced even to see me . ' Mr . Norherry . And will she speak to you after such usage ? VOL . VIII . I * U