Now this separation of fathers from mothers, and of parents from children, does not augur well of domestic enjoyments or of a love of home.
But we will trace the conduct of the parents still farther.

We will get into their company at their own houses; and here we shall very soon discover, how wearisome they consider every hour, that is spent in the bosom of their families, when deprived of their accustomed amusements; and with what anxiety they count the time, when they are to be restored to their favourite rounds of pleasure.

We shall find no difficulty in judging also from their conversation, the measure of their thought or their solicitude about their children.

A new play is sure to claim the earliest attention or discussion.

The capital style, in which an actor performed his part on a certain night, furnishes conversation for an hour.