Now, you have nearly
the whole vocabulary of love's votaries," said old Crony; "and be sure,
young gentlemen, you profit by the precepts of experience; for not one
of these frail fair ones but in her time has made as many conquests as
Wellington, and caused perhaps as much devastation among the sons of
men as any hero in the world. But a new light breaks in upon us," said
Crony, "in the person of Mrs. Simmons, the _Tartar sultana_, whom you
may observe conversing with Lords H------d and P-----m in the centre of
the room. Poor N--g--nt the cyprian's ball ~47~~will long remember her
prowess in battle, when the strength of her passion had nearly brought
matters to a point, and that not a very tender one; but the swain cut
the affair in good time, or might have been cruelly cut himself. Messrs.
H--h and R--s--w could also give some affecting descriptions of the
Tartar sultana's rage when armed with jealousy or resentment. Her
residence, No. 30, B--k--r-street, has long been celebrated as the three
x x x; a name probably given to it by some spark who found the sultana
three times more cross than even common report had stated her to be."
The night was now fast wearing away, when Crony again directed our
attention to the right-hand corner of the room, where, just under the
orchestra, appeared the elder sister of the notorious Harriette Wilson
seated, and in close conversation with the Milesian M.
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