make the sweet swan of like a � if any one should feel himself of whim opinions by our let him attack we shall not from the if his passes be successful we will b first to cry out a hit a hit and we we hall lay ourselves open t weapons of our but let them a care how they run a with us have to deal with stubborn foes who can a world of we will be in our vengeance and will fight � till bones the flesh be hack d � what other subjects we shall include i range of our observations we have not d or rather we shall not trouble ours to detail the public have already formation concerning us than we impart we owe them no � ne do we ask any we again advise them own to read our papers when come out we recommend to all them for their daughters who be into the of the bon ton cured of all those rusty old notions which during the last century parents i of i a g esq be aught how to govern their girls to get husbands and old maids how to do them as we do not measure our wits by the yard n and as they do not flow constantly we shall not our paper � to size or the time of its appearance it be published whenever we have sufficient matter to constitute a number and the � of the number shall depend on the stock in hand this will best suit our habits and leave us that full liberty and independence which is the joy and pride of our is there any one who wishes to know more about us � let him read and grow wise thus much we will say � there are three of us � and i v all good and true many a time and oft have we three amused the town without its knowing to whom it was indebted and a time have we seen the midnight lamp twinkle faintly on our and heard the morning salutation of � past three whim and opinions o clock � before we sought our pillows the result of these midnight studies is now offer to the public and little as we care for the opinion of this exceedingly stupid world we shall take care as far as lies in our careless natures tp fulfil the promises made in this introduction � if we do not we shall have so many examples to justify us that we feel little solicitude on that account containing the of modem criticism by william esq was performed to a very crowded house and much to our satisfaction as however our neighbour town has been very already in his on this play we shall make but few remarks having never seen in this character we are absolutely at a loss to say whether mr performed it well or not we think however there was an error in his costume as the learned of esq is of that in the time of the did not wear bat shoes also was noted for ing his jacket open that he might play fiddle more conveniently � that an hereditary accomplishment in the is � have seen this character performed in i by the celebrated the f that great empire who in the dagger always the by nose like a trumpet � with the opinion of the sage im performed in wooden shoes him an opportunity of producing effect � for on first seeing the � dagger � he always cut a prodigious and kicked his shoes into the pit i heads of the critics whereupon the au e were delighted flourished hands and st their whiskers three and the matter was carefully reported e next number of a paper called the town e were much pleased with mrs in i whim and opinions lady but we think she would have given a greater effect to the night scene if instead of holding the candle in her hand or setting it down on the table which is by neighbour to she had stuck it in her night cap � this would have been extremely picturesque and would have marked more strongly the of her mind mrs however is not by any means large enough for the character � lady having been in our opinion a woman of extraordinary size and of the race of the giants notwithstanding what she says of her � little hand � which being said in her sleep passes for nothing we should be happy to see this character in the hands of the lady who played q een of the giants in tom thumb she is exactly of imperial dimensions and provided she is well shaved of a most interesting as she appears also to be a lady of some nerve dare engage she will read a letter about vanishing in air and such common without being i of esq ic surprised to the annoyance of honest � town � we are happy to observe that mr profits by the instructions of friend town and does not dip the dagger in blood so deep as formerly by the matter of an inch or two this was a violent outrage upon our immortal bard we differ with mr town in his reading of the words � this is a sorry sight � we are of the force of the sentence should be thrown on the word sight � because having been a short time before most with an dagger was in doubt whether the actually in his hands were real or whether they were not mere shadows or as the old english have termed it te this at any rate will establish our skill in new though we differ in this respect from our neighbour town yet we heartily agree with him in mr for that passage so remarkable for � 