BLACKWOOD'S LADY'S MAGAZINE AND GAZETTE OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD; OR, ST. JAMES'S COURT-REGISTER OF BELLES LETTRES, FINE ARTS, MUSIC, DRAMA, FASHIONS, &c. JUNE, 1836. THE THREE WEDDINGS OF PHILIP O'LEE. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ADVENTURES OF CRISPIN CRISP," ETC. -What is wedlock forced but a hell, "FAITH! there's nothing like a wedding, any how:-that's certain!" said Mr. Philip O'Lee, pushing the Madeira towards his friend Jack Wilson, at whose board he sat amid a circle of some dozen other boon companions who had met to discuss the propriety of the said Jack Wilson's approaching nuptials." You may take my word upon that matter; for, seeing I've been to church three times, I ought to have some experience. What mariner thrice traverses the same sea without knowing the state of its bed? I have read somewhere or other that matrimony is the halfway house on the great road of life; and so it is. But the refreshment received during our rest there gives such a lift to the heart, that we VOL. I.-No. 1. SHAKSPEARE. |