c seducer
demands indignation; but the trifling peccadillos of the sons of fortune
and the stars of fashion may be passed by, without any serious personal
exposure, since _time, ~46~~cash, and constitution are the three
practising physicians_ who generally effect a radical cure, without
the aid of the satirist. But come, Crony, you must give us the _nom de
guerre_ of the last-mentioned belles: you have hitherto distinguished
all the Cythereans by some eccentric appellation; let us therefore have
the list complete." "By all means, gentlemen," replied the old beau: "if
I must stand godfather to the whole fraternity of Cyprians, I think I
ought, at least, to have free access to every convent in Christendom;
but I must refer to my tablets, for I keep a regular entry of all the
new appearances, or I should never remember half their designations.
Mrs. N------has the harmonious appellation of the _mocking bird_,
from her silly habit of repeating every word you address to her. Mrs.
B------is called the _New Perdita_, from a royal conquest she once made,
but which we have only her own authority for believing; at any rate, she
is known to be fond of a _New-gent_, and the title may on that
account be fairly her own. Mrs. C-----H------ has the honour of being
distinguished by the appropriate name of the _Napoleon Venus_, from the
similarity of her contour with the countenance of that great man.

The two sisters, Mesdames G------and P------, are well known by the
flattering distinctions of the red and the black Swan, from the colour
of their hair and the stateliness of their carriage; and Kitty Stock
has the poetical cognomen of _blue-eyed Lima_. 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.