Three weeks after marriage: a comedy, in two acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden By Arthur Murphy HE following farce was ofl'ered to the I public in January 1764; but the quarrel about a trifle, and the renewal of that quarrel, after the difpute had fubfided, being thought unnatural, the piece was damned. Mr. Lewis. Of covent-ga'rden Theatre, had the courage to revive it for his benefit in March lafi, with an alteration of the title, and it has been fince: repeated with fuccefs. A fimilar incident hap pened to V0 LT aire at paris. That writer, in the year 1734, produced a tragedy, intitled adelaide Du guesclin, Wth was hifl'ed through every 36jc. In 1765, LE k'ain, an actor of eminence, revived the play, which had lain for years under condemnation. Every fcene was applauded. Vilhat can Ithink, fays vol taire, of thefe oppofitejudgments? He tells the following anecdote. A banker at 'paris had orders to get a new march compofed for one of the regiments of Charles XII. He employed a man of talents for the purpofe. The march was prepared and a praétice of it had at the banker's houfe before a numerous aitembly. The mu fic was found deteftable. Mouret (that was the compofer's name) retired with his perfor mance, and foon after inferted it in one of his operas. The banker and his friends went to'the opera; the march was applauded. Ah, fays the banker, tfiat': wfiat we wanted: wfiy did you not give u; fametlzing in t/zir tafle Sir, replied mouret, the march which you now applaud, is the very fame that you condemned before. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.