abruptneſs—the ſame woman, I conceive, whom the author drew, with the ſelf-ſame ſentiments, but with manners adapted to the Engliſh rather than the German taſte; and if the favour in which this character is held by the audience, together with every ſentence and incident which I have preſumed to introduce in the play, may be offered as the criterion of my ſkill, I am ſufficiently rewarded for the taſk I have performed.
In ſtating the foregoing circumſtances relating to this production, I hope not to be ſuſpected of arrogating to my own exertions only, the popularity which has attended “The Child of Love,” under the title of “Lovers Vows”—the exertions of every performer engaged in the play deſervedly claim a ſhare in its ſucceſs; and I moſt ſincerely thank them for the high importance of their aid.
