tremendous, how wonderful! A pleasing terror took
hold on me, which it is impossible to describe, and I
never felt the majesty of the Divine Creator so fully
before. I was dreadfully sick, and so were my poor
sister and Mr. Brereton. Mr. Siddons was pretty
well; and here, my dear friend, let me give you a little
wholesome advice: allways (you see I have forgot to
spell) go to bed the instant you go on board, for by
lying horizontally, and keeping very quiet, you cheat
the sea of half its influence. We arrived in Dublin
the 16th June, half-past twelve at night. There is not
a tavern or a house of any kind in this capital city of
a rising kingdom, as they call themselves, that will
take a woman in; and, do you know, I was obliged,
after being shut up in the Custom-house officer's room,
to have the things examined, which room was more
like a dungeon than anything else—after staying here
above an hour and a half, I tell you, I was obliged,
sick and weary as I was, to wander about the streets
on foot (for the coaches and chairs were all gone off
the stands) till almost two o'clock in the morning,
raining, too, as if heaven and earth were coming together.
A pretty beginning! thought I; but these
people are a thousand years behind us in every respect.
At length Mr. Brereton, whose father had provided a
bed for him on his arrival, ventured to say he would
insist on having a bed for us at the house where he was
to sleep. Well, we got to this place, and the lady of
the house vouchsafed, after many times telling us that
she never took in ladies, to say we should sleep there
that night."
The actress's first appearance was made in Isabella, on the 21st June 1783. The theatre was crowded to suffocation, and guineas and half-guineas were paid
