[234] Pepys' Memoirs, vol. iv., p. 99. [235] Id. p. 222. [236] Pepys' Memoirs, vol. iv., p. 2. [237] Cibber's Apology, chap. v., &c. [238] See Tatler, No. 167. [239] Cibber's Apology, 2d edit. p. 138. [240] "Lounger's Common Place Book," vol. ii., p. 137. [241] Malcolm's Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century, vol. i., p. 417. [242] Malcolm, _et seq._, p. 421. [243] Lounger's Common-Place Book, vol. ii., p. 139. [244] Lounger's Common-Place Book, vol. ii., p. 141. [245] "For," says the note, "while the mucilaginous qualities of porter may form one criterion of the nourishment it yields, it does not follow that mere nourishment is or ought to be the only consideration in a labouring man's use of malt liquor, or any other aliment. It is well known that flesh-meats yield chyle in greater abundance than any production of the vegetable kingdom; but Franklin would not have considered this any argument for living wholly upon meat. The fact is, that the stimulating quality of all fermented liquors (when moderately taken) is an essential part of the refreshment, and therefore of the strength they yield. 'We curse not wine--the vile excess we blame.'" [To this Franklin might have answered, that the want of stimulus is generally produced by a previous abuse of it, and that the having recourse to fermented liquors is likely to continue the abuse, whatever may be said about moderation. The moderation is so difficult, that it is better to abstain than to hazard it. It is true (not to quote the words irreverently) "man does not live by bread alone," but by sociality and good-humour; and that even a little excess occasionally is not to be narrowly considered; but for the purposes of labour we may surely gather from the recorded experience of those who have laboured most, whether physically or mentally, first, that the more temperate our _habits_, the more we can perform; and, secondly, that an habitual abstinence from some kinds of refreshment is the only way to secure them.] [246] Life of Benjamin Franklin, 1826, p. 31. CHAPTER VII. DRURY LANE, AND THE TWO THEATRES IN DRURY LANE AND COVENT GARDEN.