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BNL.769.002
5 Jan 1769:13 (3405 Postscript 342)
London, Oct. 18. On Thursday the 13th, his Danish Majesty,
having been just nine weeks in England, after taking an
affectionate leave of all the Royal Family, set out for
Dover on his way to France. . . A little before his
departure, October the 10th, he gave at the Hay-Market, a
masquerade which for the number and dignity of the company,
the richness, variety and taste of the dresses, the grandeur
and beauty of the scenes, and the elegance and good order
with which the whole was prepared and conducted, was the
most splendid and magnificent, that ever was seen in
England, or perhaps any where else. . . [17 lines: 3,000
tickets delivered, cost of dresses, value of jewels, some
rented for evening, description of costumes.]
At 12 the company unmasked to go to supper, the
description of the mahometan paradise immediately rushed
upon the memory. The sight in short was almost too dazzling
to bear. The stage was lined with crimson velvet,
beautifully illuminated round. . .
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