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NYM(G.756.092
22 Nov 1756:11,12,13 (224)
From the Gentleman's Magazine, for August 1756.
Some account of the life of General William Blakeney.
William Blakeney was the eldest son of -------- Blakeney,
Esq; and was born at Mount Blakeney, in the county of
Limerick, in Ireland, in the year 1672. . .
At the age of 17 he was taken from school, having acquired
a little Latin, a considerable share of historical
knowledge, and a consummate skill in dancing. . . [article
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As to his person, he is of middle stature and very strong
make; muscular, but not corpulent, and large limbed, though
he still dances, and did once dance very gracefully. He was
particularly fond of a jigg, or rigadoon, in which he
acquitted himself well, though heavily shod, for he never
wore any other than broad toed German shoes, an inch thick
in the sole. . .
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