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PC.768.081
13-20 Jun 1768:1632 (75)
London. April 26. . . A certain gentleman at Poplar, the
friend of the patriotick Wilkes, had last Tuesday a very
elegant dinner; the company consisted of 45 gentlemen; at 45
minutes past one, there were drank 45 gills of wine, with 45
new-laid eggs in them; precisely at 45 minutes past two, a
very genteel dinner was served up, being five courses nine
dishes each, which make the No. 45. -- In the middle of the
table, the figures 45 were inlaid with mother of pearl, on
which was placed a noble surloin of beef, weighing 45
pounds, the table cloth and plates were marked 45, on the
back of every chair those figures were carved, and exactly
25 gilt nails in a chair, which with the 20 on each person's
hands and feet, made up the number of nails in every chair
45. --The whole concluded with a ball in the evening, when
45 ladies entered the room, then the dances immediately
began, and each lady was saluted at the end of every dance,
which were nine minuets, nine rigadoons, nine cottillons,
and eighteen country dances, being in the whole 45. --After
the ladies had been kissed round 45 times, and 45 couple of
jellies were eaten, the company retired with great mirth and
festivity, at 45 minutes past 3 o'clock.
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