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PG-P.736.040
23 Aug-2 Sep 1736:11 (403)
From the Universal Spectator, Feb. 14. No. 384. A Letter
from a Young Gentleman on his Travels, to his Father.
Paris, Dec. 11. A.D. 1735.
. . . we arriv'd in Holland on Thursday . . . [drinks with
the Exciseman] He is a mighty merry sort of a man, and sing
a Dutch catch in a very elegant taste. . . [1 3/4 column] As
for this town of Paris it is very large, and has a power of
people, and all of them seem gentlemen: Their very coblers
are complaisant and know a great deal of good breeding:
They sing love songs in an agreeable manner. I make a
pretty figure in my silver-button'd cloaths, which I have
kept very fresh, as our John can vouch: I wore it two days
ago at a ball among people of the best fashion. They dance
here extreamly well, yet I was confounded when I call'd for
Moll Placket and old Roger o'Coverly, neither the company
nor the fidlers know any thing of the matter. . .
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