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BC.770.039
29 Mar-2 Apr 1770:1081 (184)
Curious Anecdotes, shewing the rigid punctilio of the
Portugueze.
. . . [15 lines] In the royal opera-house at Lisbon, which
had not been opened above seven months before it was
destroyed by the great earthquake, the King assigned the box
on the right hand of that in which the royal family sat to
his natural brothers, and the box on his left hand to the
Cardinal Patriarch. But the latter would not yield the
precedence, and therefore at all representations his box
appeared empty. Other persons, likewise, denied themselves
the pleasure of ever being at that entertainment, because
they had not the distinction of places assigned which they
judged due to their rank. . . [1 1/2 column]
But a more unhappy instance some time ago happened to
exemplify the effects of that spirit among them. At a
French ball, where many of the Portugueze nobility were
present, a dispute arose, between Don ---Noronha, a son of
the Count of Arcos, and Don Autonio de Menezes, in which the
former struck the latter; who in return, had seized a
bottle, and was going to repay the injury, by throwing it at
his adversary's head; . . .
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