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BG.737.001
3-10 Jan 1737:21,22,31 (887)
A new proposal for the better regulation of Quadrille [card
playing]. By Dr. S--t; lately publish'd at Dublin. . . [3d
para.:]
Now in order to prevent those ill bred and injurious
practices for the future, and to the intent that every lady
may have due notice of the appointed hour; it is hereby
proposed, that a subscription be set on foot for erecting a
square tower in the middle of St. Stephen's Green, and that
a bell be hung in the same, large enough to be heard over
the parishes of St. Anne, St. Andrew, and St., Peter; and,
in calm evenings, as far as the parish of St. Mary, for the
benefit of the graduates there: That the said bell shall be
christened, according to the rites of the Roman Church; and
that the Godfathers shall be KC, and M.J. and the Godmothers
L.M. and R.E. who shall call it the Great Tom of Quadrille;
that the said bell shall be toll'd by the B--- of St.
Stephen's Green and Dawson-street, in their turns, beginning
a quarter before six in the evening, and ending at six. In
the mean time all the little church-bells shall cease their
babblings, that Tom may be more distinctly heard. . .
[More re. the bell in succeeding 9 more paras. re. a
satirical discourse on card playing. For an earlier essay
on quadrille or card playing, see BG issue: 1-8 Dec 1735]
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