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BG.768.015
13 Jun 1768:41 (689)
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, wit
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 made 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, had 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 ever
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 minuites, nine rigadoons, nine cotillons,
and 18 country dances, being in the whole 45 -- after the
ladies had been kissed round 45 times and 45 couple [sic] of
jellies were eaten, the company retired with great mirth and
festivity, at 45 minutes past 3 o'clock.--Ledger.
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