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EJMP.777.003
23 Jan 1777:21 (160)
A Political Raree-Show. A Dream. A Correspondent passing
through High Holborn the other day, saw an old fellow,
dressed in the habit of a soldier, exhibiting a Raree-Show
to some children, at a halfpenny a piece, with his "there
you see the glorious Duke of Marlborough cutting the French
to pieces at Blenheim. . . [4 lines]
Our correspondent was so struck with the scene, that it
dwelt on his fancy; and when the shades of night had
enveloped the world in her deepest tints, it produced a
dream, rather dissimilar to that which had amused the waking
ideas, but sufficiently striking to be rec [ ]ed.
On a bank of a river, not unlike the Thames, and on a
pleasant spot which bore a strong resemblance to Richmond
Gardens, our correspondent beheld a Raree-show-man
exhibiting to a croud of gaping spectators, who seemed to
wonder at, but not much to applaud the pictures. "There you
see the river of Thames, with all the transports setting out
for America; there you see the cattle in Smithfield all
alive, and there you see them all dead at the victualling-
office; there you see the harbours of Portsmouth and
Plymouth, with the ships all ready for sailing . . . [13
more lines] (Lond. Even. Post.)
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