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GG(J.768.041
17 Aug 1768:11,12 (255)
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, with 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 make
the No. 45. -- In the middle of the table, the figures 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, and 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 every 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
minuets, nine ragadoons, nine cotillons, and eighteen
country dances, being in the whole 45. --After the ladies
had been kissed round 45 times, and 45 couple of jellies
were eaten, the company retired with great mirth and
festivity, at 45 minutes past 3 o'clock.
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