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NYM(L.779.010
26 Nov 1779:1123 (13)
From the London Chronicle. The Mirror.
No thinking man will deny, that travelling into foreign
countries is, in certain situations, attended with many and
great advantages. . . [in 3 columns, the author describes
his personal travelling experiences, including in col.2]
With that view, I went to the races at Edinburgh, where I
was told I should meet with all the polite people of this
country. The night I arrived I was accompained to the
assembly by a female relation. . . caught my eye was an old
lady, who, it seems presided for the night, and was at that
instant employed in distributing tickets, to ascertain the
order in which the ladies were to dance. . . This important
part of the ceremonial being at length adjusted, the dancing
began. . . I had not time to make any observation on the
propriety of allowing ladies to go unattended to a public
place, to wait there for hours in expectation of the
gentlemen with whom they were to dance. . . [in London,
col.3] In that belief I went to the opera in the evening. .
. [more about his cool reception from acquaintances]
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