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PG-P.745.002
15 Jan 1745:21,22 (840)
Extract of a letter from Bristol. Nothing is to be seen
here but rejoicing for the great number of French prizes
brought into this port; our sailors are in the highest
spirits, and full of money; and whilst on shoar spend their
whole time in carousing, visiting their mistresses, going to
plays, serenading, &c. and dress'd out with lac'd hats,
tossels, swords with sword-knots, and in short all things
that can give them an opportunity the quickest way of
spending their money. ---How they do in France we know not,
nor care; but sure, in this part of Britain there never was
more joy.
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