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PJ.747.018
19 Nov 1747:21 (261)
London. August 28. . . We hear that it will be proposed in
the ensuing Parliament, that all tickets for admitting
persons into plays, operas, assemblies, masquerades, balls,
and all other diversion, shall be printed on double six-
penny stamps; that such as are in easy and affluent
circumstances, may more effectually contribute to the
service of the publick; and that those who inconsiderably
waste their fortunes in an idle and prodigal pursuit of
pleasure, may, by this means be obliged to do something for
the benefit of posterity, of which they are so unmindful in
other respects. It is also said that a farther duty will be
laid upon cards and dice, and that other instruments of
luxury will be taxed, which is certainly far more
reasonable, than imposing any new duties on the necessaries
of life.
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