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VGW(HU.772.017
13 Feb 1772:23 (1072)
London, November 12. Extract of a letter from Cambridge,
November 9.
Last night we had a new exhibition: One Breslau, who shows
slight of hand, came here, and in his performances he gave a
piece of paper to three ladies to read, the only three in
the room. As soon as they looked at it, they rose; and
without speaking, left the place. The gentlemen of the
University, immediately guessing that there must be
something very gross in what was given them for to read, in
revenge of the insult tossed the conjurer in a blanket.
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