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VGW(PA.737.068
2-9 Sep 1737:11 (58)
Vienna, Jun 1. . . They write also from Vienna, that ten
Prussian officers pass'd thro' that city, in their way to
Hungary, where they intend to serve as voluntiers, in the
imperial army, to which a vast number of foreign officers
and noblemen are daily resorting from several parts, with
the same view, and all serve at their own expence: It seems
they prefer glory to an opera. . . [3/4 column discussing
qualities of officers in various armys.] Turn our eyes
where we will abroad, we shall find Scotch and Irish
officers, cover'd with lawrels and glory; but if we want to
look (nowadays) for English heroes, we must travel to Covent
Garden, or the Hay-Market, to the Part (at night) the Bath,
or Tunbridge.
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