Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 108 of 120
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# A Month's Tour - Page 108 This is a page of running prose text from what appears to be a travel narrative or descriptive account titled "A Month's Tour." The visible text discusses Irish military gentlemen and their potential for either serving their country's welfare or falling into rebellion (comparing them unfavorably to their ancestors under Elizabeth). The passage then shifts to characterizing the Irish people generally as "open, generous, lively, intrepid" and hospitable, while noting this represents "the bright side of their character" before promising to discuss "the most predominant vices among" them (the text cuts off mid-sentence).
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ics A MONTH's TOUR If thefe genthemen apply their military talents to the noble purpofes they have hi- therto been engaged in, they will fhortly enjoy the happinefs of becoming powerful inftruments in promoting the welfare and profperity of their country. If, on the c6ntrary, they proftitute them in the caufe of rebellion, and madly abufe: this privi- lege, as their anceftors did, in the reign of Flizabeth, it is Odds but they will again relapfe into the barbarity and wretched- -atefs ‘they were for centuries immerfed tn. As to the tempers of the Irifh in general, they are an open, generous, lively, intre- pid peopte, and much inclined to hofpita- lity. This is the bright fide of their cha- rater, The moft predominant vices a- mong comicbooks.com