Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 40 of 120
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# Description This is a page of running prose text from "A Month's Tour," a work of Victorian-era travel literature. The passage describes the narrator's exhaustion after a day spent sightseeing and gratefully acknowledges the hospitality of a friend, Mr. B—the younger, who provided them dinner and refreshments including claret whisky and perficо (a liqueur made from citrus, brandy, and milk). The text uses period typography with long "s" characters and discusses a procession conducted with magnificence comparable to the King's attendance at Parliament.
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‘proceffion-was conducted with a magnifi~ ‘cence not at all inferior to that. with which the King is.attended when he. goes to. the houfe of Lords. We fpent fo much time and pains this ‘day in gratifying our curiofity, that our ftrength ‘and {pirits were nearly exhaufted ‘with hunger and fatigue. Againft thefe an excellent remedy was provided: by our very. worthy. friend Mr. B— the younger, ‘whofe good fenfe, fprightlinefs, and hof- pitality, are fcarcely to.be paralleled. He treated, us with, 2..good -dinner, claret, whitky, Gwhich is prepared from. the juice ‘Of. malt put into the ftill without being hopped) and perfico, a very pleafant li- ‘quor, made of the juice of lemons, oranges, brandy, and various other ingredients, re- fined by milk. : comicbooks.com