Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 53 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 53: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative titled "A Month's Tour" (page 53). The text describes the narrator and companions retiring early to bed in Dublin, only to be disturbed by riots and discord in the streets. A Mr. T——— goes to his window and addresses the rioters in menacing terms but to little effect, witnessing a scene of indecency that shocks him. The passage ends as the narrator begins to describe how they spent the next morning.
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