Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 54 of 120
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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from "A Month's Tour," page 54. The text describes a traveler's account of a disappointing dinner where the meat was poorly cooked, upsetting a companion named Mr. T——. It mentions an unusual vegetable dish of young cabbages served as sauce with veal and bacon, an evening visit from Mr. B——, and an unsuccessful attempt to attend divine service at St. Patrick's, which was prevented by delays from their barber. The writing employs 18th-century spelling conventions and appears to be travel narrative or memoir prose.
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ah ‘ & 39 A MONTH’ TOUR amufed ourfelves with readirig; writing; cc. and din’d at D s. The meat was’ extremely ill-cooked, which fo much dif- concerted’ Mr. T , that hé recovered not his accuftomed good-huniour the whole‘evenine.. The waiter brought him young cabbages rin up inte: about a foot in length, as gteen fauce to his veal and ‘bacon. - Mr Boe did us the pleafire of {pending:the'evening:at our lodgings; arid’ favour'd us;with many‘a pleafant ditty. os © On the 28th it was our intention to-at- tend divine fervice at St. Pattick’s ;. but ‘were prevented. by the vexatious dilatori- nefs of our barber, After this difap- pointment, we compofed-curfelves as well comicbooks.com