Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 62 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 62: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a travel narrative or diary. The text describes events on the 30th of an unspecified month, including reading and writing in the morning, dining at Mr. P——'s residence, and attending the Lord Lieutenant's ball in the evening. The passage provides detailed descriptions of the ball room's elegant appointments—its wallpaper, five glass chandeliers, green moreen-covered benches, and scarlet seating reserved for female nobility—suggesting this is an account of social activities, likely in Dublin given the reference to College Green.
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6 A MONTHs TOUR: in ‘College Green, whofe fides are adorned with warlike trophies. On the 30th we amufed away the morn- ing in reading, writing, &c. Dined and drank tea at Mr. P——’s; and, after {pending feveral hours here in chearful and agreeable chat, we concluded the evening in the character of fpectators at the Lord Lieutenant’s ball. The room is elegant, and hung with a rich, - tho’ not gaudy paper. It is furnifhed with five glafs chandeliers. The benches, which extend the'whole length of the room, are covered: with green moreen, except the front ones, which are eccupied by the female nobility, the covering of whichis fearlet. At comicbooks.com