Penny Dreadfuls, 1781 · page 75 of 120
A Month's Tour, &c. — page 75: 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," describing a visit to Dublin. The text recounts the author's tour of the Temple (a building in its early stages), an official visit by the Lord Lieutenant to the House of Peers, and a dinner excursion through Stephen's Green. The passage concludes with the author's observations on Irish drunkenness, attributing it to whisky's intoxicating potency and low cost among the Irish working classes. The tone reflects period stereotypes about Ireland and its inhabitants.
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A’ MONTH’s TOUR 75 our Hibernian Mentor, Mr.-B , to the Temple, a noble ftructure, bur quite in its: infancy, defigned for the fame purpofe as that at London. About four o’clock the Lord Lieutenant went to the houfe of Peers in wonderful ftate. In eternal parade and fhew, his Lordfhip made a princely appearance. We dined with our active-little guide, who led us through feveral fecret alleys to Stephen’s Green. In our road thither, we chad a melancholy opportunity of obferving various horrid fcenes of drunkennefs, a vice which ftrongly characterizes the rith, Perhaps this may be attributed to the in- toxicating nature and cheapnefs of whifky, which is the favourite liquor of the.vulgar In_Ireland. K 2 On comicbooks.com