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Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century

Name: Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century
Author: Ashton, John

Ashton, John

Great Britain -- Social life and customs

"Those who agree in the principles here stated, are invited to
     set their names to this Declaration--Copies of which will be
     sent, for that purpose, to every town, and village, in the
     county, at the Banks of Boultbee & Co., and Bensley & Co., in
     Leicester, and at the Post Offices, in the several Market Towns
     of the county, Subscriptions will be received, from such persons,
     as may be willing to contribute, towards defraying the expenses,
     which may be incurred in carrying into execution the measures
     here stated, and in counteracting the mistaken, and pernicious,
     notions which are so industriously circulated."--(_Times, Feb. 7,
     1793._)

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     "ST. MARY, ISLINGTON, Mitre Tavern, opposite the Church, Jan. 23.
     We, the undersigned, being PUBLICANS within this Parish, from a
     sense of duty we owe to the present Constitution, and Government
     of this country; and, having a desire to preserve to the utmost
     of our Power, Peace, and Good Order, by preventing the assembling
     of Persons as Societies, or Clubs, for seditious purposes, in our
     several Houses--have this day met, and resolved, and, by this, do
     pledge ourselves, to give immediate Information to the Committee
     appointed at the Church, on the 8th Day of Dec. last, for the
     preservation of the Public Peace, &c., of any Person, or Persons,
     making use of disloyal Expressions or otherwise offending against
     the Peace of the Parish, whereby he, or they, may be brought to
     Punishment for the same. Agreed, That this Resolution be signed
     by as many Publicans within this Parish, as shall approve the
     same, and that it may be advertised in the daily Papers.

     "_N.B._--The signatures contain the whole Number of Publicans in
     this Parish."--(_Times, Feb. 7, 1793._)

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     "It is rather extraordinary, that the Whig Club should forget to
     drink the Duke of Portland's health last Tuesday, and the House
     of Cavendish. There was a time, when the Whig Club was
     respectable; but that is over, and perhaps never to return. The
     last meeting was _a-la-mode D'Egalité_."--(_Times, Feb. 7,
     1793._)

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     "As the Members of the National Convention are so very fond of
     _Pain_, it cannot be deemed _unfeeling_ to express a sincere wish
     that they all felt it."--(_Times, Feb. 7, 1793._)

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Opening the text

Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth centuryAshton, John

History

Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century

Ashton, John

Great Britain -- Social life and customs

"Those who agree in the principles here stated, are invited to
     set their names to this Declaration--Copies of which will be
     sent, for that purpose, to every town, and village, in the
     county, at the Banks of Boultbee & Co., and Bensley & Co., in
     Leicester, and at the Post Offices, in the several Market Towns
     of the county, Subscriptions will be received, from such persons,
     as may be willing to contribute, towards defraying the expenses,
     which may be incurred in carrying into execution the measures
     here stated, and in counteracting the mistaken, and pernicious,
     notions which are so industriously circulated."--(_Times, Feb. 7,
     1793._)

       *       *       *       *       *

     "ST. MARY, ISLINGTON, Mitre Tavern, opposite the Church, Jan. 23.
     We, the undersigned, being PUBLICANS within this Parish, from a
     sense of duty we owe to the present Constitution, and Government
     of this country; and, having a desire to preserve to the utmost
     of our Power, Peace, and Good Order, by preventing the assembling
     of Persons as Societies, or Clubs, for seditious purposes, in our
     several Houses--have this day met, and resolved, and, by this, do
     pledge ourselves, to give immediate Information to the Committee
     appointed at the Church, on the 8th Day of Dec. last, for the
     preservation of the Public Peace, &c., of any Person, or Persons,
     making use of disloyal Expressions or otherwise offending against
     the Peace of the Parish, whereby he, or they, may be brought to
     Punishment for the same. Agreed, That this Resolution be signed
     by as many Publicans within this Parish, as shall approve the
     same, and that it may be advertised in the daily Papers.

     "_N.B._--The signatures contain the whole Number of Publicans in
     this Parish."--(_Times, Feb. 7, 1793._)

       *       *       *       *       *

     "It is rather extraordinary, that the Whig Club should forget to
     drink the Duke of Portland's health last Tuesday, and the House
     of Cavendish. There was a time, when the Whig Club was
     respectable; but that is over, and perhaps never to return. The
     last meeting was _a-la-mode D'Egalité_."--(_Times, Feb. 7,
     1793._)

       *       *       *       *       *

     "As the Members of the National Convention are so very fond of
     _Pain_, it cannot be deemed _unfeeling_ to express a sincere wish
     that they all felt it."--(_Times, Feb. 7, 1793._)

       *       *       *       *       *

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century

Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century

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