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I mean not in bed) escorted us on horseback.. At Godstone where | I mean not in bed) escorted us on horseback.. At Godstone where | ||
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we dined (Godstone is | we dined (Godstone is 21 miles from Maresfield & 20 from London<unclear>,</unclear> | ||
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we received a further reinforcement of a Town - Macaroni, a | |||
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Country Justice, a Play - house Critic, a Cricketer, and a | |||
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Captain in the Blues. The Captain was according to his own | |||
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account the tallest <del>Officer</del> <add>Man</add> in the tallest Regiment in England. | |||
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being, as he told us 6 foot 4 inches high. He could not sit | |||
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upright in the Coach: Wilson was a shrimp to him. The | |||
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Macaroni <sic>display'd</sic> a blue and gold enamelled Geneva watch | |||
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with the picture of a lady on the outside of the case. The | |||
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Justice smelt a little strongish of Tobacco. This <unclear>pretious</unclear> weed | |||
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we had in all shapes: his Worship smoking (that is to say having | |||
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smoked) it, the Macaroni snuffing it, and the <sic>Welch</sic> Drover | |||
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chewing it | |||
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Travels of G. Wilson and J. Bentham Esq:rs from
Maresfield to London Dec:r 12th 1777
At East Grindstead we took in a Welch Drover: three or
four myrmidons of his mounted aloft: his partner (in trade
I mean not in bed) escorted us on horseback.. At Godstone where
we dined (Godstone is 21 miles from Maresfield & 20 from London,
we received a further reinforcement of a Town - Macaroni, a
Country Justice, a Play - house Critic, a Cricketer, and a
Captain in the Blues. The Captain was according to his own
account the tallest Officer Man in the tallest Regiment in England.
being, as he told us 6 foot 4 inches high. He could not sit
upright in the Coach: Wilson was a shrimp to him. The
Macaroni display'd a blue and gold enamelled Geneva watch
with the picture of a lady on the outside of the case. The
Justice smelt a little strongish of Tobacco. This pretious weed
we had in all shapes: his Worship smoking (that is to say having
smoked) it, the Macaroni snuffing it, and the Welch Drover
chewing it
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