excerpt from 'Tour to the West, 1781' pp. 9–10 (98 words)
excerpt from 'Tour to the West, 1781' pp. 9–10 (98 words)
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The walks both public and private, are shady and pleasant; opposite to the pump is a new long room, where the papers are taken in, as also sometimes unfortunate young gentlemen.―On the other side is a band of fiddles, to assist with their musick the operation of the waters. Sorry I am to own that such musick is to me as delightful as the opera band or Bachs concerts; for I think no musick is pleasant, but when you can chuse your distance, or time of attention; otherwise I suffer worse than a young fidler’s elbow. |
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