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A Century of Anecdote from 1760 to 1860
A Century of Anecdote from 1760 to 1860
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little sympathy among; persons of fashion. In the very midst of these distresses sprung- up a rage for masquerades. At one of these licentious entertainments given at the Pantheon, in Oxford-street, it was calculated that not less than 10,000 guineas were expended by the revellers in dress and other luxuries. The trade of the metropolis would have profited by this, to a certain extent, had payment of liabilities been a recognised duty of the time. As a sample 'of the sort of persons, and their conduct at these orgies may be cited from the various reports in different journals, the presence of groups of g-ontlemen from the universities, some of them attired as "Tom-fools, with cap and bells;" of clergymen, who gained applause for originality by trying- to represent " old sober hackney-coachmen;" and of ladies, the Duchess of Ancaster at their head, in male attire. Dr. Goldsmith is named among- those who masqueraded in " an old English dress;" and after lists of noble ladies, descriptions of their dresses, and praises of their wit and beauty, we find a sample of the easy virtue of the times in the presence of a group of " a lady abbess, and her nuns." The licence of speech, action, and allusion was astounding-. At the Pantheon, the excited crew generally finished by breakfasting1 at daylight on the remains of the supper, and then going home " gloriously drunk." At Cornely's masquerades in Soho-square, after a supper, marked by hard drinking- and immodest singing-, " which no lady need leave save those who are too immodest to stay," as the formula ran, the custom was to fling- open the windows and pelt the eager, hungry, thirsty, and howling- crowd below with half-empty bottles and the remains of the supper. The very Queen of Beauty at these orgies was young Gertrude Conway, niece of...
This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
little sympathy among; persons of fashion. In the very midst of these distresses sprung- up a rage for masquerades. At one of these licentious entertainments given at the Pantheon, in Oxford-street, it was calculated that not less than 10,000 guineas were expended by the revellers in dress and other luxuries. The trade of the metropolis would have profited by this, to a certain extent, had payment of liabilities been a recognised duty of the time. As a sample 'of the sort of persons, and their conduct at these orgies may be cited from the various reports in different journals, the presence of groups of g-ontlemen from the universities, some of them attired as "Tom-fools, with cap and bells;" of clergymen, who gained applause for originality by trying- to represent " old sober hackney-coachmen;" and of ladies, the Duchess of Ancaster at their head, in male attire. Dr. Goldsmith is named among- those who masqueraded in " an old English dress;" and after lists of noble ladies, descriptions of their dresses, and praises of their wit and beauty, we find a sample of the easy virtue of the times in the presence of a group of " a lady abbess, and her nuns." The licence of speech, action, and allusion was astounding-. At the Pantheon, the excited crew generally finished by breakfasting1 at daylight on the remains of the supper, and then going home " gloriously drunk." At Cornely's masquerades in Soho-square, after a supper, marked by hard drinking- and immodest singing-, " which no lady need leave save those who are too immodest to stay," as the formula ran, the custom was to fling- open the windows and pelt the eager, hungry, thirsty, and howling- crowd below with half-empty bottles and the remains of the supper. The very Queen of Beauty at these orgies was young Gertrude Conway, niece of...
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