Trip 2306 of 5150 collection book50
The quaker was a London merchant who had beenbook28 at Deal superintending the repairs of a ship which had suffered by a storm in the Downs. During these deliberations the wine merchant with a view to make a parade of his superior parts and breeding as well as to pave the way for a match at backgammon made a tender of his snuffbox to our adventurer and asked in bad French how he travelled from Paris. He then held forth his hand in token of amity and asked pardon of the offended party who was appeased by his submission and in testimony of her benevolence presented to the other female whom she had discomposed an Hungarywater bottle filled with cherrybrandy recommending it as a much more powerful remedy than the salvolatile which the other held to her nose.... read all
previous trip 2306 | 5150 next trip