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The Twenty-Ninth of May (2); Rare Doings at the Restoration
The TwentyNinth of May Rare Doings at the Restoration - 2 Author:William Henry Pyne Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: Knight and Lacey Subjects: Great Britain Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: Thi... more »s is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE LOYAL FEAST. CHAPTER VI. " Give Mm as much as will make a royal man." -- Shaksfeaee. " Oue host has done the thing nobly indeed," said Davenant, as they entered the Apollo, the most spacious room in the tavern, and so called from the days of Ben Jonson, wherein had been much splendid banquetting and joyous revelry, amongst the gentry who had formerly resided in the city of London -- or in the adjacent neighbourhood, east of Westminster. Here too, the templars had usually given their expensive private feasts, on . being called to the bench. VOL. II. B ' The Pope's Head, ia Cornhill, and the Devi], in Fleet-street, were the most celebrated taverns in the ancient metropolis. This banquet, provided thus gratuitously, though the cavaliers made it up to the generous host, in meal or in malt, induced Killegrew to say, " here are rare doings without the devil to pay f" Every eatable that the season afforded, supplied the table -- the curtains were drawn, and the chandeliers were illuminated with wax. The transition from day-light, to this artificial splendor, exhilirated the spirits of the guests, who were many, and the feasting commenced with a flourish of trumpets. Henry Killegrew, at the instance of Davenant, was voted to the chair, and his brother, the witty courtier, who had not yet entered upon his office at the court, took the seat as vice pres...« less