August 12th a Whig & April 23rd, a society lady Tory drank a toast to the King,

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The King’s health being called for after this, a notable dispute arose between the 12th of August (a zealous old Whig gentlewoman), and the Twenty Third of April (a new-fangled lad y of the Tory stamp) as to which of them should have the honour to propose it. Show more