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Posty: 1707
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thoritytosupportthecustomIwillnotaffirmwithany
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confidence.Mostlikelyindeeditisthathefoundedhisopiniononvery
good authoritysince he confirmed it with many violent oaths.
Jonesnosoonerheardtheproposalthanimmediatelyagreeingwith
thelearnedserjeantheorderedabowlorratheralargemugfilledwith
theliquorusedontheseoccasionstobebroughtinandthenbeganthe
ceremonyhimself.Heplacedhisrighthandinthatofthelandlordand
seizingthebowlwithhisleftutteredtheusualwordsandthenmade
hislibation.Afterwhichthesamewasobservedbyallpresent.Indeed
thereisverylittleneedofbeingparticularindescribingthewholeform
asitdifferedsolittlefromthoselibationsofwhichsomuchisrecorded
inantientauthorsandtheirmoderntranscribers.Theprincipaldiffer-
encelayintwoinstances;forfirstthepresentcompanypouredtheli-
quoronlydowntheirthroats;andsecondlytheserjeantwhoofficiated
aspriestdrankthelast;buthepreservedIbelievetheantientformin
swallowingmuchthelargestdraughtofthewholecompanyandinbe-
ingtheonlypersonpresentwhocontributednothingtowardstheliba-
tion besides his good offices in assisting at the performance.
Thegoodpeoplenowrangedthemselvesroundthekitchenfirewhere
goodhumourseemedtomaintainanabsoluted [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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