James Byres [ Travel ]
… the visits of the city. The painter William Patoun pointed out in his Advice on Travel that Byres had ‘the honour of dining often with All the Young Men of Rank that travail’. 9 Byres regularly had guests for breakfast and he hosted … the Scotch, and one or two more to his party - I had, indeed, myself been first introduced to Mr B – […] but […] dining with Mr J - and receiving a formal invitation to his christmass feast, imperceptibly enlisted under his Banner. …
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