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… attending the club used to eat turtle with sobriety in amiable fellowship. The dinner registers of the Royal Society’s dining club attest the importance of turtle in socialising. The donation of a turtle was seen as a means of enhancing a … Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster (London: Newbery, 1769). Kirkby, Diane and Luckins, Tanja, Dining on Turtles: Food Feasts and Drinking in History (London: Palgrave, 2007). Pidcock, Gilbert, The History and … Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster (London: Newbery, 1769). Kirkby, Diane and Luckins, Tanja, Dining on Turtles: Food Feasts and Drinking in History (London: Palgrave, 2007). Pidcock, Gilbert, The History and …
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