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… all full of people, and 3 times as many common people on foot. Besides this, there are all sorts of other things puppet-plays, hawkers [...], horror plays [...]which go on during the races; many tents with refreshments, all kinds of wine and beer, and many Io-players [...], a game which is forbidden in London. (Haydn 255, 257) 19 . Marie-Madeleine Martinet, ‘Vauxhall’, The …
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