James Byres [ Travel ]
… three or four, or more, of the nobility, have these assemblies at the same time; and almost all the company of a certain rank in Rome make it a point, if they go to any, to go to all. (Moore, vol. 1, 383) These guided tours of the city, which … 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 dinner parties at his home for travellers …
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