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... mountains , where they feaft and riot for many days ; and at country weddings , markets , burials , and other the like publick occafions , they are L to to be feen both men and women perpe- tually drunk on the Affairs of Scotland . 145.
... mountains , where they feaft and riot for many days ; and at country weddings , markets , burials , and other the like publick occafions , they are L to to be feen both men and women perpe- tually drunk on the Affairs of Scotland . 145.
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