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numerous as expected and that Ld Stanhope, in consequence of the advice of his friends, not being present, George Rous was called to the chair. JB tried to get Dr. Kippis to absent himself and invited him to a rival dinner at his house on the day; perhaps JB composed this song to sing at his dinner. (See also his letter to Burke, 16 July 1791 -- L 335).

In 1792 there was no celebration in London -- St. James's Chronicle 14/17 July 1792, p.4: "The French Revolution past over last Saturday on this side the water, in that silence which best becomes its favourers.-- One or two parties were quietly formed, who enjoyed their bottle together with a harmony, for which they are indebted to the Government which they are so ready to revile. Dr. Parr's doctrines seem to meet with the concurrence of every wise and good man ..." In 1793 JB was on the Circuit on 14 July; in 1794 he was at Auchinleck.