The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple with a partner, with whom he affirmed he had danced at every Christmas for nearly half a century.


The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] (ed. 1820)


The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple...

The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple...

The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple...

The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple...