1756, vii. 291.
[796] RULES.
'To-day deep thoughts with me resolve to drench
In mirth, which after no repenting draws.'--MILTON.
['To-day deep thoughts _resolve with me_ to drench
In mirth _that_, &c.' _Sonnets_, xxi.]
'The Club shall consist of four-and-twenty.
'The meetings shall be on the Monday, Thursday, and Saturday of every
week; but in the week before Easter there shall be no meeting.
'Every member is at liberty to introduce a friend once a week, but not
oftener.
'Two members shall oblige themselves to attend in their turn every night
from eight to ten, or to procure two to attend in their room.
'Every member present at the Club shall spend at least sixpence; and
every member who stays away shall forfeit three-pence.
'The master of the house shall keep an account of the absent members;
and deliver to the President of the night a list of the
forfeits incurred.
'When any member returns after absence, he shall immediately lay down
his forfeits; which if he omits to do, the President shall require.
'There shall be no general reckoning, but every man shall adjust his own
expences.
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