Lines From Verona Poet In Asean Peninsular Reflections
The writer quotes poems from Catullus Ovid and Tibullus to frame a letter about returning from a long journey. He recounts aiding a grieving friend after the loss of his wife, and describes the spring season as uplifting. They travel by unplanned routes, sharing reflections on home, affection, and nature’s renewal.
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Verona
Bithynia
Sirmia
Tibullus
Ovid
Nostris
Tarst
Tam
Catullus
Numser
Grignion
George Prince of Wales
Metz
Heath
Count de Graffe
Lord Rodney
A Welsh Abbey Visit and a Tender Mountain Scene
While exploring ruins in North Wales, the narrator and a scholarly friend visit an abbey in decay. A young girl with an infant consoles by a goat, the father of the children, and a gravestone witness a touching, sorrowful moment. The scene blends antiquarian curiosity with a poignant family tragedy.
Thoughtful reply to shared sorrow on a gloomy visit
The speaker notes a friend’s sad gaze and breaks into tears, saying they are not alone in unhappiness. They seize the friend’s hand and acknowledge the theatrical spectacle of life as more woeful than their own scene. They walk on in quiet reflection, the distress altering their emotions and teaching a lesson of resignation.
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Eake
THQ
Aylor
Corporation of Sureons
London
New Bridgereet
J. Rudhall & Co
Small Street
H. Brown
Guad Street
Bristols
Cruttwell
Bath
Evill
Wells
England
Politeness and Virtue in Public Life and Love
A reflective essay argues truth and patriotism may be scarce, urging quiet self possession over factional display. It praises Pomponius Atticus for restraint, warns against idle invective, and extols polite behavior as symmetry like architecture guiding conduct toward gentler public discourse. It cites Dryden and Cymon and Iphigenia to claim women’s role in shaping manners and virtue.
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Pomponius Atticus
Celli
Italy
Pompey
Pomponius
Mr. Dryden
Cymon
Iphigenia
Boccace
Arsenic tragedy and oddities from Victorian pages
Sunday and Tuesday postings recount a child’s death after arsenic mistaken for borax in Leicestershire. Other items note a fatal stovepipe dispute in Blandford, a fraternal manslaughter case, a fortune from an uncle’s will, hidden treasure near the Isle of Dogs, a Sheffield theft recovered by a conjurer, and a newspaper misprint about a Stoney-batter inn murder.
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Samuel Fisher
Sibby
Leicestershire
John Prior
Mountforrel
Prior
Everne Minster
Blandford
Miles
Dorchester
Taylor
Treet
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Brethred
Calloway
Christ Church
Surry
Isle of Dogs
Sheffield
Hague
Parkin
Canning
Robbery and assault near Newport on May night
George Bradford, Esq. was returning to Cowes when two robbers stopped him. They struck him with a bludgeon, tied a rope over his eyes and stuffed his mouth with dirt. They stole four guineas and a half and fled as bystanders approached.
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Country News
Newport
Ile of Wight
George Bradford, Esq
Cowes
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North
Wales
Jacques
Henry the Wilith
Duteauss
Matrey
Gainsborough
Raymond's
Stothard
Samuel Wale
Royal Academy
Vandyke
Olbein
Godfrey Kneller
Walker
Roberts
Chethe Royce
Record
Annals of
Great Britain
Britain
Justrien
Geo. Frederick Raymond
C. Cooke
Raymond
Rsal and
W. Tickell
Francis Newsery
Dr. James’s Powpre
St. Paul's
Cheapside
Rudhall & Co
E. Shierclif
W. Brown
W. Bulgin
J. Norton
J. Lloyd
E. Palmer
Arthur
J. Fitchen
W. Pine
T. Mills
S. Bonner
M. Thompson
Bristol
Mr. Newbery
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