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Newspaper
Champion
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 04, 1816
Page
3
A Reader correspondent criticizes Jeremy Taylor for overreaching in praise of Milton. The letter notes Taylor’s enthusiasm and occasional excess in language, while praising Milton as justly esteemed. The August 4 issue features the correspondence and a cautious appraisal of literary figures.
The article surveys Milton and Jeremy Taylor as literary and political figures, tracing their devotion to liberty and duty. It notes Milton's prose power, poetic spirit, and sacrifices for liberty, alongside Taylor's steadfast loyalty to Charles I, their shared divine origin of principles, and the lasting impact of their works while contrasting their life paths.
A London review extols Jane Taylor’s Essays in Rhyme as a vivid moral and character study. It compares her verse to Cowper Crabbe and Pope, praising natural drawing of personalities, polished style, and passages on poetry and reality.
A portrait of a craftsman who remains fixed to his bench while a changing world, armies, voyages, and empires rise and fall. Despite war and time, he sits at the same square foot of floor, his tools aligned with practiced precision, his stance unaltered, as if the world just steps in and out around him.
The Princess Charlotte is much recovered from her indisposition though wet weather keeps her indoors. Prince Leopold remains indisposed.
A violent storm struck Longpark on Sunday afternoon with thunder and a whitish cloud rolling in. Hailstones the size of toms shattered windows and destroyed crops and trees, with substantial damage across the parish. Local estimates place losses at over half the village produce, including Mr. Jones and Mr. James losses, and refrains on several farms. The storm also damaged homes and roofs, while nearby areas such as Seaitheby and Kirklintos reported similar severity.
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