Liars and marriages feature in two court actions
In the Sheriff Court Sir Thomas Hardy won 10001 damages against the owner of the Morning Herald over a winter libel about Lady Hardy eloping with the Marquis of Abercorn. In the Court of King's Bench Miss Lanery sued Hunter Ey for breach of promise of marriage. she was governess to his children and had suffered health issues nursing his wife. Jury awarded 1500 damages. A major forgery case in the City involved forged Baring names tied to Leipzig fair dealings.
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Sheriff’ Court
Sir Thomas Hardy
Theorning Herald
Lady Hardy
Abercorn
Court of King's Bench
Lanery
Vic
Leipsic
House of Baring
Dramatic Review on Mrs Sippens as Queen Catherine
A London theatre audience recalls Mrs Sippens in Queen Catherine amid a crowded pit and mixed opinions on returning to the stage. The piece praises her dignity and tragic presence, notes Kenare and Miss O’Neile, and critiques Mr Kempre and Ecenton in their roles while urging a true farewell only when retirement is intended.
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Edinburgh
London
Cuan Worrs
Miss Oonuinn
Mrs. Sippens
Kempre
Enesgy
Cardinal Wolsey
Wolsey
Kennan
Macbeth
Ecenton
Men
Punning as a Legitimate Art and Social Glue
The piece defends punning as a sharpening intellectual habit and social lubricant. It praises its quickness and linguistic stretch, notes its risks of abuse in sermons and courts, and argues puns ease dull hours, spark conversation, and bond circles, while warning against pompous or harmful uses.
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M.p.’S
Donne
Lord Bacon
Puusters
Dog
Tom Towkebury
Royal Society
Horace
Plautus
Shakspeare
Pope
Osers
Adecantes
Poets and Imitators in the Age of Poetry
The piece critiques poets made by reading, praising genuine observation over imitation. It contrasts Wordworth and Coleridge with lesser imitators, lauding Hozg’s nature-loving verse from the introduction to Madar of the Moor and citing rich natural imagery and a cultivated appreciation of the landscapes and creatures described.
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Castry
Charles
Wordaworth
Stoore
Byron
Coleridge
Christabel
Hozg
Vuiginak Gens
Ile
Huw Fuss
Tuy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dramatic Review
Covent Garden Theatre
NR. Lindons
Queen Catherine
Miss Mathews
Queed
the Reader
Suypay
Jose
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