The Miller's Maid and a Village Heist Folklore
In a long Scots tale a miller leaves his family under a servant Hannchen Jenny. An idle intruder Heinrich tries to rob the miller’s wealth, but Jenny frees the boy, traps the thief in the chest, and sets the mill wheel in motion to escape danger. Neighbours arrive. the villains are captured, and Jenny later marries the miller’s son.
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Tychoos
Herselsoil
Hannchen
Jenny
Jess
Annie
Jos Wean
Henrich Botrelor
Heinrich
Abe
Paige
Mi§An
Blaster
Hersel
Ars the Rufian
Hénochen
Kreutsberg
Bonn
Rafian Heinrich
Diether
Haunchen
Hannay & Co NEW SOAP for delicate skin and health
Messrs Hannay and Co, perfumers to the Queen, announce their NEW SOAP made entirely from vegetable oils. It cleanses like common soaps without their injurious properties, softens and whitens skin, reduces redness freckles tan and sunburn, with lasting perfume. Packets of three squares at 1 1/2d to 6s 8d. Also Hannay imperial lip salve in china boxes at one shilling.
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Royal Grorcer
Marden College
Blackheath
Royal George
Webb
Woolwich Academy
Lord Lovat
Charles Frazer
Ratcliff-bightly
New Zealand
Wilkinson
Ayrshire
Violent Assavit
Francisca
Notting-hill
Kensington
St. James’s
Pall Mall
St. James’s Street
Cleveland Row
Duke of Sutherland
Park
Her Majesty’s New Palace
Buckingham Palace
Little James Street
Cleveland-row
Little James-street
Bant
Stanley Hall
Shropshire
Tyrwhitt
Elizabeth Walwyn
John M'Namara
Bamber Gascoigne
Marquess of Salisbury
Marchioness of Salisbury
Hatfield Church
Duke
Duchess of Cambridge
Duchess of Gloucester
Sophia Matilda
Roxarty
Sardinia
The
Jesuits
Ruffinelli
Tasculuip
Mersie
Coutts and Co
E.H.P
H.E. P
London
Manchester
Birmingham
Liverpool
Leeds
Haxxay & Dorrascusex
RoMvetelis
Bes
Ft. Hannay and
Dietrichsen
Oxford-street
Hannay & CO
Oxford Street
Rannay & Co's
Messrs. Hannay & Co
Hannay
Waiting as political fix for reform failure in Britain
A reflective critique of all political factions awaiting reform. The piece mocks Tory Whig and Radical leaders for urging patience, cites Peel and Melbourne, and likens the nation to a hungry body awaiting dinner. It argues patience fuels Aristocracy and fails the people, urging ministers to act beyond waiting.
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Machiavel
Robert Pee
Lord Melbourne
Paddy
O'Connell
House of Commons
Robert Peel
Whigs urged to ally with people against aristocracy
A reformist appeal asserts that the Liberal cause rests on popular power not ornate rhetoric. It warns Whigs, Lyndhurst, and Peel factions that aristocratic backers alone won’t suffice and that a Durham and Clarendon with the People could outmatch Melbourne and Russell with the Peers. If Whigs hesitate, the Lichfield House compact ends and Liberals align with the People.
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Secord
Srade
Edmirets
Lyndhurst
Peel
Batwa
Downing-street
Bowood
Holland House
Durham
Clarendon
Melbourne
Russell
Great Britain
Ireland
England
Downing Street
Lichfield House
Lord Radnor's Radicalism Provokes Public Outrage in Wiltshire
A Wiltshire trial reveals Lord Radnor presiding as judge in his own cause as dairyman prosecutes two gleaning women, one pregnant, sparking a sharp critique of titled privilege and the erosion of fair play. The piece questions class bias, cites Bentham, and laments shifts in English decency amid pigs and public pensions.
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Mr. Grey
Lord Grey
Wiltshire
Lord Radnor
Catherine Turner
Jeremy Bentham
Bentram
Bentham
Radnor
Grand Inquisitor
Old England
Thompson
Tris
Arabella Bouverie
Arabella
Longford Castle
House of Bouverie
D. W. Harvey
Southwark
House of Commons
Liberal
el Whittle
Wages of Agricultural Labourers in Sussex Decline
A detailed critique of farm wages in Sussex shows wages for married labourers averaging around 12s in some areas, but most districts pay 9s to 10s weekly. The piece argues this tortuous system rewards imprudence over skill, driving workers away or prompting early marriage to cope with low pay, while noting variations by district and by crop. It also recounts an anecdote from Cowdray estate about wage pledges and rent adjustments amid Chartist tensions.
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Rossan
Ressan
Walla
Innocent
Bes
Devonshire
Sussex
Devon
Cornwall
Kent
Cowdray
Eastbourn
Midhurst
Pointz
Cameron
Points
Sutton
Bignor
Duandon
Grahiam
Weyshot
Cocking
Bapton
Linch
Greygord
Didling
Elsted
South Harting
West Harting
Jenner
Cowdray Park
Uckfield
William Trussler
Haslemere
Thomas Sagndars
Tim
James Hersee
Michael Peres
C. Mathews
Cacafogo
Bartley
Dr. Arne
Morceau
Braham
Miss Austin
Borrani
Miss A
Artabanes
Harrison
Rooke
Henrique
Madame Vestris
Artaxerxes
Robert Ker Porter
Persepolis
Dsway Laws Theatre
Jerrold
James Walilack
Warde
Risacciamento
Scribe
Selby
Alexander Lee
Auber
Averpat
Mademoiselle Creek
Mr. Rice
Astrex
Carter
van Amburgh
Mr. Carter
E. L. Bulwer
Macready
Webster
Haymarket Theatre
Phillips
Lerge
Ainsworth
Jack Shepperd
Victoria
Adelphi
Sadler’s Wells
Surrey
Buckstone
Keeley
Jack Sheppard
Names and Languages of Europe from Phoenician Roots
The article traces Phoenician names for Europe Asia Africa and others and explains meanings such as Europe white complexion Asia middle or between Europe and Africa and Africa land of corn. It then discusses dialect diversity in Great Britain and Ireland and contrasts comfort in English life with foreign terms highlighting linguistic variety.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Siberia
Spain
Augustus
Italy
Calabria
Gaul
France
Caledonia
Scotland
Hibernia
Britain
Albion
Shorea
Corsica
Sardinia
Syracuse
Rhodes
Sicily
Scylia
Etna
Great Britain
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Northumberland
Cumberland
Worcestershire
Westmoreland
Cambridge
England
Aberdeen
Notim
Glasgow
Paisley
Mani Lweeddale
Ireland
Comfort
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Hendkerthie
Felat
Ptt
Orbar
Hanhay and Co’s
Myle
Perso
Hannay & Dietrichsen
East Indies
Mannen
Adame Tussaud
Whithe
Middlesex
Walbrook
Getcber
J. Charlier
N.B
Thames Tunnel
Piccadilly
Constitutionalist
Catherine Steet
Strand
Fres
Postacs
the Constitutionalist
Ves
Cary
United Kingdom
Court House
Marylebone
Messrs
Coventry
Shadwell
Counry
Middlesex Reforma Club
Tory Association
Messrs. Wood and Pownall
Brentford
Aspartam
Bedfont
Uxbridge
Hampstead
Limehouse
Sfoe
Enfield
Islington
Whitechapel
Mile End
City Sans
St Andrew's, Ho
Dorm
Eatminster
Arylebone
Pala
Reiver
Netherlands
Cyprus
Cos
Ascalon
Cartana
Asia Minor
Persia
Syrian
Sidon
Greece
Armenia
Malaga
Tent
Xeres-Xeres
Malmser
Malvasa
Peloponnesus
Alicant
Canaries
Maeira
South
Commissioners of Land Revenue
Baremman
Ardmoor
Renfrewshire
Tamnahara
Loch Long
Loch
Goil
Cotta
Switzerland
Egypt
Pyramids
St. John's Egypt
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