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Two Points from a Weekly Vehicle of Scandal Reconsidered
A reader forwards a satire on the claim that poetry and genius fit ministers, arguing such talent does not guarantee public trust. The writer mocks Mr B as mad, recounts an odd Moorfields hospital encounter, and notes recent dispatches from Holland, Vienna, and Atlantic ports as part of ongoing court and diplomatic chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord B
Cervantes
Mr. B
Knight
B 1
Plutarch
Thucdides
Dionyesius Halicarnaffeas
Duke of
Mea
Borough
Sis
Tythe
Degg
Behun
Marborough
Salem
Marlborough
Gibon
Abraham
Constanly
Bedlam
B—l
Asturia
Vienna
Eugene of Savoy
Spain
England