Travels from Vienna to Lower Hungary by Richard Bright M D
Excerpt from Bright's travel notes during the Congress of Vienna era describes Empress Maria Louisa's steadfast resignation and infant king's scene at Schoenbrunn. It covers German court amusements, dinner rituals, tableaux, wax exhibitions, and social etiquette, alongside brief foreign notices on piracy, assassination rumors, Ceylon affairs, and a fire incident.
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Vienna
Lower
Hungary
Richard Bright
M.d.duarto
Mr. Bright
Maria Couisa
Europe
Schoenbrunn
Napoleon
Madame Montesquieu
Rome
Prince of
Parma
Hussar
Germany
Hhus
Lesshan
England
Florence Befana Festivities and Italian Mischief
A vivid diary passage from Florence describes Befana processions through Piazza del Duomo and Santa Maria Novella with torches, trumpets, and costumes, plus a biting figure carried aloft. The author contrasts Italian cheerfulness and climate with Northern melancholy, notes mild sirocco winds, and remarks on water quality. Also reports a Clare Market pork butcher libel riot and Waterloo anniversary observance in Vogue.
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FroreNer
Jona
Pam
Florence
Piagza del Duomo
Via del Banehi
J.piphany
Don Apollo
Piazza Della Santa Maria Novella
Bonaparte
Canova
Paris
Rome
Edinburgh
Dr. Johnson
Milton
Italy
Kageland
France
Aya
Catich
Watenloo
Netherlands
Napoleon’s Head As Examined by Dr Ulrich Sternstare
A detailed antiquated critique analyzes Napoleon Bonaparte’s head and brain, arguing the German doctor gauges personality from skull features. It describes the forehead, nose, and jaw, noting courage, caution, imagination, and political ambition, and compares him to Julius Caesar and Frederick the Great.
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Ulrich Sternstare
Napoleon
Ossian
Julius Cesar
Sam
Bonaparte
Warden
St. Helena Vis
Ventra Gon
Slico
Alexander
Charles
Sweden
Frederick
Prussia
Rulius Caesar
Uncertain London reports reach St Helena on Bonaparte rumors
dispatches from London claim sailors aboard ships near St Helena spoke of Bonaparte’s potential contact with former acquaintances on the island. The tale sparked islandwide alarm about a possible night visit and correspondence, though officials found the claims unsubstantiated amid public fear. A Petersburgh report praises a plant remedy for hydrophobia, suggesting cautious optimism for a safer cure.
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St. Helena
London
Pst
India
Eunesittart
North Andberland
Bonaparte
Fansittart
Bonayarte
Napoleon
Vaud
Ceneron
Petersburgh
Désma
Female fashions for June reveal delicate gauze and satin gowns
Freneng Dakas showcases a round dress of gauze over white satin with peach malin corsages and pearl adornments, Mary Queen of Scots ensemble with pearl necklace, white feathers and white accessories. WacktxG Darar presents a pea-green sarcone dress with short waist, white satin trims, epaulette sleeve, bead tassel waist, and a pea-green matinee with floral headpiece. Parisian walking dress features blush tissue silk with bias bonillone, rouleau finish, and blush satin accents.
Fortunate Youth Meets Wealthy Banker's Plot
An elderly Mrs B, famed for heavy property, befriends a bank clerk and offers him a large sum if he assumes her surname. She reveals a plan to favor a nephew, but selects the clerk as heir to the residue of her wealth. The clerks gains 60,000 pounds if he agrees and survives her. London Paper reports the scheme.
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London
Weekly Fever Report and Food Price Abstract
A Dublin city report notes fever hospital activity with counts of admissions and discharges, plus government aid to fever wards and bed openings. It also contains an abstract of weekly corn and grain prices and quantities, detailing conversion rates for barrels and stone weights.
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Dublin
M. P
Cme
Cork
Clare
Waterford
Johloo
Newry
Westport
Ronis
Kinauie
Wexford
Coleraine
Donavhadee
Newport
Strangford
Sligo Og
Zu Tides
Sun Mooy
Dublin: Paraphrastic Notice From Parliamentary Office
Dublin item notes a parliamentary notice printed at the office with address details 15 Perils Street. The readable fragment indicates an official notice pertains to a governmental office and printing location in Dublin.
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Dublin
Paorataryns
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Laur- Mand
Trinity River
Fualdes
Albi
Hancal
Constant
Court of Cassation
Ceylon
Fink
T. Frazer
Titan Gazette
Ald
Napoleon's
Patrick Dunn
Yong 2
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