Original Writers and the Delight of Ridicule
An examination of European authors from Cervantes to Bunyan, praising originality. The piece contrasts Don Quixote, Garagantua and Pantagruel, and Butler with Hudibras, noting Cervantes as the hero of ridiculed wit and Rabelais as bold yet overblown. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is praised for plain, natural expression and universal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pindar
Burcalini
Montaigne
Cervantes
Rabelais
Don Quixote
Garagantua
Pentagruel
Rabela
Hudibras
Manna
Butler
Voltaire
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Imitation and Antients in The Arts and Local Notices
The piece argues that modern writers should imitate less and invent more, while praising the Antients without copying them. It notes a prison escape by changing clothes, the Stillorgan family titles, and a Dublin theatre revival of The Tempest with Purcell music. Public notices include wheat premiums from the Dublin Society and theater listings in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil
Homer
Lucan
Statius
Lucian
Stillorgan
Joshua
Viscount Allen
John
Allen
Mary Fitzgerald
Robert
Earl of Kildare
Richard
County of
Kildare
Smockalley
London
Henry Purcell
Dublin Society
Matthew Chea
Killkieran
Cork
Robert Mitchell
Mote
Roscommon
John Barry
Bay
Wicklow
Garret Lorkan
Longford
Duleek
Meath
Edward Fanning
Killala
Mayo
Mathew Yelverton
Portand
Lower Osmond
Tipperary
Yelveron
Yelverton
James Purcell
Purcell
Ives
Thomas Hemworth
Hemsworth
John Brumfield
Hugh Madden
John Kennedy
Willam Willams
Yeverton
Alexander Woods
Mount Shannon
Gallway
Woods
Price of Goods and Market Rates in Shilling Ledger
A dated price list shows varying costs for staples and imports across categories. Items include barley, oats, oatmeal, flour, butter, cheese, soap, iron, tallow, hay, straw, hops, brandy, beef, black carves, sheep hides, ox hides, and cows with price ranges per unit, pound, ton, or hundred as noted. Names of places and units appear in the scattered entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehaven
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dublin
Fabason
Crow-freet
Fithamble-street
Sveral
Monfr
Dominique
N. B
Dustin
Ibeuz
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