Widow's tale of desperate love and a surviving officer
An 1759 Edinburgh Chronicle excerpt recounts a widow who, after losing her officer husband at Dettingen and enduring poverty, confides in Wilson. He uses charm and affection to win her, then moves her to town and into a relationship posing as husband. The piece underlines frailty amid poverty, gratitude, and desire, ending with a note on the Chevalier's travels and 44 books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Eres
Dettingen
England
Chelsea
Pall- Mall
Hyde-park
Buckingham ‘Gate
St James’s
Ode of Horace in Chevalier Taylor Style
A humorous verse rendering Horace’s second book in the voice of Chevalier Taylor by Mr Manasor. The poem fondly mocks an eloquent optic artist named Oculift or Chevalier, celebrates his erudition and fame, and imagines his transformation to a winged, immortal being rising above envy and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Chevalier Taylor
Oculitt
O Taylor
Tully
Mail from Holland and Flanders London Gazette report
From Magdebourg the united corps Finck and Wallafch were attacked near Corbitz by the Prussian and Austrian forces, retreating toward Dresden after a long cannonade. Prussian King pursues Russians as siege of Glogau looms. Austrian magazines seized at Gorlitz and Gabel. Luckner’s corps near Francfort and Coblentz alarms French quarters. Knight hood awarded to Thomas Stanhope for Swifture. Petersbourg dispatch notes Empress grants six months pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
Prussia
Glogau
Silesia
Ps. Henry
M. Daan
Gorlitz
Gabel
Bomisch
Kriedland
Bohemia
Marshal Daun
Dresden
Pr. Ferdinand
Serene Highness
M. de Contades
Col. Luckner
Francfort
Coblentz
Kensington
Thomas Stanhope
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Edinburgh Chronicle
Spain
Chevalier
Moscow
Portersburgh
Mr Manasor
Holland
Flanders
London Gazette
London Pagers
Russir Petersourg
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