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Poems and advertisements of medical cures and music lessons
A dated page lists several items including two poems addressed to Mr Stanhope and satirical verse by Cowper, new editions of Epistles to the Prince of Wales, and notices for Handel’s Harpsichord Lessons. It advertises plague observations by R Bradly, medical drops claimed to cure the scurvy, and various leprosy treatments, with prices and shop locations in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanhope
Prince of Wales
Arundel
Cowper
B. Curll
Marseilles
Great Britain
London
R. Bradly
Royal Society
W. Mears
Lamb Without
Yemple-Bar
Mr. Handel
Christopher Smith
Coventry-street
Richard Mear
St. Pawl’s
Haydon-yard
Mile
Turner
Fleet Street