Harpies and horse-leeches in Elizabethan critique
The piece argues corrupt ministries recruit vile instruments to plunder a nation and crush dissent, citing Queen Elizabeth I. It presents her performance defending abstention from arbitrary power, punishing engrossers, and honoring ministers who served the public good, while lamenting modern losses and urging accountability for current harpies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Scotland
England
Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Special meeting resolutions by indignant females
To the PRINTER SIR a special meeting and after much deliberation debate and discussion it seemed good to us indignant females to come into the following resolutions.
The Political Sisterhood An 18th Century Sermon
A satirical early American pamphlet traces a female separatist movement led by Prudence Prate. It proclaims female superiority, calls for public political involvement, and imagines a Lady Parliament and Ladies of the House of Commons, with bold social reform aims and playful mockery of male authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Plate
Great Council of the Nation
Prudence Prate
Mary Thinkwell
Sarah Wrangle
Ann Speakwell
Dorothy Doub
Rose Careful
Grace Sharp
Margaret Manywords
Deborah Loubleface
Alexanders
Cesars
Camillas
Catherines
Hannah Snelly
Almos
House of Commons
Liberty
Alderman
Greenough’s Teeth Salves Warned Against Forgeries
A historical notice warns that Greenough has changed the bottle and label for his dental tincture sold at Ludgate Street and Saint Paul's churchyard, with genuine bottles bearing specific inscriptions. It notes the tincture cleanses fowlne from teeth, whitens them, prevents decay, and cures gum diseases, with a rapid cure for toothache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenough
Thomas Greenough
T. Greenough
Apothecary
King’s Army and Pestle and Morar
Ludgace-street
Francis Newbery
Sun
Bible and Sun
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
London
Paris
J. le Brun
James
John Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
N. B
Francis Newbery Junior
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Cato
Tanchard
Gordon
J. Hinton
King’s Arms
Paternoster- Row
Warwick-lane
R. Stackhouse
Jesus Christ
N.B
Stackhouse
Thomas Stackhouse
Inene Volyne
Turlington
Artha Wray
William Wray
Nehow
Robert Turlington
Mary Sopp
Birchin Jane
Mel
Turington
Wray
Martha Wray
R. Turlington
Mr. Turlington
F. Newbery
W. Bailey
Long-Acre
Sefery
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