Letters on good breeding from Chesterfield son
Letters by the late Earl of Chesterfield to his natural son focus on manners and education. Preface notes the son's upbringing and the aim to add worldly knowledge. The excerpt emphasizes avoiding awkwardness, cultivating a genteel carriage, and attending to company, speech, and posture to win esteem and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pailio Dormer
Stanu
Earl of Chesterfield
Dresden
Evgenia Stanuore
Earl ‘of Chesterfield
Svith
Spa
N.S
Mstead
Absence versus observation in life and a Paris banker note
The text contrasts constant attentiveness with absence, arguing keen observation grants advantage while thoughtlessness makes one seem foolish or mad. It includes a farewell and a request to meet at Monfeur Chabert, a Paris banker, with hopes for improvements upon return.
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Chez Monfeur
Chabert
Banquier
Paris
Letter on education and society from Spa 1741
The writer praises Maitlaire's letters and urges study and thinking on virtue. He discusses public speaking, proper address, and self control, then critiques absolute monarchy and infidel education. He contrasts barbarous governance with European schooling and praises newspapers as useful yet dangerous.
Montesquieu Critique and Ottoman Succession Reflections
General Evening Post correspondence discusses Montesquieu's view on fundamental laws and Ottoman succession. It argues the Febarius custom stems from jealousy of an insecure prince and praises humane treatment of Selim, comparing French constitutional change and blood princes' restraint to Ottoman governance. The piece notes French princes faced no real obstacle to royal edicts, unlike Ottoman limits on royal authority.
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Evenine
Ibrahim
Osman Effendi Hojr
Heat Hoye
Montesquieu
Selim
France
Editor’s Note On A Curious Portrait In Wig Way
The correspondent Bob Short is urged to add D to his list of four abominations in Wig Way. The piece describes a head of a Sucking Counsel with a grayish eye and undressed brown hair, a nose or carrot forcing out from behind, and an Owl in an Ivy-Bufp setting. The language is satirical and vividly metaphorical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Short
Absurd Impudence Of Royal Figures Toward Newspapers
The writer attacks first rate courtiers for their contempt of newspapers while relying on them for daily guidance. He laments their dependence on press lectures as a necessary intellectual meal to feed their craving for novelty and gossip, while accusing them of theft of ideas. The piece mocks their pretensions and calls out the reliance on print for situational insight.
Be He Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed Volume One
The second edition printed by G Robinson offers corrected text and expanded content on global natural and artificial curiosities. It covers voyages by Byron Wallis Carteret and Cook, with manners, customs, climates, soils, and productions. It includes illustrated accounts from multiple languages and aims to educate and delight readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secong
G. Robinson
Paternofter-row
Hemisphere
Commodore Byron
Wallis
Carteret
Captain Cook
Spilsbury's Universal Antiscorbutic Drops advertised
An 18th century advertisement claims Spilsbury's Universal Antiscorbutic Drops cure scurvy gout rheumatic and other skin disorders with few bottles. It cites Marchant's essence and vegetable virtues, lists prices and locations for orders, and asserts authentic cures by witnesses of honour. Signed by F Spilsbury at Mount Row near Westminster Bridge.
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Spilsbury
Hall
Strand
Mr. Brookes
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Vatlitcure
Royal Exchange
C. Elliot
Edinburgh
Wilkie
St. Paul’s Church-yard
F. Spilssbury
Mount-row
Westminster-bridge
Surry
F. Spilsbury
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Cato
Lucan
Mrs. Thingum
England
Hoje
Hore
Ichoglaws
Mary
Effendis
London
TQR
M. Molied
S. Thomas
T. Slack
Newcastle
Boind
America
J. Wright
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