Lovers of Pleasure and The Path to True Enjoyment
The letter advises Paulo on balancing pleasures with serious study and duty. It warns against chasing a libertine ideal, cites examples from history and theater, and urges pleasures to be earned and enjoyed in moderation. It emphasizes that high life pleasures are refined and achievable with purposeful use of time and concurrent affairs with business and study. It also notes the writer’s disapproval of low company and confirms duties about safeguarding Paulo’s books and manuscripts.
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Earl of Chesterfield
Paulo F Sranhope
Dresden
London
Pierre
Sardanapalus
Alcibiades
Julius Ozsar
Rome
Ruelles
Hawkins
Amsterdam
Thomas Cogan
G. Robinson
Paternofter Row
N.B
Long-Acre
Cornhill
R. Henry
Hatton-garden
W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Church Yard
England
Turlington
Aartha Wray
Mary Sopp
Hilton Wray
John Wray
Martha Wray
King’s Arms
Birchin-lane
Robert Turlington
Mary
Ture Hngton
Wiliam Wray
Language Skills Across Foes and Friends in Europe
The writer stresses mastering German Italian and French to excel in negotiations. Fluency in multiple languages gives a decisive edge, as words carry weight in treaties and letters. Emphasizes continual practice with Germans in Paris and the strategic value of linguistic readiness. Adieu.
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Paris
A. B. Declares Election Pledge Demands for Honest MPs
A letter to the editor urges electors to require candidates to sign a clear commitment before voters. The pledge covers attending Parliament, avoiding undue influence, resisting office-based pressures, promoting welfare, reducing taxes on essentials, and governing with impartial judgment.
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Eleed
Fragmentary English Learning in Alfredian Times
The text recalls scarcity of books and teachers in medieval England. It notes few Latin readers south of the Thames, learning confined to the elite, and Alfred the Great’s aim to generalize education only to the ruling classes, a policy viewed as hard and not widely followed.
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England
Thames
Temple of Science
Alfred the Great
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