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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 29, 1775

Page

2

The Fall of Bob Blewitt in a Parish Tale

In a village tale a young man named Bob Blewitt funds a benevolent project to aid beggars and the poor but is ruined by misused funds and a conspiratorial circle. The Quaker and grocer recount how the plan collapses, leaving Blewitt destitute and scorned while the parish bears the burden and lament surrounds his fate.

Hasdeg Lim Slade Bob Blewitt London Peeple Pat Labeer Geocer Apton Blewitt Bob Biewitt Bob Byewitt Eben Feltom Raspins Amar Armelf Brother Blewitt Melmeth Fitzofhorne Wilkie St. Paul’s Churchyard Dras Sald Richard Warren Great Britain Ireland Europe England Warren Maryboonestreet Maryhone-free Goden Square Paternoferrow St. Andrew's Terrace Miles’s Court Bath Greitett Maryhone Street Golden-square Loncen Patemoner-srow Nicoll St. Pasta St. Arerew S Perrace Barton Buxton Wells Ann Rointon Peter-gate

The Quaker and the Grocer in a Fateful Coach

In a crowded coach a Quaker laments a fallen man named Blewitt as a grocer mocks self interest and urges thrift and debt avoidance. The dialogue blends bitterness and humor about wealth, fate, and moral conduct, while hinting at broader social critique.

Domestic Tales Excerpt Reflects a Pious, Solitary Life

A reflective monologue describes renouncing commerce for virtue and learning. The narrator tends a small estate, aids neighbors, shares his income with the needy, educates his son, and finds solace in a garden hermitage. Death and mortality are contemplated as moral instruction.

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The Man of Sensiprerry Sees Quiet Farewell

A reflective note from the speaker declares devotion to a distant place, the peasantry and homeland, and predicts a plain grave stone that will fade from memory with time. The speaker asserts modesty in epitaphs while expressing enduring affection for the village and its people.

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