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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1773
Page
2
Editor argues national morals hinge on youth education and criticizes both male and female schooling. He condemns underpaid male tutors, praises virtuous leaders, and condemnsSending boys abroad for a European tour as harmful, noting tutors’ self interest and the risk of foreign luxuries and rigid authority influencing Parliament and the Commons.
A satirical exhortation on emulation across classes in a general evening post tone. It argues that vanity and wealth-driven status foster idleness and poverty, urging leaders to model virtue and honest fame to curb the mischiefs of social striving. A Dutch fable is hinted as a remedy.
An 17th century tale recounts Amsterdam officials and their wives invited to a grand feast. A sequence of courses shows wealth's excess, with verses warning luxury destroys virtue and wealth alike. The moral: temperance and industry guard a city's future.
An 18th century notice advertises a George the Second medal by Mr. Kirk e of Bedford Street and a copper plate print with Cupid missing wings. It promotes He Sentimental Magazine Number VI August 1774, with plans for silver-plated options and continued monthly issues. It also lists related periodicals Westminster Magazine August 1754 and Town and Country Magazine offerings with varied articles, prints, and book notices.
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