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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 05, 1771
Page
4
A letter to the General Evening Post defends Colman’s English Merchant against critical dismissal. It argues the critics confuse properties of excellence with a first rate piece and denounces languor as misread, asserting true merit lies in proper properties and moral worth of the author.
The author argues that Dr. Dawson’s translation cannot be reconciled with language and common sense, asserting that spiritual authority is enjoined in Scripture and that the Layman’s position is justified. The letter warns the recipient to argue more and react less in future polemics, signing as NO JESUIT.
Letters and notices discuss a campaign to remove the Thirty nine Articles and Liturgy subscription requirements. Clergymen are urged to petition Parliament, with advertisements inviting signatures. Other items report on the Duke of Cumberland, royal finances, pensions, and public speculation about marriages and political plots.
A quaint document from the Feathers items reveals a learned rector in the Diocese of Peteborough approving and signing a petition. Ale admits limited knowledge and agrees to back the petition while seeking to stay in the manor. The rector proceeds with scant scruple, endorsing the petition in his manor house.
In this fragment from the General Evening Post, Rusticus reflects on the old crafts and the church’s lead turning to gold. The piece laments modern limits on ancient arts and the priestly touch transforming base substances into noble metals, voicing wonder at alchemical possibilities and the tremulous awe of Peter before stone and wood.
Cambridge December 6 1767 Lord Mayor reports a grace offered by Mr T for excusing gentlemen candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree was unanimously rejected by the Capt. The University was deemed unable to alter its authority and time. Also details of a violent quarrel near White Lady Astonny where a man was stabbed by his wife. he died and the coroner’s inquest is to sit.
A fragmentary note records a letter subscribed by Your Reader Laicus and Philalethe urging Episcopal readers and associates to join a discussion. The text references Horatio Philo Biblilg s and a seven member association as part of a tours day event.
Yesterday and this evening present a roster of plays and operas. The Suspicious Husband stars Thomas and Sally. The West Indian features The Institution of the Garter. Coveny Garoin offers The Inconstant with the Fairy Prince. The Beggar s Opera runs with The Englishman in Paris.
Water readings at London Bridge show varied levels with a sequence of tides and highs. Times indicate morning and afternoon cycles around three hours after the indicated hour, with numeric figures suggesting precise measurements.
A fragmented OCR style summary outlines prices for Bank stock and annuities, with references to South Sea stock, India bonds, and Navy related securities. Mentions reductions in Bank Annuities and various 3 to 4 percent figures.
A 18th century essay published in This Day examines the effects of calomel and camphor in continual fevers with case illustrations. It discusses inoculation practices and argues that the alimentary canal is the fever’s principal seat. Daniel Lyssows M.D., physician at Bath and former fellow of AH Souls College, Oxford, is noted. Printed by J. Wilkie and others in Bath Oxford Gloucester.
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