Quote on Liberty of the Press from Chesterfield Speech
The piece cites Earl of Chesterfield remarks from a May 1737 House of Lords debate on liberty and the press. It questions a modern reader if Ponsonby heard the English Lords Debates and notes the delicate balance needed to protect press freedom without harming the body politic.
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Earl of Chesterfeld
Trisy
Ponsonby
Vith
House of Commons
Istephread
Eleganidy
Lacon
Civil War Times Move a Kent Coal Man’s Trade
In mid century civil strife, a Kent coal seller faced ruin as neighbors favored opposite sides. He switched to weaponry, shooting instead of selling coal, then quit trading. The tale shows how fear and faction spurred prudence and folly alike during the conflict.
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Geneva Evenine Post
Kent
Kentan Anecdotes On Freeholders And Ancient Customs
A fragment recounts Kent’s ancient liberties under William the Conqueror. It notes that residents retain customs allowing freeholding by all, including inheritance rights and land division among heirs, with sons and daughters sharing lands and alienation without lordly consent. The Kent story claims the county preserved liberties and immunities amid conquest.
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Kent
Swanscomb
William the Conqueror
England
Mysterious Year 1179 Earth Tower at Oxen-hall Near Darlington
In 1179 during Christmas at Oxen-hall near Darlington in Durham province the earth rose into a tall tower for hours, then collapsed with a dreadful noise. A deep pit remained, later thought by Mr. Camden to be the Wells now known as Hell Kettles.
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Chisstmas
Oxen-hall
Darlington
Durham
Mr. Camden
The Fox and the Cat A Fable From Old Times
Fragmentary fable text depicts a fox and a cat debating strategies before a wolf arrives to seize sheep. A sly fox praises cunning while a cat urges caution, but hunger and danger escalate as the wolf stalks the herd. Mercy, justice, and bravado arise in dialogue.
Grimalkin and the Fox A Cautionary Fable
In a lyric moral tale a Cat, Fox, and Mocking Spider debate feeding on prey as a Mockingbird moralizes. A Fox seizes a pullet near a mill, a Mole is captured at the door, and a spider laments a fellow’s fall while all creatures condemn each other with ironic hunger.
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Grimalkin
Trades and notices from a London street market page
The page lists a range of notices including clerical appeals for Burns the bookseller in Covent Garden, requests for debt settlements on the estate of William Tuting of Newmarket, a public sale of a surgeon apothecary and midwife shop near London, and a real estate search for a cottage near Bromley road. It also advertises a new edition of a spiritual quixote and miscellaneous housing and employment notices with postal details and pricing.
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Onden
Bartlett
Druggitt
Throgmarten-street
Teeta
Geatfrey
Bromley Road
diveAing &Ling
T.B
Ormond Street
Ormond-street
Queen 'Fuerte
Hotborg
Embarked English nobleman delays Venice voyage
Postscript reports Prince Repoin embarked on a voyage to Venice but Lord Winchelsea may remain longer in Alein. A French tartane from Biferta notes embargoes on Tunis port ships as a fall fleet is being fitted out. Paris reports revived talk of the Miss Le Rouge case with new medical disputes between Lyons and Paris surgeons.
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Venice
Winchelfone
Biferta
Tunis
Paris
Lyons
Bremen
Amsterdam
Society For the Encouragement of Arts
Benjamain Goodison
Bland
John Arbithnot
Arthur Young
Matthew Duane
Alexander Johnson
Michael Lovell
John Jackson
Morris
Alexander Small
J. Clarke
Millar
J. Yeoman
F.R.S
J. Wyatt
Martha [Jancs
Hindcours
Society For Encouragement of Polite Arts
Isaac Hartley
Thomas Winter
Hackney
Londons
St. John, Hoccey
Blowden
Bury-street
St. James’s
Mary-le-benne
Scrutiny and crime items from London notes
London reports show scrutiny into voters for a Commons seat postponed by party objections, with elections for Common Council in Bread Street ward. Details include elected officials, robberies in London Field and Marylebone, a jail commitment list, and high water forecasts for London Bridge with tide timings.
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London
Cormsel
Robert Ladbroke
House of Commons
Crosby
Benjamin Burnly
John Hemans
Robert Watkins
Hallier
Theatrical Entreatments: Plays Tonight and Yesterday
The School for Wives and A Trip to Scotland were staged yesterday with The Irish Widow tonight. Covant-Gaspen showed King Henry the Eighth with Achilles in Petticoats yesterday and The Jealous with Thomas and Salty tonight.
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Darur-Lane
School For Wives
Scotland
Covant-Gaspen
King Meriy
Achilles
Thomas
Salty
Prices of Stocks and Bank Notes in Market Listings
Market notes show various stock prices and bank indications with percentages and discounts. Bank Ann and India Bonds appear among items like 4 percent and 3 percent figures while several entries reference 14pfah and Navy bills with discount terms. The text mentions a 1 o clock afternoon close and enumerates several bond and bank annuities in a dense OCR style.
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India
Bank
Pr. Navy
Bank Long Ann
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Jett
Annedr
Fox
Gressapoward
Reynard
Mintton
Trusler
Burns
Ring-street
Coventgarden
Cecil-street
Strand
N. B
Enuffer
Meil Merrill
Cambridge
Fletcher
Oxford
Ewinr
Dublin
Wiadam Tuting
Newmarket
Miss Tuting
Towcester
Meffren
WAY and Son
Atenesoen
Brooke
Northampton
Thomas Cartwright
Daventry
William Priest
Ayse
Way
Thame
Cornwall
Gunniflake
Calstock
Tavistock
Calfington
Exeter
Christopher Gullett
Tavittock
Devon
Thomas Deverell
Tamee Archer
Joseph James
Tho. Barwick
Rothbury
Northumberland
Duke of Northumberland
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Tetuan
Cheapside
Russia
Czarina
Yarmount
Dee
Brancatter
Leoftof
Baliff
Whitechapel
Watchpole
Deesting
Queen’s-row
Fama
M‘donald
Pitparrow
Westgrdox
Wass
Woodstreet
John Smith
Young Buckhorte
Aera Sandiford
Sens
James Townsend
Eid
Blackfriarsbridge
Gefelend
Lamteth
Robert Wilks
New-street
Bishopsgate-street
Bennet College
Canterbury
John Couchman
Lower Hardies
York
Bath
John Justice
Gateshed
Newcastle
Yarm
Burham Gaé
Peter
London Bridge
To-morow
Clorn
Bear-Key
Monnday
Josten How
William Magenate
HiLie
Aga. Vu
Gts
Gos
G- Kearnly
N G6
Flett-street
Britain
Ireland
Kearf
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