The Brick Man and the Age of Greek Influence
A compact, period tone reflection on Greek tragedy and Roman theater. The piece laments time's waste and celebrates the enduring genius of the stage, citing Terence, Menander, and Athens as models. It contrasts the noble aims of poetry with the crowd’s fickle praise.
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Romé
Greece
Minerva
Athens
Rome
Sturmur
Terence
Menander
Lalius
Scipio Blash
Questions on county election and old interest fumes
A reader vents critique on the Leicester county election, questioning the so called peace of the county and the dominance of the old Rutland linked group. He questions why Mr P declined a Join with Sir F. F for the general election and asserts Mr P was bound by Rutland connections, denouncing the notion as absurd. The writer laments factional rivalries and dismisses the insinuations about local politics.
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Evexing
Pochin
Tho. Palmer
Leicester
Ion
Rutland
Guy Othr
House of Rutnd
Mr. P
Noel
John Palmer
eWell
F. F
England
Greece
Dean Swift
Fragments of Wit and Ingleby Style Critique
The text presents a garbled archaic quip about wit and crime, mentioning Coreen and Corner. It suggests a speaker who doubts scruple and contends with a claimed persuasion regarding a situation that may affect someone named Pete. The fragmentary lines imply a legal or moral framing without clear events or outcomes.
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Pete
Fami
Whimsical elopement tale at Evesham nears Guwara post
A young wife elopes with a oyster seller and comedian near Evesham, pursued by her husband and another comic. After a chase via a brook and a pillion, the husband discovers his wife with the other man at his door. Both lovers vanish. no trace afterward.
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Guwara
Eveniné Post Sur
Evesham
Worcesterfaire
Adam
Tewksbury
Private letters report French consul at Algiers murdered
London gossip notes affairs in Gibraltar and Algiers with rumors of Count Gaines winning his suit at full costs. Elections fill Gar ton Surrey with Robert Mayne and William Adam chosen. lord candidates in Nottingham and Midhurst elected or anticipated. Duke of Athol and Mr Graham wed. arms and fieldpieces said to have landed in North America. Obituaries include Samuel Egerton of Tatton and John Mantle deputy comptroller at Hall port. An island youth predicts world’s end in two years and his death in five.
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London
Gibraltar
Algiers
Gaines
Robert Mayne
Feenyn
William Mayne
William Adam
Lincoln’s Inn
Garton
Surry
Edward Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Nottingham
Thomas Willoughby
Lord Middleton
Duke of Athol
Mr. Graham
St. James’s
Miss Cathcart
Henry Seymour
Conway
John Ord
Efgrs
Midhurst
Herbert Mackworth
Cardiffe
Clemens Tudway
Esq
Wells
North America
York
Samuel Egerton
Tatton
Cheshire
Sir Thomas Broughton
Hall
John Mantle
Isaac Smith
Rochdale
Isla of
Mann
Extr of Gosport letter and diverse notices
An assortment of naval movements from Gosport to London includes ships reassigned to Antigua and Thames stations, with commentary on dockyard wages, a social wedding in Bumpton, and a Hungarian wolf-driven disturbance near Mount Keapoe. A strange Bath incident details the Abbé de la Vaux’s near death and recovery with vinegar and cold air. Prices at Leadenhall Market and Whitechapel reflect wartime shortages. A body found in the river, thefts of millinery goods, and counterfeiting arrests accompany local nuptials in Queen Street.
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Gosport
James Douglas Ameck
London
Southampton
Antigua
Chatham
St. Kitt’s
Thames
Dunnore
Cerberus
Chads
Michaelmas
Lall
James Kinkade
His Majesty
Fanny Haite
Bumpton
Hungary
Keapoe
Dedenborough
Aulic Council of War
Royal Academy of Sciences
Paris
Spain
Sieur Portal
Royal Academy
Banau
Leadenhall
Whitechapel
Bridge
Newgate
Westminster
Philip King
Queen-streat
Elizabeth Booty
Cagiberwell
Fragmentary electors in band dispatch note
Fragment of a historical notice describes electors selected with others to be dispatched together. Readable names are sparse, but it indicates a coordinated action among factions and officials.
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Lak
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