Anonymous Letter Advocates Civic Morality and Birth Regulation
A letter to the editor from Copenhagen praises a government reform aiming to curb private acts of abortion and protect innocence. It argues a humane regulation can prevent social disorder, protect reputations, and save lives, urging adoption of the measure to improve the country’s moral code.
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Copenhagen
The Leveling Creed in a Royal World
A fragment from a periodical declares its aim to level mind over vanity and rank, praising virtue while recounting an Emperor’s boast of a bloodless campaign. It contrasts high and low life through a scene of a poor couple arguing at a doorstep, hinting at a broader critique of class and power.
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Ryst
Great Britain
Geztieanan
Mar
Paris
Germany
Florence
Naples
Italy
George the Third
Miserable Poor Pair Move Nobility to Compassion
An observer recalls a night scene in the city where a starving man and his wife beg for bread. The narrator, moved by their distress, gifts a shilling and witnesses the hungry man devouring a morsel while his mate weeps. He urges mercy and notes the stark contrast with affluence, ending with a noblewoman unaware of her own generosity.
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Hegven
Mary
Mr. Woodward
Brentford
Joseph
Plautus
Corneille
Terence
Moliere
Voltaire
Marmientel
Phalarx
Absurd Compliments at a Christening Visit in a London Household
Observations on the flood of compliments at a christening unfold as guests praise the infant, claim family likenesses, and gossip erupts. The tale recalls the Remish church sayings linked to Mary and Jesus, while Lady Tyrawley’s far seeing flummery ends with a humorous misfire about the coal-bucket and a duke’s nose.
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Mayer Charley
Mary
Jesus
Chang
Vigins
Papa
Matsima
Tommy
Tyrawley
Duke
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