Punctilious Visits and a Royal Dignity Dispute
An observer recalls a mock formal ledger of polite visits among women, praising a 1696 Spanish court tale where the Queen Mother’s chamberlain insists on staying by the Queen. Grandees and the lady exchange ceremonial messages, leading to an improvised compromise with both sides remaining seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Monde
Europe
Spain
Lady High Chamberlain
Grate Dees
Joan Har- Rincton
Prince Henry
James I
Alexander
Greenwiche Palace
Kelstons
Ulysses
Argus
London
Greenwich
Long-Acre
Cornhill
Paris Exposed as Ruinous and Incomplete City of Waste
The writer laments Paris as a city of poverty and disorder, contrasting the Louvre and Place Louis Quinze with rubbish heaps and unfinished buildings. He mocks the Champs Elysees, notes the scarcity of noble houses, and doubly questions the city’s fame, declaring London superior in taste and urban completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
London
Place de Louis Quinze
Louvre Palace
Henry VIII
Louvre
Chelsea Hospital
Champs
Elysian Fields
Bath
Parisian vanity and the Pont Neuf in old Paris
The narrator contrasts fame and the Pont Neuf with a grim, still river commerce along the Seine. He notes London and Paris as the world’s top commercial cities while describing Parisian ignorance and vanity in contrast to provincial openness to instruction, as Conrad remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pont-nez
Seine
London
Paris
Conrad
Wisdom and Pleasure in Serene Reflection
A reflective poem contrasts Greek philosophy with the search for happiness. It weighs Plato, the Stoics, Epicurus, and moral virtue against fleeting pleasure, then a radiant, guiding voice urges embracing wisdom, Providence, and steady effort despite fortune's frowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Epicurus
Paton
A Song Book for the Ladies and Shining Liquid Blacking
An 18th century notice promoting a ladies song book titled A Song-Book for the Ladies with price and sellers, and advertising Shese Cakes to make a shining liquid blacking for shoes. Includes multiple sellers in London districts and near Haymarket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herobin
Great Britain
R. Snagg
Paternofter-row
Patenz
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
Civet-Cat
New Bond-street
Rofvenor
Angel-and Crown
Holborn
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
J. Price
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General Evening Post
Evenine Post
Sup
Joan Harkington
P. S
Momus
Kelston
England
India
Vicce
Watson
Clive
Nabob
Persia
Admiral Watson
Edward Ives
Aajetty’s Hospital
East Indies
Edward
Charles Dilly
J. Robson
New Bond
Ftreet
J. Walter
Charing-cross
Daran
Messrs. Hopkins and Co
Frith Street
Soho
His Majesty’s Navy
Sun
William Bayley
John Price
India House
Leadenhall-street
Dalby
ELIZ
Williams
Bulstrode-street
Marybone
J. Dalby
F. Newbery, Junior
St. Paul's Church-yard
Bowen
Royal Exchange-gate
Bayley
Cockpir-freet
M. Burchell
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