A Plan for Rural Charity in 1773 Cambridge
A reader argues provisions are dear and poor suffer. He proposes landlords lease small garden plots and sell produce cheaply, plus rice and potatoes to poor families twice yearly. Rice cost and potato yields are estimated to relieve hunger with little landlord loss, urging broad practice. BENEVOLUS urges readers to support such charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenine Post
Cambridge
Enon
London
America
New England
Benevolus
Oxford Censors Public Festivity Amid Installations
Fragmented satirical piece describes Roman custom of informal access to powerful figures and parallels with Oxford University rituals. It notes public attention to the upcoming installation, references prominent names, and hints at local reactions and rumors surrounding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oxford
Terr Filius
Peathell
Oxford Celebrities And Oceanic Wonders In Cruel Times
A satirical column mocks Oxford revelry around Lord North and university manners while detailing Pacific voyage observations. It sketches convulsed innkeepers price gouges and clever student pranks, then relays Dr Hawkesworth’s Souther Sea notes on Otaheite and its people. The piece covers wealth, ritual, language, music, dance, and peculiar customs with a blend of humor and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord North
Jemmy K—p
Oxford
London
Jack Seewell
Jack
Smarts
Taylor
Terrailius
Charles the Second
Hawkesworth
England
Wallis
Chis
Otaheite
Jeffamine
South Seas
New-Zealand
Sidney Parkinson
Westminster Magazine
Otabitee
Dr. Hawkesworth
Naval Review
Portsmouth
Lord Camden
Johannes
W—Tf
W. Goldsmith
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
Seacroft
Charing Ceofs
Tegn
Henry
France
Herculaneum
J. Hinton
King’s Arms
Paternofter-row
Warwick-lane
Great Britain
Ireland
Universal Magazine
Foote
LVNIT
Universal Repository of Knowledge
UNE
Comteany
Miss G
Banks
Solander
Cipriani
Bartolozzi
A. Hamilton
St. John’s Gates
G. Robinson
W. Cooke
Terra del Fuego
Porch& Mouth
King George’s Island
B—ks
Barry
G. Allen
G. Allen, No. So, Paternofter-row
Great- Britain
Symbsars
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Péter Mailman
Kirby Hall
M. Farfall
Chelmsford
J. Wilkie
St. Paul's Church-yard
Charles Hutton
Newcastle
Gateshead
Tyne
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