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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 08, 1771
Page
4
A fragmented elegy describes Colin as a humble, virtuous man who valued simplicity over wealth. It paints his life in a rural vale with a patient hind, a loyal dog, and a magpie, praising his uncorrupted heart, generosity, and the solace found in solitude. The verse laments vanity and extols virtue above fame.
A writer denounces Critics of his perpetual motion claim and Isaac Newton, defending his experiments and public lecture. He attacks unnamed reviewers as ignorant and malicious, cites epigrams and a translated French text excerpt, and defends his scientific stance against alleged misrepresentation.
Postscript notes from May 21 to May 23 report ice in Finnish waters delaying navigation, General Weisman crossing the Danube with 2000 troops, routing 1000 Turks at Waccia and burning magazines, two hundred ninety Christians freed, and casualties around 300. Reports also cover diplomat signals, Chevalier D Eon, visits incog to Britain, Genoa’s Corsica memorial, Jamaica mailships, Wilkes as sheriff, city charter clashes, paper currency measures, Lisbon ship captures, and local marriages and crimes with details of events and names.
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