Address of Dominica Assembly on Governor's Salary and Independence
The 1771 Dominican assembly and council address Governor Young pledges loyalty and support for an independent government, debating a permanent colony salary for the Governor. They praise the sovereign and engineer appointments, while stressing mutual obligations and unity in charting the colony’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graci
Tadione
Pet
Spain
General Assembly
William Young
Island
Dominica
Sand
Printer accused of audacity in magazine caricature
A dialogue in a Geneva newspaper prompted by a printer who depicted Wilkes, Horne, and the Devil together in the Town and Country Magazine. Critics call the portrayal an outrage to liberty and public spirit, while a companion urges readers not to be misled by demagogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Ceconorm
Wilkes
Corte-Castle
Horne
Tyburn
A Scrivener’s Tale of Vice and Versatility in London
A first person reminiscence describes a former prentice in St. Giles who deserts shaving for disputation and learns through gaming, medicine, and law. He experiments with fortune telling and liquor, shelters distressed women, loses a license, and finally offers writing services to a bookseller, inviting a buyer at the Cat and Fiddle Moorfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Giles’s
Philosophical Club
Cheney
Turpin
Holborn-bars
Whitechapel-bars
Marshilsea
Strand
Fleet-street
Temple
Fragmentary Letter to the Printer of the General Evening Post
A damaged OCR passage presents a polite letter to the Printer of the General Evening Post. The writer notes that moralizing authors favor speculation about future things and remarks on inconsistent essays, mentioning a beaver head and a coquette heart, then references a prior dissertation on the eye.
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Ersons
The Hand in Science and Romance Through Time
A letter by WILL WHIM discusses palmistry, chiromancy, and the hand’s influence on the brain, nerves, and behavior. It recalls a Westminster hall sage, notes how social and political tensions hinge on palm readings, and extols the hand as a powerful, language of the heart, concluding with a personal signoff as a constant reader.
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Wintiminster-hall
Beng
C &c
Kite
Ornay
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Furie
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the Cat and Fiddle
Brokers-row
Moorfields
Evenine Post
Percivall Pott
F.R.S
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
L. Hawes
W. Clarke
R. Collins
Paternafter-row
Malouine
Baleland Islands
M. de Doe
Straits of Magellan
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