Prologue to a Play Praising Edward and Eleonora
A prologue tribute shrouds Edward and Eleonora, praising Thoman as poet and man. The text extols spring, virtue, and humanity inspired by his genius, urging public judgment to honor his memory with a wreath that will forever bloom. The final note marks the lines as the original prologue with inserted commas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Eleonora
Mr. Hull
Thoman
Thorian
Coriolanus
Sigttmanda
Domestic heroines in a theatre scene dialogue
Excerpt from a dated dramatic piece by W. Sheridan spoken by Mrs. Marrocks and a chorus of gallery friends. The dialogue ponders wives risking life for husbands, the audience’s sympathy, and domestic virtue, with lines about Eleonoras in the boxes and the fate of a club member amid a fever and scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Marrocks
Eleonoras
Lesbia
Ava
Lappet
Kate
Leven
Martrys
Edward
Britannia
Eleonora
Second Edition of Fortune Teller Novel Promoted in April 1774
A fragment from a 18th century periodical review discusses the second edition of a fortune teller novel printed in London. It notes two volumes bound at a price and praises the work for its moral vein and entertaining yet instructive reflections while warning it may pry into personal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodsrey
Kortone-Teller
Conference Table scene over Massachusetts Bay Fishery Bill
The report recounts managers from the Commons and Lords meeting in the Painted Chamber to confer on amendments to the Massachusetts Bay Fishery Bill. It notes which amendments were agreed or disagreed, the reasons offered, and the subsequent committee actions and adjournment. Further items include motions on colonial aid, public bills on currency and poor relief, and annual town notices from Britain and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Lord North
Solicitor- General
Cornwall
Rite
Grey Cooper
Hans Stanley
Jenkinson
Rigby
Townshend
Bamber Gascoyne
Commons
House of Lords
Earl Gower
Aberdeen
Dalhousie
Abercorn
Roseberry
Delawar
Irby
Desperker
London
Carlisle
Norwich
Worcester
Bristol
Oxford
Ehay W
Élaine
Massachusets Bay
Bengworth
Bedfordshire
Wolverley
Newmarket Road
Hartley
Cecil Wray
Uoute
Sir George Savile
Sir George
Yorkshire
Gilbert
Ongley
Robbery near Yarn ton during march night
A Woodstock farmer, Slater, returning from town, was waylaid by three armed men near Yarn ton three miles from the Old Change Cheapside Oxford. They robbed him of oath and bank notes totaling about 300 and escaped. A report from Cambridge coffee-room states the account is not fit for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Failon
Barton
Cheapside
Oxford
Slater
Woodstock
Yarnton
Cambridge
Walker's Coal Supply Promises Prompt Deliveries
A notice touts a real advantage of 3. per chaldron for coal buyers who pay ready money at Walker's new Coatrepistoy in Bell wharf Dowgate Upper Thames street. It promises faithful supply of fine coal measured by the Lod Mayor's sworn meters, orders by penny post, punctual attendance, and dispatch with one extra charge per chaldron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Coatrepistoy
Bell-wharf
Dowgate
Penny-Post
Toothache Cure Tincture Advertised inLondon Way
A patent style remedy promises rapid relief from toothache by an outward tincture that allegedly cures issues in teeth and gums, dissolves scorbutic humours, prevents decay, and freshens breath. It lists multiple shops in London districts for purchase and thanks Nobility for support, while a letter to a newspaper editor seeks guidance on defamation concerns and reputational damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I .Ig
Hamilton
Golden-Head
Somerset-house
Strand
Southern’s
St. James's
Prices of Corn and Grains at Mark Lane Exchange
Monday prices from the Corn-Exchange in Mark Lane show barley at 22 to 2746.6d, rye 24 to 283, oats 14 to 195, wheat flour 455 per sack, second fort 425, third fort 39s, pale malt 28 to 545 quar, br malt 28 to 322, pease 26 to 235, hog pease 2000 233, beans 310.253. Gd. ditto, ficks 20 to 24rs.Gd. ditto, tares 24 to 328. ditto.
Stock Prices and Bank Annuit Rates Briefing
Prices of stocks and bonds listed with banks and sponsors include 6k 4 percent Bank Annuit, 7 percent India, 175 bury per cent, and various government bonds. Afternoon one o'clock quote for Confol and Contfor banks appears with miscellaneous notes on yields and discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ana
Contfor
Bank Ann
Fhut
India Bonds
Gos
Pr. Navy
C. Bilis
Bank
Lang Ann
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He Pitta Firrich
Postscript
Gilbert Rose
Highgate
Hampstead
America
Poole
Hom
Ademiral
Mann
Gibraltar
Boston
New-York
Glasgow
Association of the Grand American Continental Congress
Hook
Woolwich
Shields
Scotland
Maidstone
Baron Perrott
Leadens Hall
Whitechapel
Marybone
Riley
Cravenstreet
Southwark
Surry Road
Miss Jewell
Shrewsbury
John Parry
Wm. Roberts
Caially
Iren Skidmore
Ana Chandr
Hales-Owen
Edward Sol
Jane Afton
Samuel Thomas
Philip Jones
Jemima Asplin
Gaal
Tat
Roberts
Afton
Thomas
Jones
Asplin
Parry
Star
Skidmore
Thomas Howard
Earl of
Gawenat Evenixa Post
Merca T.or
Mark - Lane
W. Nicott
T. Beever
W. Nucall
St. Paul’s Church-yard
T. Becker
T. Durham
Cock*per-street
R. Daws
Piccadilly
Plughey
Holborn
Richardsqn
Urquhark Udder Tig Royal Exchange
Greg’ Brigain
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