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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1771
Page
4
Fragmented verse reflects on Shakespeare’s faded glory and a noble rector. The stanza depicts a calm estate, virtuous parentage, and the pairing of a son and daughter guiding future virtue. It alludes to early training, classical learning, and a destined path for a sister and brother with moral aims.
An essay condemns chasing fashionable friendships with the Great as folly. It argues ambition and pride ruin moral judgment, citing lavish social dining with titled figures as hollow status. The writer recalls two melancholy examples of such pretensions and the corrosive effect on character.
A reflective critique of elite influence and lavish tastes that ruin fortunes. The narrator traces how a handsome fortune and desire for status lead to extravagant spending, debt, and downfall, driven by associates of rank. He also condemns social climbers who trade integrity for courtly favors, noting the hollow pursuit harms all strata and exposes leveling vanity.
A damaged listing for a March 1771 issue of a London periodical describes copper plate portraits, memoirs of notable figures, debates in club rooms, and essays on forms of modern assemblies. It notes editors, permissions, and multiple booksellers including Hamilton, Robinson, Roberts, Cooke, and Taylour House.
A notice of the April publication featuring an embellished bridge elevation for Yarmouth Haven and a large profile of the River Thames from Boulter's Lock to Mortlake. It also lists content including Colonel Barre's speech, debates on printers, reflections on Voltaire, new potato species, marriage thoughts, and canal plans with Thames plates.
War news from Frontiers of Silesia reports Colonel Drewitz leading forces from Lowitz eleven miles toward Cracow through Rawa and Petrikow as Confederates mass the rear. Paris dispatch notes France tightens ban on Parliament and disavows the new Superior Council tribunal.
A crowded private cabinet at C-nHe sparked chatter as Lords and livery members pressed the Lord Mayor. A Great Personage lamented riot injuries to Lord Orford, and reports claim a Committee of INQuisITION may be formed. Damages of 2000001 pursued against a presumed Assembly leader. Port of London not closed. Soho square noblewoman withdraws funds. silver sent from the Tower to the Bank.
Reports from St James s Coffee House claim opposition fears for people s rights and property while the House of Commons favours the Crown as guardian of liberty. Rumors place the Earl of Hillsborough as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and note the Chancellor surrendering the Seals. Letters from Spain and Cronstadt describe naval movements and threatened actions if demands aren t met. A violent incident near Temple Bar highlights ongoing public disorder and a bailiff s arrest attempt.
The page lists bank stock and India stock prices with bonds and bonds notes figures. Entries include Bank Stock 147, India Stock 219a18, South-Sea Ditto Old 8344, New 3 percent, Bank Reduced, and various India Bond notes with percentage figures. entries are fragmented and resemble a market ticker from an earlier period.
A royal dentist promotes Essence of Pearl as safe for children's teeth from age two, claiming it prevents gum scurvy and premature decay. It is sold by W Bayley in Cockpit Street and J Price near the India House, at 2 shillings and 6 pence per bottle.
An old remedy called Lees Lozenges, long sold in Cornhill, is now advertised as available at Mr. Lees in Well-yard near St Bartholomew’s hospital West Smithfield. The ad claims use for shortness of breath and coughs, cites famed users, and notes price ten shillings per pound or ten shillings per box, with a caveat against imitators.
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