London Demands End to Prolixist Sights and Debauchery
A 18th century editor laments inflicted policies by ministers, denounces Barnet races and bartholomew fairs as nuisances near London, and notes dangerous injuries from entertainment districts. The piece condemns public excess while contrasting moral rigidity with social amusements and an upcoming theatrical event featuring Mr Gentleman's play and Mr Weston’s bon mot about fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peckham
Bartholomew
London
Barnet
Gentleman
Drugger
Weston
Theatrical Intelligence Pantheon's Pantheonites at Theatre Regal
The Pantheon's dramatic entertainment at Theatre Regal unfolds with a lottery scandal and comic misadventure. Characters include Tilwell Skinflint Drugger Anna and Sir Francis Fairlove as plots twist around a 20,000 prize and a mistaken lottery ticket. Sir Francis offers generosity to settle matters with Miss Anna and Mrs Drugger amid comic ballroom intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavo Aas
Tilwell
Skinflint
Anna
Drugger
Tim
London
Dragper
Francis Fairlove
Clier
Little Dickey
Pantheon
Sir Francis
Miss Anna
Francis
Faislove
Ward
Dana Dragger
Weston
Armer Tilwell
Bannifer
Fearon
Tim Tilwell
Tees
Lloyd
Frizeau
Facobs
Dickey Dragger
Miuls Francis
Deb. Dragger
Williams Asma
Miss Plate Bi
Pastoral Elegy On Phillida S Death 1773
A late 18th century verse fragment laments the death of Phillida, narrator Strephon grieving in pastoral imagery. The piece invokes love, memory, and muse like figures as the speaker vows to mourn and seek quiet retirement in the woods until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
J. A
Phillida
Strephon
Boston faction letters spark private story from George W
A correspondent recounts Mr George W s reluctance to reveal how letters from Hutchinson and Oliver reached the Boston faction. W died in 1772. A London Boston native sought letters once written from America to a deceased brother and produced parcels containing letters from American gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q.ndon
George W
Hutchinson
Oliver
New-England
Boston
Fime
London
Great George Street
America
Fragmentary 18th Century Letters and Local Notices
A patchwork of dated dispatches, court notes, ship arrivals, accidents, and public notices. It recounts political chatter on Prussia and Russia, custody of letters, a fire at an orphanage, a fatal waggon accident, ship and stock market tidbits, and local crime summaries from various towns and ports.
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General Evenine Post
Londown
Dramatis Personae
Roussi
Mr. W
Warren
Laney
Silesia
Neiss
Europe
Czenchwertynsky
Kurma
Hamburgh
Prussia
Mediterranean
Elbe
Ster
Bramberg
Poland
Brandenburgh
Stockholm
Holland
Denmark
Wardhuns
Lapland
Pole
France
Lord Lyttelton
Hagley
Sc—n
The
Guards
Flanders
Vauxhall
Scan
Department of Life
Buchanan
Moody
Glasgow
New York
Quebec
Georgia
Eccles
Waterford
Ireland
Ellard
Kennedy
Deller
Tottenham
Gremon
Mercer
Oxford Street
Irwington
Shoreditch
Boldre
Lymington
Hampshire
Hackman
Hooke
Wharfhill
East-India-House
Otel Gommpsay
England
Halt- Indies
Chelmsford
Josias Baker
Harwich
Grifith Davies
John Gibson
Birmingham
Bell Inn
Edgbaston-street
Samuel Whitehouse
Willenhall
Stafford
Mary Whitehouse
Thomas Griffiths
Voucher
Tho. Buckley
Purchase
Birmingham Chronicle
Worcester
William Jones
Tho. Carey
William Butcher
John Jeenes
Harris
Evesham
Lyttelton
London-Bridge
India
Ennault
Fternoon
Que O' Glock
Navy, &c
Bull
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