Duel and Justice Across Nations Debate on Honour
A reader argues that sovereign power can prosecute British duelists who kill abroad, citing Sir Francis Drake and others to show royal discretion. The piece defends duelling as a noble defense of honour, warns against legislating away personal valor, and questions whether magistrates should suppress courage or wink at it.
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Flanders
France
England
Scawen
Fitzgerald
Sir Francis Drake
Francis
Globe
Sir Francis
Fran‘s
Duck
Charles the Fir
Stetely
Davery
Leas
Sikour
Ahilosopher
Watt
Cllo
Call for Legislature to curb public houses and moral decay
An editor laments rising luxury and vice in society. He warns government must act as taxes grind down citizens while liquor and licentious venues proliferate. He argues public morals decline risks despotism if Parliament fails to intervene promptly.
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de Gauditty
SPORTSMEN WARN: four AM guns trap game
The notice warns sportsmen that spring guns and traps set before four in the morning will result in penalties. It acknowledges long travel to hunting grounds and notes that dogs barking before daylight may trigger the traps. It mentions government authorities and legal consequences before the magistrate.
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Jat AG
Ambiguous Remark Warns Readers to Stay Home Until Four
The passage urges caution and advises the reader not to leave their houses until the church clock strikes four. It reflects a tense tone about safety and potential repercussions linked to a gun incident and an informer’s share, suggesting a guarded community atmosphere.
Anecdote of Gold and Native Cruelty in Cuba 1511
A letter argues against moral indifference to colonial exploitation. It recounts Harvey and Cuban chiefs who buried gold to appease the Spaniards God, warning that Spaniards will seek gold elsewhere and renew cruelties. The piece urges reverence for religion and cautious pursuit of truth amid doubt.
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America
Cuba
Harvey
Belief in Revealed Religion Shown by Dr Secker
Editor forwards an extract from Dr Secker on belief in revealed religion. It argues that judgment of truth depends on conduct and priors, urging vigilance against errors harming religion and virtue, and stresses the duty to train reason and avoid indifference.
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Secker
The Urn Mystery and the Ancient Coffin Wood
A gentleman and Sir Charles discuss a fing Urn in a niche and a coffin fragment claimed to be five hundred years old. Sir Charles jokes that even if the coffin were a thousand years old its value would not be clear, prompting the gentleman to ask for the asp within.
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Cuartes Wacer
the Admiralty
A Charles
Sir Charles
Innocence Claim From Thomas Younger Letter
A dying man writes to the editor of the Gangrat Evening Posts from Tyburn, declaring his innocence of a crime and detailing a letter to Mr Om in Surry. He asserts involvement with a gang connected to a robbery and warns of a planned burglary at the editor’s house, urging caution about a back window.
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Thomas Younger
Tyburn
Surry
Mro
Cambridge Phadrus Latin Fables Revised and Expanded
This edition presents the original text and translation of Phedrus with an extensive Parfing Index. It offers three parts: the original text, a new literal English translation, and a word index with pronunciation hints. Aimed at aiding young learners, printed by E Johnson in London.
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Cambridge Phadrus
Pheedrus
Bishop Hare
Bentley
Rane
Lilly
Cambridge
E. Johnson
im-Avemary-lané
Ludgardé-lreet
Pone Pneu
Phedrus
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General Evening Post
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Ta Sportsmen
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Court of Chancery
Ugley
Oakley
County of
Essex
Paul, Wright
Bathurst
Fleet-street
Melita
Rivington
St.Paul’s Church-yard
Whitin
Fleet Street
Payne
Mr. Davids
Mr. Horsfield
Lodeate-freet
Hingerfion
Temple Bar
Mefl
Richardson
Usquhart
Royal Exchange
Almon
Piccadily
Woodyer
Prince
Oxford
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