Unlucky Fete Champetre Ends In Sea Soggy Goose
A satirical tale recounts a misadventurous Fete Champetre inspired by Lord Stanley's party. A goose, a keg of stout, and a mastiff disrupt the voyage to Twickenham lawn. Gentlemen scramble, ladies fall overboard, and the Major Domo restores order amid comic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Stanley
Bob
Jackey
Blackfriars Stairs
Twickenham
Gulf of Chelsea
Cape Battersea
Hollands
Wandworth
Domo
Fére Champétre
London
Blackfriars
Georgia
Browning Company
Unhappy Mind of Bub Sneak Scorned for Frail Honor
A fragment complains that the “foss of clothes, health, honour” will never be restored to Bub Sneak, condemning his character and state of mind. The terse line marks a sharp, personal rebuke from a historical page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bub
Pleasures of the World and Individual Desires Explored
A reflective treatise argues pleasure defies universal standard, shaped by minds and contexts. It cites varied tastes from flowers and poetry to hunts, travel, music, and even executions, showing how each person seeks different joys and how danger accompanies indulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Burke
Aedeianga Bes
Domitian
Fies
Augustus
Alexander Severus
George the Third
Cafar
Lepidus
Anthony
Turkey
India
Iceland
China
Linley
Giardini
Prospero
Ariel
The Farmer and the Lawyer
Farmer seeks compensation after his ox is gored by a bull. The Lawyer proposes yielding an ox in return, but the matter shifts when the Farmer accuses the Lawyer of not treating others justly. The lawyer agrees to investigate and notes justice should be balanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drurydane
Clough
Portmouth
Kelliington Common
Jemmy
Newgate
An.z
America
Highet
Micchaehaas
Company of Carpenters
Shacefurd
Vie-Parth
Gedahning
Surry
Thomas Roaker
Hern
Carpenters-hall
London
Wa'l
Pembrokeshire
White Hart Inn
Haverforewest
Upton
Morris Bowen
Nath
Upton Castle
Pembroke
Wennalt
Milord- Hayes
Mixord Haven
Carew
Wennall
Newport
William M‘carmick
Thomas Lloyd
Carngloyne
Meirnethelland
Bateman
Haverfordwet
Black Lion Inn
Cardigan
Morris. Bowen
Carcigan Amt
Liangsedmore
Carcigan
Talbots Head Inn
Aberytiwith
Corriguses
Dovey
Cardiganshire
Aberfeewith
Machyr Tert
Wuhan
LiCormich
Fearoke
Curingloyne
Knethell
Pateman
Amontiet
Naverfordwest
Janes Hughes
Ynithir
John ‘7
Cragmoore
Cardican
George's
Tenglebar
Coffte House
Lincoln’s-inn
Ler‘dons
Ankienn Aid Exchange
Description of 300 Animals Eleventh Edition Adverts
An 18th century advertisement notes the eleventh edition of A Description of 300 Animals with Beasts Birds Fishes Serpents and Insects plus how they catch whales in Greenland. It lists publishers and booksellers including J. and F. Rivington Hawes Clarke Collins Carlon Crowder Law Newbery Robinson Baldwin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Greenland
J. and
F. Rivington
Hawes, Clarke
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Jove
Cluer Dicey and Co
Bow- Church-yard
Patrick Anderson
Edinburgh
Charles de First
Tickutso
Mae
England
Oder
Mychslesworth
Ciy
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