London Schemers and Money Making Schemes Exposed
An editor laments London's culture of graft and greed citing a country friend who but for a death in the family tried to seek wealth through questionable schemes. The discussion covers impostors offering plans to profit from advertising, peaches, and even a risible notion of using a mathematician to claim a Parliament reward for longitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
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Advestitioy
Widdlay
Wes Ghawp
Jcifeonae
Choon, Onl
Zome Hans
Ak Wbs
Cobrfe
Syney
Ediniburgh
Shas
Fanny Teafagt
Dicine
Cuba
Vance
Nostrum-monger and Edinburgh Doctor’s Downfall Told
A fragment recounts exposing a bookseller who defrauded credicts and a physician from Edinburgh. The letters reveal schemes on a Florida venture and an expired patent, ending with the man retiring to the country, marrying, and embracing honest effort as happiness.
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Edinburgh
Florida
Abe Og Reh
Trial by Heaven and Earth in a Frightened Mind
A diaristic reflection from an individual recalling the Old Bailey experience and envisioning a divine court. The narrator compares earthly judges and rhetoric to a supreme Tribunal where Truth prevails. He contemplates guilt, virtue, charity, and honesty while fearing self condemnation and vowing moral improvement.
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Old Bailey
Unclear OCR Fragment On State Secrearies And Crime
Fragmentary historical note references secrecy and state figures amid mentions of sobberies and frauds. Content is garbled, lacking coherent events, places, or dates.
Addressing Housebreakers Mercy and Justice in Crown Policy
A speech urges harsh justice against housebreakers, condemning clemency as the cause of rising crime. It argues that mercy weakens deterrence, cites repeated alarms at night and murders, and calls on lords to persuade the King to deny pardons to criminals, citing many released prisoners seeking aid.
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Charate
Night Thoughts on life death and immorality edition
This Day edition priced at 3s Bound and neatly printed in a small size lists The Complaint or Night Thoughts on Life Death and Immorality and Paraphrase on part of the Book of Job. Printed for multiple publishers including J. and F. Rivington and W. Otridge. Also advertised The Time Book in larger size and The Works of the Author of Night Thoughts in four volumes.
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jJarge
Ainsworth
Thomas Morell
J. Rector
Buckland
Hertfordshire
C. Rivington
C Bathurst
J. Buckland
J. Beecroft
W. Strahan
K Rivington
Hinton
L. Davis
G. Keith
Hawes
Clarke
Cohlins
R. Horfield
Dr. Morell
Fomer Ilias
R. Collins
R. Horsfield
T. Carlon
B.white
S. Crowder
T. Longman
B. Law
E. Johnston
T. Pete
G. Flexney
G. Robinson
R. Baldwin
J. Williams
Job
F. Rivington
T. Lonegman
C. Dilly
J. Dodsley
T. Cadell
W. Otridge
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Price
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Dalby
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Culler
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William Radley
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Mr. Vallentine
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Chymitt
Mount Icw
Westminsterbridge
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Leake
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Patrick. Anderson
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Boegane Braman
Agafan
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Catia Ober
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Cher Beyard
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