Grand City Pirate Race at Guildhall Coarse
The Annual Grand City Pirate horse race at Guildhall Coarse features STICK TO 'EM JACK, STEADY, DUCTILE, TORAN OUTANG, and others. Judges have unsettled opinions on past runs, with fierce breeding and notable sires shaping the field.
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Guildhall
Grand City
Jack
Maga Charia
Stice
Jace
Bir Feeadis
Outang
S.drudge
Siale
City Axen
Cay
Gutafort Q-id
Thiy
Durhig Paeney
Fucckle
Seberal
Courfels
Bag
Liderius
Saar
M. B
Sreediga
Old Lady Braffnia and the Rebel Sons in Manor Life
An aged heiress Braffnia ruled a fertile manor estate with strict authority. Her many dependent children enjoyed her bounty yet could not claim freehold. When they disobeyed or demanded share, she enforced discipline, guarding gardens, stock, and dwellings with trained servants and fortifications.
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Athey
Braffnia
Polv
Umary
Reforming a family quarrel with a stern matriarch in 1774
The letter from Hornsey dated Sept 12 1774 recounts a dispute where an elderly woman defends her estate from insolent sons and thieves, while lamenting the cost of guardianship and the threats to her authority. It includes a social critique of courtship and hunting as inhuman, with reflections on mercy, virtue, and humane treatment of animals.
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Richard Steele
Mons. Fleury
Bedlam
Las
Beasts of Prey
Chace
Hornsey
Hunt Sounds Break Sleep in Early Morning
The narrator describes an unsettled morning after a night of strenuous outdoor labor in the garden. A hunter’s horn, baying hounds, and vociferous shouting wake the household, prompting a reluctant return to sleep. The writer invites readers to consider the affair and its impact.
Discovery of Nile origin and Bruce's ascent noted
The piece discusses claims on the Nile’s origin, crediting Bruce for reaching Dembea in Abyssinia and discovering springs feeding the river. It cites Lodof, Father Lobo, and Jesuit Payz, while noting other accounts and a Geddes reference, all commenting on authentication.
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Lobo
Autunin
Nile
Nature
Gojam
Furmer
Lobo and
Payz
Branti
Diebiay
Roth
Mr. Bruce
Lodof
Abyssinia
Dembea
Bruge
Démbea
Bruce
Father Lobo
Dembea's
Peter Payz
P. Aro
Hilary of
Ethiopia
Perfume box sold by London shops in multiple outlets
Sold only by W. Bayley perfumer Cockspur street A Rothwell Civet Cat New Bond street Newbery bookselter Ludgate Hill corner of St Pauls Churchyard J Price No 19 Leadenhall Street J Grosvenor perfumer near Chancery Lane Holborn price 2s the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
A. Rothwell
New ‘Bond-street
Newbery
Ludgate-Breet
St. Paul’s Church-yard
J. Price
Leadenhall-street
J. Grosvenor
Chancery Lane
Holbern
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Bappy Marcues
Lucre
General
Erewine Post
Ottago
T. Lqwndes
J. Smallwood
Liverpool
T. Lowndes
Houghton. Street
J. Smalwood
Paradise-freet
Fleet-street
London
Roderick Random
Dr. Smollett
W. Strahan
F. Rivington
Hawes and Co
W. Johnston
T. Cafton
B. Law
C Dilly
T. Becket
T. Lownees
G.robinson
T. Cadell
Kagx
W Nlcoll
Richardson
Urquhart
R. Baldwin
Peregrine Pickle
Lady of Quality
Don ‘Quixoté
Richard. Savage
Earl Rivers
Countess of Macclefield
Laurent
Caroline
Wales
Sir Francis Drake
Ae . Blake
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
Ainsworth
England
Thomas Morell
D.D
Buckland
Hertfordshire
C. Rivington
C Bathurst
J. Buckland
J. Pore
J. Beetroft
Hinton
L. Davis
G. Keith
Hawes
Clarke
Collins
Horsfield
W. Owen
Crowder
T. Longman
E. and
C. Dilly
W. Domville
G. Robinson
Johnson
T. Davies
J. Robson
W. Dinger
T. Becker
Baldwins
T. Evang
Strand
King’ S, Royal
William Radley
Gray’s-Inn-Gate
Holbdfn
Esse
A.s
Kennedy
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