A Pronurce of the pRESENT CENTURY debate letter
An anonymous correspondent, signing as a Citizen of the last Century, attacks a Gentler editor and citizenry for moral decline. He laments changes from Elizabethan times, mocks apprentices and masters, and urges restraint by the upper classes, predicting no reform in the present or future.
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Timte
London
Shooter’s-hill
Islington
É&C
Elizabeth
Petticoat-lane
Linsey- Woolley
Prentices
Otaheite
Hudson
England
Flortilla
Charlotte Jarvis
G. Robinson
Paternotierrow
Covent-Garden
Neptune
Labelle
Goodman’s Fields
Harry Mac Craddock
Oxford
G. Allen
Paternofter-row
Great Britain
Ireland
N.B
G. Allan
Louisa-Maximilienne
Stuart
Westminster Magazine
Septem
Ber
Puffing
Lord Lyttelton
Mr. Fregail
George Selwyn
Dean Swift
Little Legged Dickey
Knock’em
Dr. Beatrie
Lady Herringby&s
Pantheonites
Macarni
Vauxhall
Scawen
Fitzzerafl
Gansell
Monthly Chronicle
Paternotter-row
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
Seacroft
Charing-cross
T. Wilson
York
LAW
Lawyer's Magazine
Middle Temple
Meff
G. Kearfly
Fleet-street
W. Flexney
Holborn
Lynch
Dublin
Shakespearean echoes in early English drama and criticism
An antiquated critique traces the influence of Shakespeare on later dramatists like Fletcher and Milton, noting The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream as paragons. It discusses The Sea Voyage The Faithful Shepherdess and The Goblins, and mentions Ben Jonson's sharp critique, plus early sailing jargon in stage dialogue.
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Fletcher
Shakespeare
Anthony
Cheztra
Sir Fin Sutkling
Milton
Waksurton
T. Warton
Isabella
Ben Johnson
Bartholomew Fair
Sregvins
Fomne
Bacchavies
Jounsow
Journey from Munich to Vienna by Danube Rafts
Excerpted travel note describes a trip from Munich to Vienna along the Danube and its rapid, multi channeled river reach. It explains raft passage though Bavaria’s woods, with cabins for passengers costing about four florins. The author departs Munich at two in the afternoon, finding heat intense and cabins uncomfortable under a blazing sun.
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Munich
Vienna
Rivera
Her
Danube
Bavaria
Waterways and weather on a Danube float voyage to Passau
The narrator describes a harrowing voyage by improvised float from Munich through Freising Landshut and Dingolfing, detailing persistent rain and thunder storms, near freezing cold, insufficient provisions, and rough Danube currents with rock formations. He notes Bavarian bells, fear of lightning, and a perilous night afloat before reaching Vilshofen and highlighting the salt trade with Saltzburg and Passau amid the river’s swift flow.
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Munich
Sabin
Germany
Freising
Bavaria
Europe
Electorate of
Dr. Franklin
Landshut
Dingelfing
Landaa
Danube
Thad
Vilfhofen
Austria
Paffau
Saltzburg
Passau
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Johnson and Steevens
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Muse
Monsieur de la Fontaine
Jonas
Etree
John Wilkes
Kirke
Middlesex
City of
Fitz- Gerrard
St. James’s
Bate
Fitz-Gerrald
Crofts
Lyttelton
Miles and
Vauxhall Gardens
Lisle
Tournay
Amroso
Fidele
Meffl
Langford
Christie
Drefg
Britain
Queen
Duke of Gloucester
Mr. Garrick
Mr. Beckford
George the Second
Mr. Wilkes
Henry
T. Henry
Manchester
J. Johnson
St. Paul's Church
Ridley
St. James's Street
Mn Henry
Royal College of Physicians
Glafac Price