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Epistle from Shades to My Lord on Mortality and Power
A fragment from the London Evening Post features a letter noting parallels between two figures in power, describing subterranean clubs and social life after death. It includes satirical scenes of the Axse-Club and references to coffee houses, the block, and ministerial ambitions. The piece ends with a short letter to the printer criticizing partisan Whig denials of liberty.
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Admiral Forbes
Lord Bute
Audley-street
Sebirenetaiguatt
York- True
Richmond Green
the India Company
East India Company
Calcutta
East-India Company
Princ Clement of
Saxony
Freylingen
Bavaria
Ottober
Leipzig
Lambert
A. Wa.faw
Poland
Susiia
Lizard
Spimead
Vie Travanna
Jamaica
Havre
Newmarket
Lord Rockingham
Babram
Duke of Devonshire
Blank
Lord Bolingbroke
Lord Orford
Beacon
Duke
Lord Gower
Pharaoh
Mr. Calvert
Hermione
Sir John Elwill
Sportsman
Mr. Vernon
Castor
Mr. Grevill
Minikin
Over the Beacon
Hilly
Tartar
Ancatter
Blank Lord Northumberland
Young Cade
Duke of Grafton
Fily
Mr. Panton
Janus
Mr. Shaftoe
Snap
Regulus
Sir John Moore
Ancaster
Vernon
Mr. Johnson
Skim
Mr. Macanelly
Mr. Greville
Lord ‘Bolingbroke
Mr. Johnston
Facing
Sten
Lorop
Mes
London Evening Post
Meres
Gazetteer