Honour and Honesty in the Age of Debt and Dignity
A satirical critique argues that honour differs from honesty and that debt, duns, and credit shape aristocratic power. It admonishes the gentry to separate pride from fair dealing while warning that reliance on unpaid bills feeds elite influence, with notes on Pitt, Hamburgh bankruptcy, and public notices.
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Hensur
Hexcur
Honesly
el Emdah
Ludgate Abbi
St. James's
London
Pitt
Treasury
Lord Temple
Earl of Egmont
Lord Egremont
Deceas
Wilkes
Petersburgh
Senate
Dalman’s
Hamburgh
Amsterdam
Baron Sienglin
Hamburga
Henriques
S&c
London Fridge High Water Update For Tomorrow Morning
Readable fragments report high water notes for London with times after 7 oclock and later afternoon readings. Mentions 32 and 34 measures and 4 and 8 after noon in scattered phrases without clear context.
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London
Bear Parson Irony and Painter Satire in Humourist Dialogue
A dialogue between JOAN TROT and WILLIAM BRUSH unfolds as Brusch defends his celebrated print and portraits, arguing the bear represents a parson and praising his artistic doctrine. The exchange touches on Churchill, Pitt, and Times satire, concluding with a critique of contemporary folly and a late page inscription.
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Joan Trot
William Brush
Parsons
England
Wales
Berwick On Tweed
Sam
Raphael
Raphasl
London
Paul Tefore
Felix2
Sigismunds
Bristo
Chey
Hayes
Pitt
Lam
Charles Churchill
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Portsmouth
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Holand
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Navy
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Earl OF Egremont
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Larne
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Full
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