Provisional reflections on liberty and governance in Britain
A letter to the London Evening Post discusses honour and virtue, condemns Britain's perceived vice, and cites Dr Young. It critiques Parliament's Settlement Act conditions on royal power, warns against dispensing with safeguards, and cautions that subduing a nation with poverty erodes liberty.
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Britain
Dr. Young
Pericles
London Evening Post
Meres
England
George the
George
House of Commons
Maesty
Great Britain
Actio
Pough
Currs and the Mastiff Guard in Battle Verse
A quatrain driven tale where snarling Currs plot to seize a bone from a Mastiff. Their plan to unite forces ends in bravado and blood as the Mastiff breaks their charge, wounds mark the field, and mercy comes only after a kick.
Bonnee's Scornful Dismissal From Banquet Lament
A troubling doggerel mocks a canine figure Bonnee who is mocked for fear and appetite, dismissed with commands to return to the kennel while others dine on scraps and offal, and condemned to abandon fine treats and banquets.
Sounding Beauty in Time and Love Across Seasons
Verses lament transient beauty and the cycle of seasons. A speaker asks Delia about lasting charm while noting spring’s return after winter. The dialogue pairs fleeting charm with enduring love, urging to seize the present before beauty fades.
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Delia
London News Square Across Age of Steam and Tory Affairs
Inland and foreign items fill this mid‑18th century digest with dispatches from Corsica to Ireland. News from Lords Justices of Ireland, tax and currency talk, whaling bounty plans, tobacco and tallow markets, courtly entertainments, and local accidents. A flood of obituaries, thefts, prison aid, and trials thread through, with shipping routes, theatre notices, and weather and market updates.
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Holland
Secretary of States Office
Ireland
Corsica
Paschal de Paoli
London
Devonshire House
Piccadilly
George
Frederick Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
Prince Mazareno
Ormondtrear
Richard Glyn, Baer
Ludgate
Greenland
Russia
Westminster
Queen’s Arms
Newgate-street
Egypt
Christ
Prices and Exchange Rates From Amsterdam to Genoa
Fragmented OCR lists bonds stocks and currency rates across European markets. Mentions Banke Steel India ditto Navy bonds and various exchange figures for Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Bourdeaux Cadiz Genoa Venice Lisbon Porto Dublin and more with fractional shillings and pence values.
Anodyne Necklace and Worm Medicine Ad in Cornhill
A late 18th century advertisement touts an Anodyne Necklace and a remedy named Safyry to treat teething fits fevers convulsions and worms in children. It markets Sugar-Plums for worms at twelve pence a dozen and a Gum-opening remedy for teething pain priced six pence with cautions about counterfeit products near the Exchange in Cornhill.
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Turlington
Aartha Wray
William Wray
Robert Turlington
Mary Sopp
King’s Arms
Birchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
Wray
Martha Wray
Thomas Jackson
Labove Wray
Sopps
England
France
Denmark
Tina
Nione
Safyry
Cornhil
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Dumfries
Ftorans
Humber
Newcastle
Chelsea College
Thomas Weldon
Oor
Newington Butts
Charles Baynham
Middlesex Hospital
Hackney
Hackney River
Blackwall
St. James’s Park
Capt
Thornhill
Foundling Hospital
Fulham
Oxford Road
Holborn
John
Kenzie
Virginia
Downs
Caple
Curling
Jamaica
Martin
Hooper
Antigua
Arabella
Bradshaw
Oporto
Wind S
Dirury-Lane
Cymon
Covent-Garden
Drury-Lane
School For Guardians
Thomas
Sally
London Bridge
Bear-Key
St. James'st . Waitecuares
Aldeembh
Houfhold
Banke Steel
Hal India
South Sea
Old An
Bk Re
Consol
Nittom
Navy
Amsterdam
Sight
Rotterd
Antwerp
Paris
Bourdeaux
Cadiz
C. Madrid
Bilboa
Che Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Lisbon
Porto
Dublin
Lars Pillar
Sydenham
Peter Shaw
M.D.F.R.S
T. Longman
Mr. Boyle
Lord Bacon
Scarborough
Hoffman
Scarborough Spaw
Stahn
Boerhaave
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