Miss Julia's Head Dress Sparks Unruly Evening Talk
In the London Evening Post style narrative, a young man laments limited funds and a close future at home. He recalls Gerrymandered politics, the Junius letters, and his uncle’s stern views on government while a mishap with Julia’s hairpiece and a toppled china set disrupts their evening. The piece blends satire on Parliament with personal foibles and a hint of family discipline.
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Cinna Teachine Poliries
Cinna
Panurge
University
Parson Horne
Hugo Grotius
Junius
Julia
Miss Julia
Rascal
Grenville
Lord Bute
Turnep-foer
Itingle Murmer
Burke
Yorkshire
Pitt
Wiliam Pitt
Providence
Rockingham
Bullface Doublefee
Newceasile
To the Printer of the London Evening Post
A fragmentary letter addresses the printer about a poem on Liberty and references lines associated with Thompson. The curator notes a disruption in the text and seeks to clarify or publish the missing verses. The item preserves a historic voice and publication context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Thompson
A Card on Public Path Threats by Worshipful Company
A historical card warns that a field adjacent to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers School at Noxton will close a public path toward City Road. It asks if twenty years of public use without interruption grants rights, and whether fifty years of usage bars obstruction, inviting queries on legal rights and potential prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Company of
Habirdafbers
Noxton
Differance
Freehold Estate Auction at Cheanide in Filex Kent
By auction on Thursday August 1st at Veaters-Tasern Cheanide at four o clock in the afternoon. The estate of Israel Skinner Esq a large brick house with five rooms per floor two coach-houses a stable for eight horses a barn yard court-yard three gardens and valuable land about 12 acres yearly value known. Dry premises good water New River runs through lands view seven days prior printed particulars at the Bull Inn Heddesdon Lawvy Bell Edmon ton Mr Skinner Sworn-Broker Gefwell street London immediate possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Skinner
Thouriay
Cheanide
Israel Skinner
Filex
Kent
Heddesdon
Lawvy
Edmonton
Skinner
Gefwell-street
London
N.B
Dissertation on Dropsies by W Lowther
This day was published price is a dissertation distinguishing the different species of dropsies the causes of the disorder and the most effectual method of cure by a new discovery in physic by W Lowther printed for J Cooke at No 17 Paternoster Row
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
W. Lowther
J. Cooke
Paternofter-Row
A Portrait of Great Power and Oddities in Public Life
A satirical, unnamed writer extols a powerful public figure using a flood of metaphors and comic epithets. The piece compares him to a fire horse, a postman, a conjurer, a wasp, and an atlas, praising his bold plans and mixed reception. It then drifts to notices about mile stones, milk-women, and military appointments, interwoven with ship arrivals and local marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Gill
Ori
Brifke
Fleet-street
London Bridge
Blackfriars
St. Margaret’s Hill
Kent
Camaberwell
Vauxhall
St. James’s Park
St. George’s-fields
Robert Wilmot
3D Regiment of Dragoons
Earl of Albemar
Naval reinforcements and Barbary raids reported
Intelligence notes several lines of British naval reinforcement and hostile squadron deployments. Four 64 gun ships and six ships with two frigates sail from Chatham and Plymouth to patrol the Bay of Biscay and South Seas. Spaniards bolster Cadiz and Carthagena preparations while Barbary galliots raid between Sardinia and Corsica. Lord Mayor roves London boundaries amid fears of encroachments. Mayoral entertainers await formal acceptance. Plus a note praising Wilkes’ supposed perceptive talents.
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Admiral Har
East Indies
Sir George Pococke
Jamaica
South Seas
Baltic
Chatham
Plymouth
Bay of Biscay
Tts
Barrington
Cadiz
Carthagena
South America
Earl of Bute
South
Audley-street
Bedfordshire
Rochester
Mace
Mansion House
Surry Side
Mediterranean
Barbary
Sardinia
Corsica
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Britain
Ghent
Flanders
John Verdurmen
Hulst
Theodore Verdurmen
Mary de Grave
John de Crave
Jognne van Tetteroe
Jacobus de Grave
John de Grave
Josinne van Tetleroe
County of
Lancaster
Molyneux
Postscript
Buckhorse
Lord North
Portsmouth
Fox
Georgia
Britannia
Harrison
Sunderland
Industry
Wooldridge
Speedwell
Low
Cumberland
Maynard
Slim
Lord Grosvenor
Icarus
Mr. Gyru
Snorum
Lattweelk
Wardour
Anna Maria Arundel
Lord Arundel
Lincoln
Charles Wood
York
Ward
Horbling
Lincoln College
Oxford
Fordingworth
Sunbrook
Giggleswick
Craven
Anthony Lister
Rich
Peirfe
Hutton Bonvile
Swarberexugh
Lglington
Gilbut Elbert
Elliott Murray
Elliotts
Col. Murray
Thomas
Broughton
Drummond
Elizaveth Drummond
Egerton
Harvey
Mr. Cook
Shaw Stewart
Mr. Ward
Staveley
Waller
Burgh
Beckwith
Wafler
Bollan
Hebb
Smith
Rickinson
Gov. Dawson
Halt
Scrope
Miss Eccles
Aylesoury
Wilkes
Dute-ftreer
Westminster
Kearfly
Ledgate-theet
Woodfall
Chatingerie
Shropshire
New Road-stret
Parker
Davenhill
Cornil
Flexeey
Gray's Inn
Holborn
Mes. Gwilt
Boorough
Turpin
Ge'den Keysy
St. John’street
England
Walker
Dublin
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