Plagiarism debate on Garrick epitaph and Beighton poem
A reader reports a London Evening Post letter accusing Garrick of plagiarism in an epitaph for Rev. Beighton of Egham. The writer recounts a mixed reaction to praise, a challenge from an elder, and a surprising morning poem that exposes the alleged source, while a second letter warns Scotland’s bankruptcy could threaten London and the Bank, urging prudence against risky financial ties and Sardamercish schemes.
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Garrick
Mr. Garrick
Epitaph for David Garrick in the graveyard of scorn
A satirical epitaph laments David Garrick for sixty years shaping the grave but never forming true friendship with the good or brave. It condemns the rich and titled while claiming merit and pity fail to move him, insisting justice now marks his tomb with a universal curse for harming both friends and foes.
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Garrick
Ares
Marine Corps
Portmouth
Endeavour
Taylor
Tenby
Buchanan
Crusze
Maria
Rumbronden
Agnes
Genitke
Amsterdam
Surinam
Portland
Goddard
Malaga
Guernssey
Whyite
London
Jamaica
Concord
Brown
Rotterdam
Montagu
Walterer
Plymouth
White
Cherburgh
Pearson
Sanderland
Amity
Pinnock
Newcastle
Pup Fe
Benci
Enis
Corron Co
Pric.r
Morning Chronicle
York Castle
Elizabeth Eagle
William Eagle
Sol Jerton
Sarah Ang
Mary Penrose
Anne
Singie
Sarah
Islington
Fielding
John Atkinson
Lyth
Whitby
Roger Beckwith
North Riding of
Yorkshire
Brightwell
Oxfordshire
Brian Stapylton
Myron
John
Deal
Wind
S.W
Sophia
Williams
Cadiz
Dutton East Indiaman
Southampton
Boyce
Lord Loudoun
3D Regiment of Guards
Europe
Great Britain
Warren
Marybone-street
Richard Warren
Golden Fleece
Marybone Street
Golden-square
Prudent Bank of England stance urged amid Scotch crisis
Edward Payne receives a lengthy plea praising prudence during a perilous emergency as the Bank of England must fortify public credit amid Scottish financial shocks. The piece argues against discounting Scottish bills and warns of universal ruin from private failures, followed by satirical epigrams on bankruptcy. A Margate note reports a young servant driven to madness after a unfulfilled love and gin.
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Bank of England
Scotland
European credit crisis deepens amid September 1763 failures
The September 1763 collapses in Berlin Hamburgh and Holland trigger widespread terror across continental commerce. British merchants rally to avert a continentwide bankruptcy, aided by expansive Bank discounts and urgent remittances while elites shun responsibility and corruption spreads as taxes and coin shortages bite.
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Berlin
Hamburgh
Holland
Europe
Lord Harcourt
Ireland
Lord Townsend
G. Macartney
Earl of Chatham
Hague
England
France
Wimbledon Common
Duke of Gloucester
Harvey
Carpenter
Copenhagen
Marine Corps
Charlottenland
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E Y
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Bedlam
Edward Middlecott
Lord Lisburne
Gertry
Bath
Oxford
Windmill Inn
Salthillg
N.B. Neal
Oliver
Lewes
Plumbe
Richard Peers
Queenhithe
Sheriff Bull
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