Satire and Swift Critiques Prompt Public Reflection
A fragment from a 18th century letter page contrasts republican freedom with aristocratic disdain, cites Pope and Virgil on wit and slander, and recounts Swift and Poot’s literary feuds. It blends commentary on national manners, literary satire, and a note on etiquette at boarding schools amid high prices and dearth.
Printer of the London Evening Post Letters on Prussia and Sardinia
The writer to Mr Meres asks why the King of Prussia keeps a force near Cleves and whether his courting tactics are fit for a king. He also notes the King of Sardinia orders annual grain tallies and ponders if such accounting would benefit his own government.
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London Evening Pott
Mr. Meres
London Evening Post
Ordine Cates
Vircil
Pooz
Atterbury
Rochester
Dean Swift
Mr. Pope
Virci
Moevius
Nat
Vourarre
Henriade
GrLpon
Puriulrs
Vireur
Bavius
Moegvivus
London
Pops
Poor
Mer&s
Smithfield Market
Guildhall
Meres
London Evening-Post
Sardinia
Prince of Brunswick
St. James's
Hyde-park
Prince of
Brunswick
Germany
East India Company
Marquis of
Rockingham
Treasury
Earl of Halifax
Lord Weymouth
William Courtney
Minorca
Earl of
Ireland
Duke de Lausanne
Mr. Coppende
Great Suffolk-street
France
Paris
Duke de Fronsac
Soho Square
Mons. Durant
Petersburgh
Altena
America
Robinhood
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Pitt Cutter
Isle of Sark
Tottness
Tomkyns
Mail from Holland and European notices mix in late 17th century chronicle
A sprawling notice sheet describes arrivals from Holland and Warsaw, reports on the Senatus Consilium debates about Dissidents and Russian troop movements, and mentions archiving crowns and Lithuanian records. It covers diplomatic shifts in Warsaw and Leghorn, landings of Jesuits, and changes in French and Russian envoys, plus various social items, prices, races, and local incidents across London and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Warsaw
Fune
Lithuania
Lublin
Court of Justice
Dantzick
Count de Mniszck
Cracow
Leghorn
Battia
Marshal de Marbceuf
Genoa
M.boyer de Fons-Colombe
France
Versailles
Geneva
Paris
Funers
Duke de Fronfac
Duke de Richlieu
Abbey of
Grandmont
Limoges
M. de Monclar
Provence
Spain
House of God
Rome
Edict Orders Exile of Enemies to State Authority
The royal arret declares members of the society enemies to all lawful authority and orders them to leave the kingdom within fifteen days. It asks the King to petition the Holy See to suppress the order and to dismantle its establishments in Avignon and Venaissin territories.
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Tonger
Aharret
Holy See
Avignon
Venaiflin
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Free Commonwealth
Swift
Your's, &c
Humanus
Jlualy
Simplex
Critus
Steady
King’s Bench
M! Adlester
Kim
Ascot-Heath
Fairfax
H. Cruizer
Péerram
Quick
H. Antinous
Crofier
Willson
Asth
Gol
Lauraguie
Ginerack
Orford
H. Droll
Freeved
East Friesland
Ely
Charthansin
Jones
Piccadilly
Chelsea
Fulham
Fleet-Market
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Deal
Rebecca
Fotherington
Quebec
Duke of Cumberland
Dosgett
Nova-Scotia
John
Sheley
Neath
Thames
Nevis
Draper, Dunn
Dublin
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Old An
New
Britte
Fhur
Qper
Navy
Amster
Antwerp
Chal Bourdeaux
Cadiz
Course of Exchange, &c
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn Se
Geno
Venice
Lisbon
Porto
Whitechapee
Cota
Menico
Mr. Smart
W. Flexney
Southampton Buildings
Holbourn
T. Carlon
Stationers Alley
Ludgate Street
Mefl
Johnson and Co
Paternofter Row