French Fashion and English Rust are Critical
In a tirade against French influence the writer urges English self sufficiency in arts and astronomy, arguing against French wine and culture. He calls for English pride and ridicule of French fashions while proposing a shift to native science. Cleophilus Crooksiaff is condemned as a prime villain and example.
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Primter
Parn- Ter
PrinTer
Mr. Pointer
FribAl
Giacombs
Ms. Pointer
Kates Hall
Cam- Your's
C. Bridge
N.v
Cleophilus Crooksiaff
Pluto
Dleetric
Kreis
Fa Labs
St. Paul’s Churchare
Irela
Eric
Cleali
Incha Glering
Mary
Mr. Bowen
TYTHE-FREE JOHN OF JERUSALEM CHARACTER STEEPED IN MISANTHROPE TALES
A mock feature from the London Evening Post recounts the upbringing of a notorious child dubbed a misanthrope. It describes a birth marked by teeth, cruel humor at school, and a life of malicious, antisocial acts labeled as extraordinary, with the figure praised for formidable misanthropic talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Mergs
John
Jerusalem
Fragmented London letter on deaths and Corsican manifesto
The piece surveys lingering talk of the Duke of Devonshire and others dying, a Cambridge vice chancellor contest, and a Corsican oath attributed to Paoli sworn in 1754 amid Genoa crisis, expressing resolve to resist negotiation and even to die for liberty.
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London
EB of
Hardwicke
Duke of Devonshire
Legge
Duke of C
Earl of E
Lord Beth
John Philipps
Cambridge
Barnardisten
Leghorn
Paoli
Genoa
Medieval London News in Fragmented 18th Century Chronicle
Garbled notices describe global dispatches and royal ceremony preparations in Warsaw. Reports of ships, imports, exports, and dock arrivals mix with local fires, marriages, and theater showings. Mention of governors in America and plans for Macao trade appear amid weathered dates and places.
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Warsaw
St. John
America
Cuneil
Adenby
Newth America
Chalire
New-York
Bleriaa
Norta
Cio
Macao
Canina
Ludow
Salop
Nilhian Tolverry
Serott
Carpue
Duke-Street
Lincoln’s-Sinnelds
Romish
Linnen
Dublin
Holland
Jamaica
Sweden
Russia
Dunkirk
Virginia
West Indies
Germany
London
Moran
St. Kitts
Polly
Lee
Barbadoes
Boulogne
Meriton
Deal
Success Gally
Nicholls
St. Abe’s
Downs
Thomas
Scrung
Carthagena
Sarah
Shackstone
Portsmouth
Betsey
Oxford Bucks and Town Vacation Riff on Cap and Gown
A playful, fragmentary reminiscence about Oxford undergraduates leaving the university’s gown and cap tradition for a holiday in town. The text evokes tutors, pedants, and a carefree rhythm as students drift from campus routines to social diversion.
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Thomas Cunningnaas
Oxford Bucks
Oxford
Clentholmen
Leise
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Kent
Caaiinen
Humoenes
Forte
London Evening
Andromeda
Perseus
St. James’s
Republic of Genoa
Isquire
Europe
Lonnon- Hihige
To-morrow
Frices Rank
India
South Sea
Dicco Ld An
Dicco New Ann
Dicco
Ditta India An
Rspocaus
Consol
Navy
Long
Ann
Whitechapel
Dhe Particulius
Lincoln’s Inn
Lan Staman- Olce
George Walthew
Haton- Garden
Paillee
Princes
Stcree
Appetite
Sydney’Alley
Leicester-Fields 5
Croft’s
W. Lowther
Pattaut
Ras Ced
Pauls Caerca-Yure
Aliwe
Treorente
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Sharnisoparias, According To the Last Alterations Witlress
John Quincy
T- Longman
I. Buccracher
Caine Auer
Sandorius
Quincy
Chery
Cra PV
Walt Canny
Meath
James
Ciartabl
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