Counterpoints on Religion and Wilkes Affairs In London
The piece reviews clerical praise for a devout preacher denouncing Methodists and defending liberty of religion, notes on Wilkes wound and political tensions in Parliament, and reports on European diplomacy, militia votes, and North American policy, with scattered local notices from Cambridge and Hampshire.
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London
Tris
Wilkes
Martin
Chislehurst
Kent
Aylesbury
House of Commons
Robert Walpole
Honiton
Devon
Reginald Courtney
George Yonge, Bart
Anthony Bacon
George Yonge
Mr. Bacon
Kalifoon
Hetfe-Caffel
Hanau
Liege
Clement of
Saxony
Spain
North America
West Indies
Newfoundland
Gulf of Canfo
Bay of Tundy
America
Germany
Cambridge
Samuel Dipe
Crox
Cotton
Litchfield
Coventry
Harringworth
Uppingham
Ruy .Landhire
Whitehall
Guishall
Wells
Norfolk
Duke of Marlborough
Arthur
Jamaica
Thomas
John
Kelly
Faro Eine
Fete Dover, Vice Ourlay
Pedisy
Ted
Diinkirk
Rafia
Preiffia
Sweden
Maryland
Virginia
Passage on curses and political foes in disjointed verse
Fragmentary lament references Cain, hellish oath, and personal woes. Mentions Scotland, Shelburne, and a critic named Wilkes. Tone echoes 18th century political quarrel with evasive blame and defiant stance toward critics.
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Cain
Scotland
Shelburne
Cale
Churchill
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Lufby
Antigua
Duke of York
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Brickett
Faro
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Cleontes
Atcovent-Garden
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Prici Bank
India
Whitechapel
Navy
St. James’s
England
Hell
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Scho.jls
Cordertius
William Willymot
L.L. D
King’s College
Cambidge
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Longman
Phedrus
Cattalio
Charles Hoole
W. Turner
Free Grammar School
Colchester
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