Godfathers and candidates urge virtue in contested election
A letter from the London Evening-Post printers argues Patriots should ensure public success in their lifetimes and calls for political virtue. It questions whether a candidate who accepts bribery can renounce the Devil, suggests godparents influence, and warns against faulty vows at baptism in the Southwark borough election context.
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London Evening-Post
Myeres
Pitt
Lord Littleton
George Durant
Southwark
Common Council
City of London
John Woodnoute
Lfg
Royal Hospital of Bripewell
Richmond Park
Billingsgate Market
Cod
London Enemy Pol makes plan for corn magazines to aid the poor
Philo-Pauper urges Parliament to authorize a scheme to establish corn magazines in major towns to aid the laboring poor. He argues its success hinges on proper regulation and legislative action. A second letter by T. Hint comments on experiments by Swedish apothecary Von Aken with a botton crude rheumatic cure, urging cautious consideration and approval by the learned faculty.
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London
Meres
England
von Aken
Youi’s
C. T
Hovelt and Brave Fra n Defiance in Scot Thread
Epigram notes R. Fran defining hovelt and brav e wear led in Scot's traces yet cannot own riches as they are placed in purses, leaving him unable to gain influence.
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Fran
Tie
Delia's fickle love inspires a wandering heart
A fragmented verse discussion centers on Delia and the lover's thwarted passion. The speaker laments Delia's unfaithfulness, contrasting perceived constancy with fickleness, and recalls legendary figures and betrayed vows. The text weaves classical references with personal longing and admonitions to temper desire.
Poem Fragment of Delia and Unrequited Love
A fragment from a romantic verse laments broken love and the idea that Delia would not pity the heartbreak, expressing despair yet maintaining a calm, reflective tone about fidelity and sorrow.
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Delia
London Evening Post Notice Promotes Paper Patrons
A London Evening Post notice requests readers to support the paper by sending orders via news carriers or to the Printer and Publisher. It assures corrections for any mistakes and notes advertisements and intelligence items are taken in by Mr. Almon at Piccadilly, opposite Burlington House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Taft
Weltmnster
Halle
Yessay Choharles-Hales
Sageon
Savoy
Carr
Vascount Ligonier
Bartingram House
J. Williams
Fleet-Street
Ste Pisani
Court at St James and London News from Richmond
Morning audiences at the Queen's Palace in London with court and drawing room at St James's. Reports from Paris and Cologne mention Genoese treaties, Ireland militia plans, Manilla trials, and port works. Local market notes describe wheat prices at Richmond and a cow-diving wager, plus races and theater listings.
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Lon CO
Richmond
Queens Palace
St. James’s
Council of
London
France
Brett
Belleisle
Cologne
Murbaid
Wurtemberg
Childen
Ireland
Isle of Man
Guildhall
John Tovey
Leadenhallemarker
Diseases and casualties tally for the week
A fragment lists weekly totals of diseases and fatalities: aged 24 with dropsy and smallpox, 43 with consumptions, fever, and convulsions, 167 with measles, 2 with teeth, and 4 throat issues. Casualties include drowned 1, hanged 1, killed by a coach 1, and other accidents 1. Male deaths 165, male christenings 4, females 19, burials 256, total 498. burials decreased by 43 this week.
STOCKS AND CURRENCY NOTES AND PRICES SUMMARY
Financial items list various stocks and bonds with quoted prices and yields. Entries include Navy bonds, Paris and Amsterdam rates, Hamburg and Bordeaux quotes, with gold and silver prices shown in old currency units. The fragment shows multiple issuer names and occasioned price figures.
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Jaey
Héleix
Agamemnon
Mr. Nicholls
Peter Davis
Holbourn
Yarmouth
Dakine
Hadson
Univ
Waker
Friends Advice
Guay
Lynn Packet
Burleigh
Lynn
Hull
Cadiz
Dunkirk
Spain
Soreights
Lorwood
Triette
Portugal
Indizo
Russia
Deal
Does
Deiver
Neptune
Blackfure
Giwalar
Rabela
Bradshaw
Oporto
Diamond
Morgans
Prince Frederick
Johnson
Jamaica
Wind S
Liverpon
Pontefact
Mr. Wentworth
H. Reat
Lowther
H. Gaft
Drury-Lane
Venice
Helamouc
Palmer
Fidelia
Paling
Dhe
Covent-Garden
the Royal Convert
Hengelton South
Aribert
Roft
Wasd
Ethelinda Mi& Mack
Houldn Ridge
Norning
Bear-Key
Ana Alder
Coulivnee
Houfhold
Fe Tuck
Ashall Gordisca
Audi
An. Shur
Amterdam
Change, &c
Uta
Dublin
Golia
St Tame S’s. Wiirecwaren
Seraw
Valerian
Dirgdtiow
de. Hile
Richard Laidvella
Ridkey
Booalerer
St. Jakges
Voniakeret
Andy
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