Discourse on Virtues and Charity in Clerical Life
A 18th century letter criticizes profane honesty and promises a dissertation on justice humanity and gratitude. It praises humane behavior of a clergyman toward a ruined self supporting benefice and notes a request for remedies for mad dog bites and lunacy. It mentions a day laborer’s wife who hanged herself and a desire to consult Humanus for guidance.
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Meff
London Evening Post
Meres
Humanus
Benevolus
To Ethilda and the absent beloved in verse
A London Evening Post piece quotes a poetic exchange about faithful love and constancy. It contrasts a swooning fluttering heart with a steadfast affection, asserting the beloved’s enduring virtue and the speaker’s sincere devotion despite Fortune and malice. The note lists forthcoming inserts from Observator and other items.
Patriot bill to recover election expenses debated in Parliament
Intelligence notes a plan to allow elected MPs to recoup campaign costs from electors, promising to deter bribes and safeguard representation. Reports from London include Duke of Bridgewater departing for Ashridge, Earl of Barrymore and Lord Bottetourt arriving in London, and Alderman Brackley Kennet sworn in. Letters from Genoa mention Corsican property deals, while Cadiz dispatches describe ships outfitting for the River Plate. New York reports a decision to establish a public company.
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London
Duke of Bridgewater
Cleveland-row
Ashridge
Bucks
Earl of Barrymore
Curzon-street
Newmarket
Lord Bottetourt
Suffolk-street
Stoke-Giffard
Bristol
Guildhall
Brackley
Kennet
War of the Line
River of Plate
South America
New York
Vast Continent News and London Gossip Echo
A chaotic miscellany from Warsaw to Lisbon and Rome reports political tensions, church appeals, and inquisitional punishments. Banished priests, royal famines, and a fleet of ships bound for Gibraltar and Port Mahon punctuate the day alongside theater listings and social anecdotes from London.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Warsaw
Russia
Oliva
Staroff
Kofokowski
M. Karo
Cracow
Lisbon
Inquisition
St. Dominic
Rome
Congregation of Rites
Jerome de Corleone
Francis de Jerome
Jesuirts
Cardinal Cavalchini
Hospital of Incurables of
St. John
Paris
Marquess de Salignac de Fenelon
Martinico
Foucault de
Count de Guerchy
Great Britain
Prince of Conte
Countess de Guerchy
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Ethelinda
M. Anthony
Demosthenes
T. T
Andrew
Duke of Gloucester
William Pulteney
Sir William Johnstone
Miss Pulteney
Earl of Bath
Pulteney
Fleet
William Athill
Gibraltar
Port Mahon
Downs
Pigott East Indiaman
Bengal
Madras
Red Lion Street
Clerkenwell
Lower Grosvenor-street
an _Hospital
Kent Street
Southwark
St. Bride’s
Fleet-street
Fleet Market
Deal
Friendship
Baker
Dublin
Ann
Ward
Carolina
Lymington
Footner
Portsmouth
Houghton
Godfalve
Figuera
Douglas
Drury-Lane
Earl of Essex
Essex
Holland
Nottingham
Reddish
Rutland
Palmer
Queen Elizabeth
Hopkins
Covent-Garden
George Barnwell
Powell
Trueman
Perry
Millwood
Hay-Market
Drarky-Lane
Touchstone
Mr King
Orlando
Rosalind
Dancer
Busy Body
Mr. Woodward
George Airy
Mr. Smith
Francis Gripe
Mr Shuter
Miranda
Miss Macklin
Midas
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Navy
Whitechapel
Canterbury
York
Church of England
T. Becket
P. A. de Hondt
Strand
New-Cross Turnerxe
Kent
Bermondsey
Dartford
Farnborough Weld
Stroud-Gorden
Surry
Black Heath
St. Alban’s. Gentlemmen
Sc. Alban’s
Ee Ore
Joan Rapcirre
St. Alban’s
John Radcliffe
GaimsTax
Ety Alban’s
Tour
Ricuard
Reptorph
Bedford
Tourie
Rich Harp Vernon
Tuomas Rattox
T. Lowndes
Fleet Street
Major Bromley
R. Walker
England
Ireland
Scotland
America
King’s Arms
Sessions House
Turlington
Artha Wray
William Wray
Robert Turlington
Mary Sopp
Turlingson
Birchin-Lane
Wray
Giid Marrhs Wray
Turliggton
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