The World and My Youthful Pastimes in Verse
An epistolary poem in the voice of a disappointed poet narrator laments lost youth and the price of intellectual pursuit. He reflects on public indifference, financial risk, and a career spent chasing truth rather than worldly gain, contrasting noble aims with a world of profit and praise. He defends merit over rank, seeks fair reward for labor, and pledges patient, candid effort under Open Quacks wagering on reputation and usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Court
Christiean
John
Britain
Newton
Voltaire
Clive
Newmarket October Meeting 1771 Horse Races and Society Notices
The notice lists racing stakes at Newmarket from September 30 to October 2 1771 with fourteen hundred guineas for four year olds and multiple matches, subscriptions by nobility, weight carriage rules, and entry certs. It also covers the Hornby and Hawthorn societies meeting at the Three Lions, officer elections, and a Widow’s Charity admission with annual dues, plus an 10th edition of Dr Sterns Advice to the Consumptive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
B.C
Juniper
Pantalon
Trentham
Paymatter
Zephyr
Consol
Mariamne
Sal
Sift
Ditchig
Raft
B. C
Lord Bolingbroke
Sir C. Burnbury
Mr. Vernon
Lord Offory
Lord Grosvenor
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Ancatster
D. Grafton
D. Ancaster
Ld. Grosvenor
Bolingbroke
M. of
Rockingham
N. B
Joseph Poyter
Easton
Queen’s-arms
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Michael Fi
Wych-street
Temple Bar
England
Phillip Stern
M. D
J. Almon
Piccadilly
Messrs. Woodfall
Chariacross
Curtis
Fleet-street
Bladon
Patern
Sterrow
Missing note and rewards for lost items in 1771 notice
A broad notice from Birmingham and surrounding areas advertises rewards for recovering a black Bitch dog with specific markings, a horse mare missing near Norton Cannock, and a deserter from George Whistler’s regiment. It includes follow-up contact points in Berkley Square London, Norton Cannock, and Chatham barracks, with rewards of five or ten guineas. Additional notices invite investors to lend on mortgages and securities through Old Slaughter’s Coffee-house and discuss a proposed turnpike road from Spalding to Lincoln via Welland banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
London
A. B
Peele
Fleet-street
Charles Bourchier
Elgin Hill-street
Berkley-square
Joseph Heathcote
Berkley Square
Birmingham
Tolen
Street Road
Norton
Cannock
Stafford
John Smith
Staffordshire
Wm. Smith
Nethert-Stennal
Nicholas Beden
William Harrison
Totteridge
Hertfordshire
Thall
Gravesend
George Whistler
Chatham Barracks
George Ross
Conduit-street
A&t
India
Old Slaughter’s
St. Martin's-lane
N.B
John Wing
Thorney
Thomas Hogard
Spalding
Old White Hart Inn
Swaffham
Earl of Orford
Suffolk
Norfolk
Norris
Ulus
Auction notices for horses coaches estates and hunts
Multiple auction notices list items from St Martin's Lane and Piccadilly including a black roan stone coach, hunters, and twenty one couple of fox hounds. Also advertised are freehold estates in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire with details on location, acreage, and tenants. Additional entries cover horse plate races at Wells and Decoy Farm at Whittlesey with terms and entry requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ble
St. Martin’s-lane
Hamels
N.B
Tattersall
Barney-Mow
Piccadilly
Aove Place
White Fort Inn
Lthrapton
Northamton
Brighton
Kimrottan
Thrapston
Oundle
Maynard
Thomas Butcher
Cople
Bedford
Talbot Inn
Gundle
Northampton
Titchmarth
Titchmarsh Lodge
Stuate
Willian
Whittlesey
Ile of Ely
Cambridge
Robert Horie
Thomas Bowker
Peterborough
Wells
Somerset
Wr. Parker
Piltel
J.coxe
Tribune
Ms. Coxe
Piper
Chid
Squirrel
My. Helvar
J. Milesworth
Edymion
Mir
Balfer
H. Coxe
Christopher Inn
Lord Staverdale
Tuting and Fawcuner
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Ol - Oe
Wales
Bevis
Carman and
Newbery
Mr. Hitt
Rebere Manners
Bloxholm
Lincolnshire
Robert Bertie
Chislehurst
Kent
Holtorn
Fareham
Hants
Southton
Somber Barney
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