Fragmented poem and news blur in 18th century miscellany
OCR fragment details a long poem with praise and critique, naming poets like Pope and Quart o, plus letters from Ken and St Neot's. It shifts to colonial and naval items, noting Russian Prussian declarations, Irish unrest, ships, market prices, and incidents. The text blends literary pangs with maritime news, trade figures, and local occurrences from London and ports.
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Thias
Vienna
Warfawy
Charles of Saxony
Courland
Lithuania
Kiew
Poland
Prussia
House of Austria
Austria
Saxony
Charles T the Six
Dublin
Havanagh
King’s Arms
Cornhill
Carthagena
France
Portsmouth
Nore
Spithead
Plymouth
Nero
Hart
Whitehorse Street
Radcliffe
London Hospital
Leicester
Douglass
Political Parley Turns On Treasures And Trust
An 18th century political debated scene shows figures negotiating peace terms and leadership. A proposal to disarm the opposing side is rejected, while loyalty and reform are debated amid royal allegiances and power plays involving key figures and a British king’s sentiment.
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Charles
Duke
Barrows
An Elegy On A September Partridge Slaughter
An 18th century verse lament decries Parliament on September first allowing partridge killing. It describes dawn, gloom, and the doomed hunting scene as a mother partridge and her young perish in blood and fear. The narrator cites Pere Pix metamorphosis and references the Public Advertiser.
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Aurora
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St. Neot
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Russia
Prudia
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Glasgow
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India
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Anne Navy
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St. Paul’s Church Yard
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Fort
Aknof
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de Golden
Harton-Gardens
Alex Crote
Shoe-Lane
Pleer-Areec
Mr. Parks
Sidney’s Alley
Princese Streets
Leicester-Fields
Advite Prais
Moxpavs
Thurida
Tente
Crofe
Yhnsee
Public Advertiser
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King’s College
Cambridge
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Caitalio
Anc
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