Marble Pillar and Gricean Suffering in Public Life
A fragment from a dramatic meditation contrasts public judgment with personal pain. References to Kenrick, a contested rightful status, and a pillar of marble symbolize endurance and suffering. The speaker laments public prais e or censure, invokes faith and redemption, and calls for patience amid persecution as a testament of endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ria & Tome Ene
Kenrick
Marly
Grice
Beei
God
Codd
Patience
Faith
Harvest Prospects and Army Promotions in London Gazette
The London Gazette reports a hopeful harvest with strong flax yields across Lys and French Flanders. It lists promotions in the army, raising captains to majors, naming numerous officers including Tesher Webb, Twiffleton Ridsdale, Allan MDonald, George Nicholson, William Stiell, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lys
Flanders
War Office
Tesher Webb
George Twiffleton Ridsdale
Allan M’donald
George Nicholson
William Stiell
Christopher French
John Dorrance
Roger Spendlove
Thomas Pemberton
Joseph French
Charles Bolfragon
Gavin Cochran
Michael Menning
Edward Goodenough
Michael Nickson
John’St. Clair
John M’donald
James Marth
Thomas Hardcastle
Charles Edmonstone
Willam Grant
Thomas Smelt
William Edinettone
George Bowles
Charles Tuffnell
Hugh Skefington
Anthony Lovibond
David Home
James ‘Ingonin
Andrew Edhouse
Hugh Cameron
Jormand Lamont
Thomas Carleton
Rawlins Yuluman
Robert Donkin
Alexander Fotheringham Ogilvie
Patrick Campbell
Robert Gray
Thomas Musgrave
Donald M’donald
Boundary survey and a wild tale from Petersburgh
Letters from Charlestown describe boundary work on the Catawba River and Cherokee line with South and North Carolina commissioners. Extracted news reports a Hungarian adventurer alias Baron Bengersky plotting to seize power in Petersburgh, plotting with criminals, and allegedly planning expeditions on Kamchatka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mefl
Homas Rutherford
Thomas Polk
Peterbourgh
Alaurice Augustus-Alardor
Bengersky
Geniersky
Poland
Petersburgh
Kamichatka
Gurioff
Babarikin
Kamehatka
St. Peter
Remarkable maritime voyage and London news compiled
An extensive 1771 account narrates a long voyage starting near Kamchatka, visiting Manila and Taiwan then Formosa, Macao and China before returning. It notes speculative link to a criminal conspiracy uncovering a sea passage, and reports fires at Oestiga destroying churches and houses. Also covered are court actions, cricket scores, horse races, London graft trials, and royal pardons including a death-row sentence commutation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
Acapulco
Philippine Islands
Manilla
Marian
Tonfa-es Bugo
Nangisaki
Culima
Formosa
Macao
Kamschatka
China
London
Archangel
Oestiga
Spain
Germany
Duchess of Northumberland
Eardley Wilmot
Great Ormond Street
Flayter
Portsmouth
St. Alban’s
Douglass
Antigua
Juno
Ware
Mediterranean
Dover
Deal
Beit
Cambridge
John Henniker
St. John’s College
Marquis of Granby
Scarborough
Hambledon
All England
Baron
Merrow Downs
Guildford
England
Hambledon Club
His Majesty’s
Leith
Sir Laurence Dundass
Forrester
Major Laurie
Mirza
Phillippe
Edward Leeds
Burford
Mr. Yate
Young Davy
Lord Abingdon
Quill
Mr. Dutton
Guildhall
Lord Mansfield
Trover
Merl. Townsend
Everett
Thomas Woollen
John Wilkes
Frederick Bull
Middlesex
Newgate
George Lovel
Mr. Goodwin
Paddington Road
Robert Aistrop
Mr. Stearne
Park Lane
James Dempsey
John Devine
Richard Glover
Ilington
Robert Jones
Francis Henry Hay
Thomas Maffey
Mr. Hillson
Bow
James Affent
John Rogers
Edward Cole
John Fryer
Richard Swingward
Shacklewell
Thomas Younger
William Marrafs
Inscribed Prize Offers for Wolfe Monument and Bengal Essay
A premium is offered by Almack’s nobles for the best inscription on General Wolfe’s Monument. A Bengal essay by Henry Patullo, Esq. is presented to the East India Company Directors. Battersea Bridge shares sold at Chelsea for 10151. General Average omitted. counties’ prices listed. Published by Authority of Parliament. William Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Healty
Charles Bathurst
Almack’s
Wolfe
Bengal
East-India Company
Henry Patullo
Battersea Bridge
Saltero
Chelsea
Rhodes
Battersea
Tuts Work praised by physicians and magazines for beauty receipts
A fragment discussing the French origin of Tuts Work by M. Buc'her and its expansion by a renowned American physician. The piece notes the 300 plus receipts in Taiget of Floria, claims low ingredient costs, and quotes favorable judgments from Universal Magazine Universal Review Ezadon Magaziaz on cosmetics value and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Buc’Hoz
M.D
W. Nicoll
St. Paul’s
New Bond-street
Kincaid and Creech
Edinburgh
T. Ewing
Capel-street
Dublin
M. Buc
France
Universal Magazine
Fr Ora
Ezadon Magaziaz
Merchant's Drops advertised cure for scurvy and leprosy
A letter from Nathaniel Lane lauds Mr Norton surgeon of Golden Square London for a cure of a severe skin and blood disorder using Marehant's Drops. It claims cures of leprosy scurvy ulcers fistulas piles and inflammations with a promise of genuine bottles signed by Norton. The notice lists multiple sales points across London and beyond and warns against counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.emp
Tam
Nathaniel Lane
Great Buffel Court
Covent-Garden
Norton
Golden-S Quare
Piccadilly
London
John Norton
Marehant
Balsamic Tincture Cures Scurvy Reported by Patient
A 1772 testimonial by J. commends Balsamic Tincture as a perfect cure for inveterate scurvy after six to seven bottles. The writer, at No 64 Coleman Street, offers to prove the cure and notes other medicines failed. Wholesale and retail details given for F Newbery and Soho shop, price 3s 6d per bottle. A brief gratis symptom list is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHESE
W. Bavley
Cockpar Street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
Civet Cat
New Bond Street
Coleman Street
F. Newbeery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Little Chapel-Street
Wardour-Street
Soho
N. B
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Tdoyil
Pol
Uly
The
London Gazette
Leon Don
William Cooke
Winchester
S. d
Swry
Hertford
Bedford
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rutland
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Stafford
Shropshire
Hereford
Worcester
St Warwick
Gloucester
Wiltshire
Berks
Oxford
Bucks
Counties
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Lincoln
C.S. York
Durham
Northumberland
Cumberland
Westmorland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Monmouth
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hampshhire
Sussex
Kent
North Wales
Wales
Scotland
Lady’s Magazine
John Crookashanks
Robert Kirke
Cattle- Yard
Holborn
John Crookshanks
the Lark
Kirk
Earl of Stanowich
W. Davis
Milton
John Wheble
W. Gharnley
Newcastle
Great Britain and
Ireland
Mr. Norton
Golden Square
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