The Badles and a Harsh Parade of Moral Lament
An illustrated panorama of moral discourse and social critique unfolds with poems on maternal devotion, female virtue, and the peril of beauty. It contrasts October theater of manners with domestic scenes, lampooning vanity while praising piety, selflessness, and the sacred duty of motherhood amid a tapestry of voices and biblical allusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Hive
Gory
Fedvale
Fillbion
Petrcan
Reah
Chey
Geog
Che
Brefet
New Universal Geography Grammar in Twenty Four Numbers
An advertisement for a published Geography work by E Jones at Bromley Kent. It offers twenty four weekly numbers at sixpence each, two octavo volumes, with maps engravings and a frontispiece. Subscriptions list conditions including gratis perusal of numbers, subscriber names printed, and a promise of overage delivered gratis if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embel Itas
E. Jones
Bromley
Kent
I. Evans
Great Britain
Ireland
Bloom of Circassia advertised cosmetic and medical cure
An 18th century advertisement touts the Bloom of Circassia a cosmetic liquid said to give a natural pink bloom that resists perspiration. It claims to cure bladder and stone issues, boasting certificates from St Thomas's Hospital and doctors and urging purchase from Newbery Cambridge Shropshire and Fletcher Hodson retailers with prices and bottle marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circassia
Peron
Greece
F. Newbery’s
E.C.F
N.B
Fordyce
Bristol
St. Thomas’s Hospital
St. Thomas's Hospital
Mackenzie and Smith
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L. le Aeyg
The
Fron
Fchéin
Venus
Atlas
Bill
Corézna
Graes
Lefsen
Miéa
Corinna
Helen
Fang
Magdalen
Lizsy
Nile
Tod
Janice
Bane
London
Hemet
Amelia
Peart
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Botton
Haymarket
J. Price
India-House
Leadenhall-street
Elst
Dr Burrows
Velno
Lam
Wych Street
March
Dr. Burrows
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-Street
Capel-Court
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and Hodson
Cambridge
Burrows
Fletcherr
Hopson
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