Character of a Maccherone and the fashion mind
The treatise critiques the rise of fashionable folly in youth, noting extravagant university and genteel living foster endless wants and public dissipation. It warns that frequenting coffee houses and theatres erodes virtue, leaving men of fashion with empty pleasures and wasted time, while dress and vanity define status. It laments changing fashions and mocks the so called maccherone as a foolish ideal, urging self awareness and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccherone
Horace
Character of Mr Rigby from the Senators m Poem
A verse portrait of Mr Rigby as a strong, impudent bully from Boomsbury. He rises by sheer force and gold, scorns regular routes to fortune, and trades in power and spoils. The poem links his wealth to violent strength and street cunning, with mentions of Merry Andrew and a duchess awaiting his gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rigby
The
Ricay
Brothers
Blade
Merry Andrew
Patriot Address to Parliament and Nation
A fierce exhortation to Appress the Patriots in the House of Commons. The speaker urges a small but virtuous band of Englishmen to uphold conscious rectitude, defend liberty, and resist those who betray public trust. The text warns that rulers may exhaust treasuries and seek slavery, urging senators to stand firm and guard the native land with determined virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A&s
Brunswick
Case of the Invasirants of the Savoy debate
A critical examination argues the Savoy occupancy by poor inhabitants challenges Nullum Tempus and Crown land doctrine. It contends Crown lands differ from the Duchy of Lancaster, both in tenure and ownership, and asserts royal property contrasts with private duchy rights while urging public scrutiny of government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Charles the Second
Duke of Portland
Duchy of Lancaster
Electorate of Hanover
France
Duke of Lancaster
Savoy and Duchy of Lancaster clash over royal rights
A late eighteenth century denunciation argues that the Crown illegally encroached on the Duchy of Lancaster through Savoy tenants and misapplied rents. It charges Parliament with granting authority to rename crown lands and criticizes the oppressive measures against Piccadilly tenants, calling for legal redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Lancaster
Sdvoy
Savoy
Considerations on the Causes of the Present Marital Stagnation
A pamphlet issued at this day with a price of one shilling and sixpence. It outlines four heads: parental overreach in marriage, lavish education for women beyond their means, debauchery and extravagance of young men, and the costly tastes of the times. It argues these evils merit parliamentary attention and notes it is printed for J. Ridley in St James's Street.
The Jubilee at Stratford and Related Pastoral Pieces
A list of items including Hay-making a Pastoral Amaryllis a Pastoral Ode The River Dove a Lyric Pastoral Daphnis a Pastoral translated from Vidd Corydon a Pastoral translated from Vidd Nice a Pastoral translated from Vidd Ode on Peace translated from Vidd A Translation from the Latin of G Buchanan Ode on Chastity from the Latin of G Buchanan To a Lady going to the Jubilee at Stratford Epilogue by Mr Samuel Stanton as a Footman Epilogue by Miss Stanton Epilogue the Second by the same The Bowling Green On His Grace the Duke of Devonshire coming of age January 1770 In Libertatem Psalmus 124 Paraphrasis Psalm 124 paraphrased in English 76 Ad Dom Geo Cooplandum cum annulo Translation of the above
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criticks
Corydon
Nice
G. Buchanan
Stratford
Samuel Stanton
Miss Stanton
Duke of Devonshire
King’s Parent Shining Liquid Blacking for Shoes
CA KES advertises a whitening shining liquid Blacking made with water only to produce a durable gloss on leather. It claims to keep shoes soft and pliable, prevents cracking, and is odor free. Sold wholesale and retail by W Bayley in Cockspur Street and several retailers in London, sixpence per cake to make a pint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Rys
W. Bayley
Cockpar Street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
New Bond-Saget
J. Grosvertor
Angel and Grown
Holbern
F. Newbery
Sir Paul's Church
Yard
J.price
Leadenhall-Street
Wee Cath
Price
Lemons Salt Good for Keeps and Cleaning
The extract explains whis salt as the acid part of a lemon used for punch flavor and preservation. It claims advantages in keeping quality, cheaper fruit processing, and uses for removing stains from lace and fabrics. Sold wholesale and retail by London perfumers and booksellers at one shilling per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bayley
Cockpar Street
Haymarket
London
J. Price
India-House
Leandenhall Street
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
J. Grosvenor
Turn Stile
Holborn
A Rothwell
New Bond Street
Extraordinary Cure by Velno Vegetable Syrup Reported
OHN ASTLE of Walham Green Fulham suffered months with venereal disease and severe ulcers and eruptions until a course of Velno Vegetable Syrup eased throat ulcers, reduced eruptions and tumors, and restored him to work in about two months. The remedy is sold at Dr Burrows Haymarket and other outlets with a 10s 6d price and a 6d dissertation, labeled to deter imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Astle
Salthill
Walham Green
Fulham
Burrows
BuR&ows
J. Fletcher and
Hopson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pram. Iyili
Macebergne
Barretti
J. Ridley
St. James’s Street
Samuel Bentley
Elizabeth Stevens
Bible and Crown
Stationers Hall
Sanders
Derby
Taylor
Stafford
Slack
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
Contents
Great Britain
Boxer
Newgery
St. Paul’s Church
Fletcher and Hodson
Cambridge
Ee N.B
Newsery
John Astle
Henry Saltkill
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