Political musings on Middlesex electors and parliamentary precedent
A letter from JULIANUS discusses the Electors of Middlesex and their right to choose a representative, arguing that avoiding opposition by adhering to law risks depriving the people. He critiques precedents, urges personal petitioning of the Commons, and laments perceived pedantry over constitutional rights, urging courage for the electors and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neargate
Commons
Neengare
St. Stephen’s
Instruments defray Freedom in all Nations
Excerpt discusses how despotic shifts arise from ambition and corruption of a few natives, citing France Spain and the West Indies. It notes enslaved people often lack agency while trustees may betray liberty for petty rewards, illustrating how liberty erodes under tyranny and privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cortez
Spain
Fes
West-Indies
Tyranny's Chains and the Tyrant’s Inner Circle
The excerpt argues that arbitrary power rests not in guards or armies but in a web of insiders. It details four to six key facilitators who bind provinces and funds to the tyrant, creating a vast chain of complicity. The passage stresses how a small elite sustains oppression for many, with many more subjugated under their shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Thacif
Bible with Notes and Annotations Being Published
Subscribers are informed that the Bible with Notes and Annotations will be published by Adlard and J Browne Fleet Street and may be obtained from T Evans at Paternoster Row. Preceding Numbers may be had, or any single number to complete Sets. Also available The History of Printing in fourteen numbers at 6d each. Several other works listed with prices include Royal Farrier 6d bound, Royal Gardéner 6d, Country Brewers Assistant 1s 6d bound, Compleat Wizard 2s 6d bound, Wilkes’s Jests 1s, Derrick’s Jests 1s, A Letter to G Grenville 1s 6d, and a ditto to the Duke of Grafton 1s 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otivex
We Adlard
J. Browne
Red-Lion-Court
Fleet-street
Royal
Wilkes
Derrick
G. Grenville
Grace the Duke of Grafton
Tulip Epinion and Easy Grammars for Youth
A bound seven volume set titled This Day Published offers The Tulip Epinion Corrected of Pere Ce Cle of the Sciences. It includes Grammar made Easy for youths Gentlemen and foreigners Arithmetic made Easy Rhetoric made Easy with selections from Demosthenes Cicero Homer Shak Shakespeare Milton and others Poetry made Easy with epigrams epitaphs songs and odes Metaphysics and Ontology compendium. Printed for Carman and St Pauls Church-yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contalning
WolkIs
Demosthenes
Ciceros Sajlul
Homer
Shakespear
Milton
Carman
St.Paul's Church-yard
Subscriptions for Mr Wilkes Debts and Society Funds
A London society reports subscriptions for support of Mr Wilkes, listing settled debts, expenses for elections, and remaining debts to be covered. It notes no money has been used for private purposes and announces a public meeting in London on May 22, 1770.
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Love Lumm
Wilk
Wilkes
Middlesex
N. B
Joseph Hankey
Fenchurch
Boldero
Col Mantieri
Lowry'and Co
Lombard-Street
FHIS
London
Lyvera Én
Medicine Cure Letter From Sir William Heron
A damaged historical fragment describes a doctor near Piccadilly promoting medicines. It claims cures for illnesses with skin blotches and weakness, priced at sixpence, and notes many have been cured. The misspelled text references Mr Norton, a patient named Fanny, and a surgeon proprietor.
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Jatta
William Heron
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Europe
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Teason
Carey-Keet
Julianus
Porte
St. Doran
Feree
Snes Boenkind
Melyand
de Neuve
Wal Cain
Turk
Mr. Norton
Siirdedh
Lotidotis
Fom
Tak Tae
Tony
Piccadilly
Rory
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