Epitaphs and Proposals Reflect London Provision Strife
An excerpted essay contrasts a nameless heroic epitaph with strong political critique of ministry in wartime London. It discusses plan to improve fish supply as a way to lower prices, laments famine amid plenty, and urges royal support for measures reducing provisions costs. The narrator weaves in a dream tale about a street encounter to illustrate coincidence and perception.
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H. F
London
Kent
Essex
Swin
Yarmouth
Mortlake
Brentford
England
Gravesend
Billingsgate
Exgenius
Awword
Esterday
St. James’s
Collier
St. James's
House of Mecklenburgh
Rotterdam
English East-India Company
Trinconopoly
Smyth
Col. Todd
Madrass
Stockholm
Count Heffenstein
Petersburgh
Orloff
Siberia
Czenstochau
Confederacy
Great George-street
Westminster
Scotland
Ireland
Lord Clive
Shrewsbury
Earl of Powis
City of Wells
Sessions House
Old Bailey
Drury-lane
Ryan
Great Portland Street
Islington
John Fielding
Fifty-year-old events from London and abroad
Long column records court actions and political notes from London and Europe including captures, executions, investigations, diplomatic moves, and social embellishments. It documents a fire at Leeds, trials at the Old Bailey, mutterings about offices, and vivid Margate storm reflections with social satire.
Arno’s Vale Paraphrased in a Coastal Ballad
An antiquated verse fragment describes seaside pleasures in a Margate like scene, contrasting earlier gaiety with a fall in revelry after Florelio’s departure. It laments dejected town maidens, fading dances, and the diminishing morning rambles and midnight revels.
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Arno
Hilario
Margate
Florelio
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