Haymarket to-morrow Tempest and Harlequin Peasant
Public notice lists a theatre bill featuring The Tempest with Prospero and many named actors, followed by Neptune and Amphitrite with a new entertainment Harlequin Peasant and other roles. An additional ad promotes a new metallic building covering and iron pipes with prices and supplier details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Amphitrite
Mr. Caulfield
Stuart
Mr. Wewitzer
Fingallin
Ben~ Fon
Townly
Mr. Dignum
Mr. Waldron
Jun
Pantaloon
Mr. Maddocks
Mr. Bland
Harkey
Bramwell
Heard
Miss Menage
Marquis
Miss Tidswell
Jones
Hale
Gaudry
Charles Wyatt
Birmingham
John Wyatt
New Bridge-street
London
Peruvian Bark Tincture Sold by Bacon and Partners in London
An 18th century advertisement touts Dr Huxham's Tincture of Peruvian Bark as superior to rival preparations. It promises efficacy after fevers, loss of appetite, bilious issues, nervous complaints, hard drinking, and periodic headaches. Available in five ounce bottles for sixpence, with a Bacon certificate, from Oxord street and St Paul’s Churchyard vendors. Also promotes William Slark’s Patent Steam Kitchen offering, claiming broad culinary and health uses with demonstrations daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Huxham
Royal College of Physicians of London
Sacony
Oxford-street
London
W. Bacon
Oxord Street
Tutt
Randall
Royal Exchange
E. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Mr. Bacon
Illiam Slark
Cheapside
St. Paul’s
Venereal Disease Essay Promotes Salivation Cure
A historical pamphlet by Charles Swift argues saliva therapy is ineffective against venereal disease and endorses an approved salicaria alternative. It discusses urethral diseases, prophylactics, and prevention methods with examples of cures attributed to the Alterative method, noting weak spots in semen and general health.
Countess Du Barry Letters Sold By William Lane
Countess Du Barry once of Louis XV era offers copies of her letters with princes and state ministers. The volume includes the history of the favourite and Versailles anecdotes with explanatory notes. Only fifty copies remain at three shillings. request early application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess DU Barry
Pagis
William Lane
Leadenhall-street
Louis XV
France
Versailles
Pocket Edition of Select Novels Promises Cheap Elegance
A promotional notice for COOKE'S SELECT NOVELS presenting TOM JONES and other classics in O o-decimo size. It touts low sixpence per number, 120 pages per volume, superior paper, engravings, multiple editions, and detachable single-novel purchases. It lists current and forthcoming titles, pricing, and printing specifications, with a focus on economy and elegance for traveling readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Tom Jones
Prince of Wales
Fielding Dr. Johnson Richardson Goldsmith Brookes Hawkesworth Smollete
Marmontes
Cervantes Sterne Lesige de Foe
Tristram Shandy
Robinson Crusoe
Launcelot Greaves
Amelia
Gil Blas
Humphrey Clinker
Peregrine Pickie
Son Quixote
Oétavo
C. Cooke
Paternotter-row
Rita
Money Negotiation and Royal Mail Coach Notices at Charing Cross
The office of Golden Cross Charing Cross advertises money negotiation services for nobility and landed classes with high interest yields. It also announces the relocation of the Royal Mail Coach office from Holborn to Golden Cross and lists daily coach schedules to Cambridge Bath Portsmouth Chichester and many others with cautions on valuables and post payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charing-Cross
Tuis
Adnan
Golden -Cross
Xford
Worcester
Sand
Ludlow
Royal Mail
George and Blue Boar
Holborn
Golden Cross
Essex
Sussex
Warley
Tunbridg& Wells
Dagrage, &c
Cambridge Royal Mail
Wisbeach
March
Chatteris
St. Ives
Chester
Liverpool
Parkgate
Litchfield
Northampton
Southampton
Lymington
Winchester
Basingtoke
Royal Patent
Oxford
Birmingham
Gloucester
South Wales
Holyhead
Portsmouth
Portsmouth New Post
The
UNION
Portsmouth Diligence
Chichester
Havant
Emsworth
Midhurst
Hatlemere
Bath and
Bristol
Chippenham
Bath
Devizes
Brighton
Cuckfield
Lewes
Eastbourn
Dover
Margate
Ramsgate
Deal
Canterbury
Wolverhampton
Walral
Coventry
Hull
Lincoln
Peterborough
Stilton
Bugden
Biggleswade
Whitchurch
Newport
Namptwich
Stafford
Shrewsbury
North Wales
Old
Shitfial
Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge and
Seven Oaks
Brompton
Chatham
Rochester
Gravesend
Dartford
Guildford Post
Maidstone
Malling Ditto
Windsor and Eton
Royal Post
Hampton Court
Epsom
Woolwich
Greenwich
N. B
George Boulton and Co
Essay on Seasons and Religion Across Europe
A reflective sermon contrasts moral decay in London with the turmoil in France and broader Europe. It condemns Popery and pagan philosophy, extols Protestant piety, and urges rulers and clergy to align with biblical standards to avert divine judgments and secure peace. It cites Newton, Mede, and Fleming on Revelations and urges separation from Papal powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Prussia
Germany
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Inquisition
Russia
Christ’s Church
Isaac Newton
Joseph Mede
Newton
Bristol
Hurd
Lincoln
Robert Fleming
Gngulis
Maaziy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Haymarket
Prospero
Benfley
Alonzo
Uther
Anthonio
Bland
Gonzalo
Maddocks
Ferdinand
Barrymore
Stephano
Suett
Trincalo
Baddeley
Caliban
Bannister
Ariel
Hippolito
Goodall
Miranda
Powell
Dorinda
Gibbs
Charles Swift
Parliament-street
Westminster
S Bladon
Paternoster-row
R. Faulder
New-Bond-street
Wedtley
St. Clemene’s Church
Strand
Epior
Charles
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