Vain Old Maids and Batchelors Stirring City Society
In a witty city dialogue a speaker rails at old bachelors as social predators and mocks old maids who cling to single life. The companion argues English ladies receive offers, boasting of past liaisons and withstand social pressures, while recalling notable examples and foibles of Miss Tinderbox, Miss Squeeze, and Lady Betty Tempest. The exchange pivots to era manners and marriage calculus amid satirical social commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ately
Black
China
Jenny Tinderbox
Miss Squeeze
Betty Tempest
Sophronia
Sphronia
Translation of declarations on bringing peace to Europe
The document reports a April 3 declaration by the Austrian minister at The Hague to Prince Lewis of Bruniwsick, with parallel notes by Russia and France, and a shared aim to restore public tranquillity. It notes intentions to send plenipotentiaries to a suitable venue to pursue this end, with backing from Britain Prussia and allied courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laudohn
Breslau
Goltz
Neiss
Grotkau
Upper
Silesia
Werner
Cleves
Lower Rhine
Electorate of Brandenburgh
Magdeburgh
Fermor
Colberg
Tottleben
Poland
Russia
Soltikoff
Nuremberg
Prague
Bohemia
Hildeheim
Ferdinand of
Altena
Francfort
Gieffen
Marshal Broglio
Wurtzbugh
Thuringia
Naumburgh
Solomon
Schenkendorff
Grenadiers
Zeitz
Weiffenfels
Gera
Courci
Wittemberg
Franconia
Freytag
Prince of
Saxony
Bruffls
Austrian Netherlands
Amperdam
Cape of Good Hope
Utrecht
Wezel
Mayn
M. de St. Germiain
Elector of
Cologne
Munich
Hanover
Prussia
Brunswick
Count Lchwerin
Gottingen
Yeosge
Europe
Hamleigh
England
Paderborn
Bremen
Hamelen
Duke of Cumberland
Westphalia
M. Mauberte
J . Caffl
Zaffrow
Versailles
Vienna
Petersburgh
Great Britain
Sweden
Paris
Cadiz
Martinico
East India Company
Port l’Orient
Rochfort
Hague
Spain
America
Madrid
Naples
Turin
Catalonia
Lonnon Gazette
Whitehall
The
Prince Lewis of
Petersbourg
Hungary
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