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The Visitor amid Calumny and Mad Dissent in Society
A narrator recalls a female scandalmonger Mrs Turbulent Trouble-All and the defaming Mrs Sporles, amid gossip at a gathering. The piece contrasts slander’s harm with moral resilience, recalling Shakespearean echoes and a broader critique of gossip driven by malice.
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Britain
Jyexa
Turbulent
Amiable Sporles
Mrs. Sporless
Mrs. Sporles
Mrs. Sporle
Imogen
Shakespear
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Bruton-street
Staffordshire
Madnefs
Royal Society
John Douglas
Lad-lane
Litchfield
Philosophical Transactions
Bourdeaux
London
Hardy
China
van Swieten
Boerhaave
Pondicherry
East Indies
France
Mercury
Westminster
James