Learning, fashion, and public press in modern letters
A reflective essay contrasts past and present learning, noting how fashion governs philosophy as it does dress. It argues that scholars once explained all phenomena but now acknowledge limits, praising writers who bring learning into society and urging charitable support for justice and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Frederic
Colbert
Walpole
England
Trey
Jose
Daly
Fires and sieges across Europe from 1761 reports
News briefs describe fires at Welogda Jemskoy and Stuttgard near Vienna, with losses and executions after arson. Reports from Mecklenburgh, Dantzick, and Treptow note naval and land engagements, skirmishes, and troop movements. Prussia, Sweden, and Russia clash near Mecklenburgh and Silesia, with evacuations and strategic positions shifting. A Hamburg fire adds ripple effects to regional unrest and transport hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Register of Commerce and Intelligence
London
Welogda-Jemskoy
Stuttgard
Wirtemberg
Stockholm
Court of Mecklenburgh
Wismar
Vienna
Lisen
Colberg
Dantzick
Romanzoff
Beelhow
Coffin
Yesterlap
Pomerania
Ehrenschwert
Rubéeau
Belling
Boldentin
Treptow
Berthow
Malchin
Gilow
Zulow
Oderberg
Principality of
Teschen
Oder
Oppelen
Krappitz
Laudohn
Johannesberg
Weifswafler
Silbeberg
Wartha
Namflau
Breslau
Silesis
Leipsick
Auge
Empire
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Plain Dealer
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Earl of Exeter
Earl of Oxford
Sadler’s Wells
William Lewis
F.rs
R. Willock
Isaac Newton
Holland
Pete Fburgh
Fuly
Wafflei-Ostrof
St. Andrew’s
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