Mortality and memory amid leaves of the living world
A reflective essay compares human life to leaves on a tree, noting youth’s vigor gives way to age and death. Quoted classical passages from Homer, Simocides, and Pope frame the meditation on fortune, virtue, and the transient nature of fame, ending with a moral urging a life of virtuous acts. Also reports naval arrivals and ship movements at Port New.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
Pope
Glaucus
Simonides
Stobaeus
Murtus
Clemens Alexandrinus
Simozides
Henge
Privateer case and Dutch naval concerns in Europe
London December 6 1760 reports debates in the States General over releasing a French privateer carrying prize money. The assembly ordered the privateer to depart with prize. Letters from the Hague describe naval actions off Helvoet and Sluys, with the packet boat deemed a prize. British and Austrian fronts are discussed along with strategic moves and neutrality concerns.
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London
Flanders
States General
Republic
Hagar
Yorke
thurHlich
Toithéin Neutra
The
Frarce
Berlin
Brunswick
Wezel
Ostend
Butit
Péate
Britain
Hague
Admiralty-boards
Marine of the Republic
Dunkirk
Sluys
Admiralty
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By Puruar
Earth
Luke
Port New Deal
W. N. Wy
Launceston
C Downs
Douglas
Abhington
St. Kitts
Thrasher
Cadiz
Hawk
Wathbi
Africa
Ann
Teneriffe
Gravesend
le Maitre
Malaga
L.O
Marshal Daun
Uffia
Inna
Daun
Elbe
Goetingen
Duderstadt
Schomberg
Nordheim
Jth
Weende
Luckner
Albany-gate
St.“ Jacob’s
Weende-gate
Baffierre
Guadalupe
Martinico
Spithead
Plymouth
Dalrymple
Guadaloupe
Britannia
Robert Cook
Morla‘x
Hxeter
Lawon
Ipswich
Stephens
William and
John
Cunningham
Seville
Samaraus
St. Malo’s
Dackénfield
Millés
Jamaica
Morlaix
Corcord
Mackrell
Pool
Lisbon
Hurst Beach
Sunderland
Scheveling
Holland
Sicily
John Wykes
Gibraltar
Eagle
Cépeford
Penzance
Padstow
Neath
Buttle
Envor
Milford
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