Polly Honeycomb farce at Drury Lane described in a playful letter
A four letter note from a young lady to a friend extols the new Polly Honeycomb farce at Drury Lane. The writer mocks Polly as a romancer who imitates heroines from circulating libraries, outlines a comic elopement plot, and praises the show's levity while giving moral cautions about sobriety and self restraint.
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Polly Honeycomb
Drury Lane Theatre
Sally
Cousin
Fany
Old Honeycomb
Tom Wilkins
Flop—Flop
Poll Honeycomb
Letter From Laura to Brother Urges Sobriety and Virtue
A female correspondent Laura writes to her brother urging reform from a dissolute life, urging sobriety, modest dress, discreet speech, and loyalty to duties. The letter warns against temptations and defends toleration, citing historical rulers and religious liberty while condemning persecution. News items follow in brief, including military movements and port arrivals.
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Tully
Marcus
Quakers Present Address to King George the Third
A large group of Quakers waited on the King at St James's and presented an address through the Duke of Devonshire. The letter expresses sorrow for the late sovereign and gratitude for protection, while asserting conscientious dissent from laws or authority and urging continued liberty of worship.
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Yeterday
Holland
Lagersburgh
Denmark
Fueha
Vienna
Grand Army
Saxony
Lafcy
Daun
Meifen
Dresgén
Plaueng
Melfen
Wwilfdraff
Keffelsdorff
Dresden
Haddick
Empire
Noffen
Maxen
Marshal Daun
Laudohn
Silesia
Campitelli
Zittau
Thuringia
Wirtemburg
Weymar Figi¢E
Erfurthstis
Nordhausen
Finckenstein
Prince of Holstein
Landshut
Altena
Mitchell
Pruffia
Berlin
Magdebourg
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick
Hardegren
Ferdinand
Qvelgunde
Ufla
Hartz
Gaffarid Munden
Gottingen
London Gazette
St. James’s
Duke of Devonshire
Fothergill
George the Third
Great Britain
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Laura
Dick Daily Tipfey
Church of England
Charles II
Mary the
England
Deal
Planter
Cheesman
Queen
Portugal
Simsons
Daniel
Lake
Lisbon
Jason
M‘belch
Cork
Antigua
Gladman
Lark
Hevey
Bristol
Polly
Hooper
Virginia
George
Sterling
Madeira
Wind
N. W
Douglass
Abington
His
Kingston
Graveséad
Pak
Clapham
Guernsey
Neptune
Stewart
Seberus
Nicholas
Jamaica
Boffellin
Maullis
Ostend
Hope
Murday
Petersburgh
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