The Urge to Know Every Man's Concern Explored
In Centlivre's quip on curiosity the text contrasts productive inquiry with nosiness, warning that meddling in others affairs leads to harm. It cites pryings by a gossiping crowd Tom Talkative and unnamed readers, showing how curiosity spurs rumor, gossip, and mischief, then ponders why people crave knowledge of distant strangers and trivial events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phe
Clearfight
Sien
Tom
North America
Newfoundland
Empress of Russia Peace Prospects and Prussia War Talks
A long extract debates the Russian empress’s willingness to peace under conditions aligned with Austrian and British aims, while signaling continued war to favor allies. It cites the Utrecht Gazette, 1748, and warns of a Prussian confrontation, with parliamentary and court letters from Vienna and Warsaw detailing Dresden peace terms and Polish royal conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufi
Russia
Utrecht
Peterssburgh
London
Berlin
House of Austria
Poland
Saxony
Vienna
Petersburgh
Prussia
Dresden
Silesia
Glatz
Ruffia
Republic of Poland
Council of
Russian Empire
Elector of
Warsaw
PORT NEWS DEALING WITH SHIPS IN THE DOWNS
In the Downs and Deal Port, ships arrive and sail with winds from the west and south west. Vessels include Revenge from Chatham, James and Mary from Philadelphia, Weymouth from Lisbon, and Enterprize from Seville. Other ships such as Otter, Argo, Huffar, Carnarvon East India, and Seaford are noted, along with arrivals from Jamaica, Oporto, Quebec, and Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Fan
Chatham
James and Mary
Friend
Philadelphia
Prince George
Lawson
Falmouth
Gibson
Willson
Cork
S. W
Otter
Enterprize
Wilson
Seville
Weymouth
Bartlett
Lisbon
Argo
Huffar
Carnarvon
Phaeton
Allin
Leghorn
Downs
Dover
Asiatick
Morgan
Portsmouth
Seaford
Jamaica
N.S. da Lapa
Rocka
Oporto
South Carolina
Duke of Cumberland
Serjeant
Quebec
Ann
Shannon
Glasgow
Pension Granted to Sir Edward Hawke for Life and Sons
His majesty has been pleased to grant a pension of 20001 per annum to Sir Edward Hawke for his life and the lives of his two sons and the survivor of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Whitehall
Fan
Sir Edward Hawke
Monastery At Auficih Bohemia Report On Excesses
The London Chronicle and a subsequent paper carried an account of alleged horrid excesses committed some weeks ago by Prussian troops at the Auficih Bohemia monastery. The report appeared in those papers last Thursday and in the following issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Marshal Broglio
America
Canada
Quebec
M. Bertin
Saxony
Prussia
Marshal Daun
Fredéric- William Baron de Rochon
Order of the Black Eagle
Berlin
Cologne
Asth
Fink
Frederick
Auficih
Bohemia
London Chronicle
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Indus
The
Punic¢ Ledger
Ehead
Laudon
Moravia
Prague
Ferdinand
Marbourg
Broglia
Lower Rhine
M. Imhof
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