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The Wandering World and Wives in Sundry Tales 1761
A London Thursday issue blends letters and satirical musings on marriage and liberty. It recalls a husband’s complaint about an indifferent wife, summer travels, and the humorous tone of period entertainments, alongside notices of stage plays and aelis of news from Lisbon to Belleisle and Port l'Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Intelligence
London
Timothy Swith
Duff
Hockley
Highgate
Flington Turnpike
Dick Jones
Spain
Sweden
Lord Molesworth
Denmark
Pontopip An
Norworld
Wari Travers
Norway
Borandia
Siberia
Goosetree
Nord-Sea Company
Copenhagen
M. Maupertuis
Serjeant Sobersides
Royal Academy of Sciences
Peech
Tom Jin
Andy
Mattard
Norton-Falgate
Drury-Lane
Neve
Theatre Royal
Drury
iLane
Citzen
Baddeley
Millar
Me. Gardiner
It Davis
Mr. Obrien
Mir. Yates
E. Ambross
Gm. Weston
Cockayne
Brighthelmtone
Hong
Creatute
Liz
Tottenham
Goody Jenkins
Rixwell
Newington Butts
Williams
South Mims
York
Birmingham
Gravesend
Billingsgate
Darkhouse Lane
Richards
Yeterday
Flanders
Great Glogag
Fune
Prussia
Kuntzendorff
Berlin
Constantinople
Goltze
Baron Laudohn
Porpe
Port l’Orient
Brest
Rochefort
Port Louis
Dunkirk
Havre de Grace
Oleron
Belleisle
St. Cart
Hanover
M. de Marbeuf
Oleton
Britanny