From Hingpe to Lien Chi Ahangi a tale of wisdom
A long philosophical letter satirizes the limits of wisdom and travel for enlightenment. A slave narrator tracks a journey with two guides, the genius of Demonstration and the Demon of Error, illustrating how presumption and confidence mislead toward the Land of Certainty while the Ocean of Doubts tests perception and judgment. The text blends allegory with a London news digest noting tentative peace efforts and continental politics.
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Hormizda
Arimanes
Happy Land
Port News Deal May 14 Arrivals and Downes
Wind E. Arrived from a cruise his majesty's ship Hound came down the Good Intent Pool the Catherine Tizard for Weymouth the Mayflower Start for Exeter the Tomas and Elizabeth Ruf fell for Lyme and remain in the Downs with the ships as per last Arrived at Bally Shannon the Battle Watts from Dover the Adventure Marshall from Rhode Island At Gibraltar the Friendship Hempseed from Barcelona
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Deal
Wind
Pool
Catherine
Tizard
Weymouth
Start
Exeter
Tomas
Elizabeth
Ruffell
Lyme
Downs
Bally Shannon
Watts
London
Dover
Marshall
Rhode Island
Gibraltar
Friendship
Hempseed
Barcelona
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Hingpe
Persia
Lien Chi Ahangi
China
Moscow
Paris
Great Britain
Saxony
Sweden
Court of
Duke of Brunswick- Wolffenbuttle
Landgrave of Hesse- Caffel
Italy
Genoa
Piedmont
Turin
Versailles
Madrid
Bern
Switzerland
Sardinia
Duke of
Savoy
Copenhagen
Denmark
Thiso‘ciety
Dublin
Lewis XI
France
Burgundy
Punttilios
Count de Fuentes
Mjesty
Dunkirk
Aix-la-Chpelle
Nile
Mons
Minorca
Spain
Canada
Senegal
Goree
Guadalupe
Little Islands
Linus
Maubert
Port News
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