11 Sep 1760
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 11, 1760
Page
1
A long satirical critique laments snuff taking and nose powder as a national vice. It likens habit to a pox, mocks Dutch manners, and condemns both men and women for sniffing, coughing, and dirtying handkerchiefs. The essay blends social satire with disdain for fashionable habit and its impact on manners and cleanliness.
Extracts recount Russian and Polish frontier raids by Haidamacks and Cossacks, their origins and depredations. Notes on Greek refugees, Polish incursions, and an old count Orlik connected to super-Cossacks. Also mentions a model warship and Baltic naval news amid broader 1760s European turbulence.
In the Downs wind from the east holds steady as His Majesty's ships St George Dreadnought and Granada sloop remain. The Thomas and Jane Barlow victualler sails for Dublin. the Mary Davis heads to Bremen. Rebecca Martin also listed in the fleet movements.
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