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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1839
Page
7
A collage of philology notes on sound roots with examples from English words, followed by anecdotes on rattlesnakes and phrenology, then essays celebrating poetry, barometers in flowers, a translated extempore Arab song, and reflections on the idea of poetic ideas in a broad, literary miscellany.
A historical critique argues that British sovereignty over India harms millions, citing famines from 1766 to 1837, declining revenues, ruined villages, desertion, and discontent across provinces. It condemns taxation, governance failures, and limited Hindu advancement under colonial rule.
Captain Westmacott cites famine misery in Agra 1837 38 and the decline of textiles as evidence of ruin under British policy. Articles from Asiatic Journal The Reformer and Bombay Gazette mirror native discontent, arguing taxation land rights and governance erode Indian welfare and breed revolt.
A quoted excerpt extols the fragility of female love and the hidden sorrow of women. It contrasts instinct to conceal pain with the visible sorrow of friends and the swift decline from health to death, attributed to wounded affection in Irving’s moralizing prose.
The piece explains how the terms Whig and Tory arose during the 1679 80 prorogation amid political chaos. It traces Et chronicles the shifting usage from opprobrious labels to definitive party identifiers tied to religious and regional origins and notes their adoption in England after Covenanters in Scotland and Leith traders termed Whiggamers, later shortened to Whigg.
In ancient Saxon times Duke Adalbero leads a doomed war against the Danes. After victory seems near, he vows a brutal sacrifice if they win. Thunder and gods favor the Saxons, but at home his wife Simelde and child fear the prophecy. In a twist the vow backfires as the family is spared and the sword is melted by heavenly fire. The tale ends with Saint Boniface’s later conversion.
In Dunham's Denmark the tale traces Hamlet to Fengo and Horwendil in Jutland. Hamlet feigns madness to uncover his uncle’s crimes and plots revenge, aided by a staged Wood scene and a deadly ambush, ending with Hamlet killing Fengo. The narrative blends legend with period commentary on tragedy’s basis.
A dated poem praising the sun as wanderer and giver of light. It asks the sun to sink to rest and rise again, blessing the world and prompting gratitude and prayer. The text resembles a Victorian hymn with reverent tone and ends with attribution to Attia and G. PR. James.
A London columnist likens nations in dispute to carmen arguing in Sunday finery. He mocks public posturing and self dressing as ridiculous, noting political rhetoric marinates in mud and glory while seeking resolutions.
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