How to Make a Bargain and Tea in Russia
Selection from 18th and 19th century essays and anecdotes. Sir Henry Fanshawe’s horse sale with Lord Exeter shows barter and pride in price. Bremner notes Russian tea superiority and travel by land. Short moral observations on comfort and folly. Animal tales recount a terrier mother and a dog loving ducklings. Poetic note on the angel’s wing as a motif in Lovers’ dialogue.
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Drummond of
Exeter
Henry
Sir Henry
Lord Exeter
Lady Fanshawe
Russia
China
England
Canton
Celestial Empire
Europe
Bremner
Edin
Sharp
Benze
Colton
Lacon
James I
Theobalds
Gib
Fei-Chamber
London
Nover
Endymion Porter
Riss Dhkin
Dunrobin Castle
Sutherlandshire
Duke of Sutherland
Etver
Brown
Riots in Liverpool End of King Charles II Celebration
Riots after the ship carpenters procession erupt in Park lane Crosby street and St James market. Police under Mr Whitty disperse crowds as carpenters clash with Irish labourers. weapons seized and several injured.
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Livertoon
Charles II
Parklane
Crosby- Street
Blundell-street
St. James’s Market
Whitty
Jordan-street
Crosby-street
Mercury
Hugh Lloyd
Thomas Davidson
Mr. Brown
St. James's
Carpenters
Simpson-street
Brown
Salthouse Dock
Dowling
Sparling-street
Fagan
Canning Dock
Salthouse
St. James’s Street
Highton
Mr. Highton
St. Patrick’s Chapel
Mr. Dowling
Sparling Street
Angus
M‘gill
Thompson
Bridewell
Brickstreet
Riots End After Six Police Divisions Quell Disturbances
A six-division police force faced eight engagements as rioters clashed through Park Lane and St James's Street. Officers, led by Mr Whitty, dispersed crowds with restraint, detaining a pistol wielder and a woman who incited destruction. No fatalities reported as order returned by late evening.
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Whitty
Simpson-street
Blundell-street
M‘donald
C. Tyrrell
Mr. Whitty
Mr. Boothby
Brick-street
Bridewell
Boothby
Mary Maxwell
Park Lane
St. James’s Street
Nelson-street
St. James’s-street
Pearson
St. James’s Market
Lace
Canova and Caprice of Napoleon at the Mansion House
The Lord Mayor hears Mrs Freeman seek return of her children from the Cape of Good Hope after an executor diverted funds from their late father. A second report covers a stabbing case in Lambeth, a stout theft at Knightsbridge, and a long domestic scene in which Napoleon entertains Canova with a tale of Bettina Biasi and his own artistic ambitions.
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Samual Lover
London
Chapman and Hall
Freeman
Philip
India
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Children’s Friend Society
England
Mrs. Freeman
Miss. Freeman
Lord Mayor
Doctors’ Commons
William James Daley
Coleman’s Place
Lambeth
Union Hall
Lord Elsenborough
David Godfrey
Lower Marsh
Godfrey
Rospery
Doherty
Moss
Queen Square
Thomas Goding
Cannon
Knightsbridge
Goding
Charlotte-street Chapel
Pimlico
Heywood
Barfoot
King
Imperial Palace
Fontainebleau
Napoleon
Marie Louise
Duroc
France
Canova
Rome
Paria
Paris
Arts
Italy
Louise
Venus
Borghese
Colonne Vendome
Wagram
Austria
Caneva
Trevisa
Possagno
Sartori di Crepana
Antonio
Pradazzi
Faliero
Toretto
Atelier
Bettina Biasi
Bettina
Venice
Dominica
Volpato
Raphael Morghen
Corvisart
Vetturino
Passagno
Marie Lousie
Bettina Biasa
Napoleon Abdication Documents Mention Emperor Marie Louise Canova
The note records the evening of 11 October 1810 with the Emperor, Marie Louise, and Canova in the room near the fireplace when Napoleon signed his abdication on 11 April 1814. The details connect key figures to pivotal moments in Napoleonic history.
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Marie Louise
Canova
Napoleon
Morau Insanity and Charitable Shakespeare Accused
A morau insanity case describes a northern noblewoman driven to fire of three houses by an irresistible homicidal monomania and placed in a madhouse after repeated fires and a child attack. The piece examines Shakspere's mercy over harsh punishment and quotes Emerson on solitary study as greatness.
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Morau
Germany
Law Magazine
Shakspere
Proteus
Iachimo
Eimerson
United States
Essex
Bill
Erith
Benson’ Hillis Home Services Bank
Encranp
Bank of England
Downing-street
Charles Donellan
Turner
Cumberland Barracks
Ingoldmells
Westminster Bridge
Bridge-street
Westminster
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Liverpool
Antonio Mio
Pradazz
Poscagno
M. le Duc d’Atrante
M. le Duc