Old Books And Domestic Bliss In Pursuit Of Real Pleasure
A fragment from a 19th century treatise extols the value of reading ancient religious works over modern novels. It argues that true satisfaction comes from home life, friendship, and the Bible, warning against fashionable pursuits and speculative wealth. It emphasizes the moral benefits of domestic virtue and steady industry over new fashions.
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Cod Bay
Cohen
Pend
Experi
Adustry
Lia Patie
Fey
Remem
Old Friends and Honest Hearts Bless Themselves
A Victorian moral essay extols enduring friendship and honesty. It contrasts old friends and new, urging faithfulness and integrity as wealth beyond profit. Quoted scripture reinforces the virtue of steadfast paths and moral conduct.
Critique of Harnefelt’s prose in Wolverhampton letter
A reader writes from Wolverhampton on 08 21 1799 critiquing Harnefelt as pedantic and opaque. The letter condemns his unfinished sentences and verbose style while defending virtue teaching and moral sentiment in the era’s correspondence.
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Harnefelt
Metich “Flarnefci
Vicidus
Vide
Finile
Ixign
Ubiecloncae
Peérexity
Harnetdi
Wolverhampton
CEVIS
Epitaph Request From a Constant Reader in 1799
A letter to the editor from Philemon dated October 4, 1799, seeking publication of an epitaph in the newspaper. He calls the late friend a venerable fellow-laborer in the vineyard of the Lord Jesus and expresses belief the epitaph has not appeared before.
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Jesus
Tom
Philemon
In memory of Rev. Torray Joss 1797 inscription
A marble tablet in Tottenham Court Chapel memorializes Rev. Torray Joss who died April 17 1797 after 32 years of ministry in the Church of Christ. It lauds his love of God and mankind, scriptural knowledge, and harmony with brethren, noting his piety and integrity.
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Tottenham-Court-Chapel
Torray Joss
Church of Christ
Dream Prophecy Guides German Prince to Destiny
A German prince, guided by a dream and a wall inscription, follows a prophecy promising vast change. He endures years of trial until the seventh year marks a pivotal rise to power and a life devoted to piety and appointed duty. The narrative blends mystic signs with a ruler’s destined ascent.
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Germany
Fragmentary quoted dialogue on nobility and affairs
A garbled passage presents a dialogue about hawking, hunting, and governance. It references Mr Pace the Secretary of State and mentions nobles and “children of mean men” in a discussion of who should manage fate and state affairs.
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Pace
Henry VII
Opportunities of Doing Good Embraced by Mr Burnet
A fragment recalls Mrs Timothy Rogers urging Burnet, author of the Christian Oratory, to preach in London. She chides his backwardness and says he may do much good she may never learn of until judgment day.
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Burnet
Christiani Oratory
London
Timothy Rogers
Reproof by Dr Davenant on friendly conduct
A bishop from Salisbury visited a fellow Episcopalian and overheard unbecoming talk in a household. On leaving, he offered to light the visitor down, but cautioned to light others with courteous conversation at the table and in company.
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John Davenant
Salisbury
Someigny
Davenant
Death of Rotterdam painter after morbid skeleton shock
Peter Pev temman, a Rotterdam painter employed to craft a mortality emblem, fell asleep in an anatomy room as skeletons swayed and skulls rolled. An earthquake startled him on Sept 12 1692, and the terrifying sight left him shaken, never recovering and dying shortly after.
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Peter Pevtemman
Rotterdam
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Johnathan
David
St. Paul
Jeremiah
Morcester
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