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Monthly Archives: May 1758

No. 7. Scheme for news-writers.

May 27, 1758

The common talk of men must relate to facts in which the talkers have, or think they have, an interest.

No. 6. Lady’s performance on horseback.

May 20, 1758

Every heart ought to rejoice when true merit is distinguished with publick notice.

No. 5. Proposal for a female army.

May 13, 1758

The prejudices and pride of man have long presumed the sword and spindle made for different hands, and denied the other sex military glory.

No. 4. Charities and hospitals.

May 6, 1758

The devotion of life or fortune to the succour of the poor, is a height of virtue, to which humanity has never risen by its own power.

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