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FC.783.001
1 Sep 1783:21,22 (1/1)
From the Edinburgh Evening Post.
On the Advantage and Amusement derived from the Reading of
News-papers.
. . . [top of second column:] Its defects, however, bear no
comparison to its beauties, which are equally celebrated in
the court, as on the tailor's shop-board. It is a
caricature, happily calculated to hit the ordinary and
unbounded prejudices of society. One person's affections
lie in the price of stocks . . . [4 lines]; a fourth, in a
tale of scandal; a fifth, in horse races; a sixth in
theatrical intelligence; a seventh in songs and poetry; . .
. [14 lines, signed] Quidnunc.
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