A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.Sampson, Henry
History
A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.
Sampson, Henry
Advertising -- History
Also in 1730 two Roman histories, translated from the French by two
Jesuit priests, appeared at the same time--one by Mr Ozell, the other by
Mr Bundy--which caused the following advertisement to be inserted by the
publishers of Ozell’s work:--
^This Day is Publish’d^
_What will satisfy such as have bought Mr Ozell’s Translation of the_
ROMAN HISTORY, _and also undeceive such of Mr Bundy’s Friends as are
more Friends to Truth:_
_Number I._ of the
HERCULEAN LABOUR: or the AUGÆAN STABLE cleansed of its heaps of
historical, philological, and Geographical Trumpery. Being Serious and
facetious Remarks by Mr Ozell, on some thousands of capital and
comical Mistakes, Oversights, Negligences, Ignorances, Omissions,
Misconstructions, Mis-nomers and other Defects, in the folio
Translation of the ROMAN HISTORY by the Rev. Mr BUNDY.
A witty Foreigner upon reading an untrue Translation of Cæsar’s
Commentaries, said: “It was a wicked Translation, for the Translator
had not rendered unto Cæsar the things which were Cæsar’s.”
With equal truth tho’ less wit, may it be said the Translator of the
ROMAN HISTORY has not paid the Rev. authors the TYTHE of their DUES;
which in one of the same cloth is the more unpardonable.
The Money is to be returned by Mr Ozell, to any Gentleman, who, after
reading it shall come (or send a letter to him in Arundel Street, in
the Strand) and declare upon Honour, he does not think the Book worth
the Money.
In the _Bristol Gazette_ for Thursday, August 28, 1788, among
advertisements of the ordinary kind, some of which are noticeable as
emanating from Robert and Thomas Southey, we find the following:--
_Swansea_ and _Bristol_ DILIGENCE,
To carry THREE INSIDES.
WILL set out from the Mackworth-Arms, _Swansea_, on Wednesday the 18th
of June, and continue every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at
four o’clock; and will arrive early the same evening at the New
Passage, where a good boat will be waiting to take the Passengers
over, and a Coach ready at eight o’clock the next morning to carry
them to _Bristol_.
Also a LIGHT COACH will set out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
afternoon at five o’clock, from the WHITE LION, to meet the above
Diligence.
Fare from Bristol to Swansea 1l. 10s., passage included.
Short passengers the same as the Mail Coach.
N.B.--Parcels carried on moderate terms, and expeditiously delivered;
but no parcels will be accounted for above 5l. value, unless entered
as such and paid for accordingly.
Performed by
J. LAKE, Mackworth-Arms, Swansea.
C. NOTT, Ship and Castle, Neath.
C. BRADLEY, Bear, Cowbridge.
J. BRADLEY, Angel, Cardiff.
M. HOGGARD, New Passage.
R. CHURCH, New Passage.
W. CARR, White Lion, Bristol.
N.B. A COACH every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, at seven
o’clock, from the White Lion to the New Passage.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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