The first newspaper advertisement for coffee appears in The Publick Adviser of London.
The name of this publication was erroneously given as the Publick Advertiser by an early writer on coffee, and the error has been copied by succeeding writers.
The Publick Adviser was a weekly pamphlet partaking of the nature of a commercial news-letter.
Pasqua, you at first did broach This Nectar for the publick Good, Must you call Kitt down from the Coach To drive a Trade he understood No more than you did then your creed, Or he doth now to write or read?
Such pieces therefore serv onely as a witness, to shew what wast there is of profitable time and abilities, for want of loving combinations for publick Designs.
Bodie as now it is constituted, in comparison of what it might bee, if it were animated with a publick Spirit to keep and use it, and ordered as it might bee for publick service" (p.
Revenge on him did bitter Venome shed, Because he tore the Lawrel from his head; Because he durst with his proud Wit engage, And brought his Follies on the publick Stage.
But I'll give you another Instance, how palpable and gross Vices may be, and are turn'd into Publick Benefits.
Wisdom of the Politician, by whose skilful Management the Private Vices of the Worst of Men are made to turn to a Publick Benefit.
If I am of a contrary Opinion to the Publick in judging these Remarks worthy of the Press, 'tis what I do not at present find my self convinc'd of.
A Sign for a Publick House at Wapping, Rotherhithe, or Deptford.
A humour, of which we saw many instances: all their publick places being either quite empty of company, or so crouded, that we could hardly get to them.
Several of whom were favoured in their publick Exercise; and, through the Goodness of the Lord, we had some edifying Meetings.
This Gentleman's uncommon Zeal deserves, I think, this publick Testimony, that it may be a Means of his receiving such Encouragement, as may enable him to pursue the pious Purposes he has in View.
We shall see by the Sequel how a publick Spirit, directed by wise Counsels, can overcome all Difficulties, while a selfish Spirit loses all, even natural Advantages.
Wherefore he dispatched the publick Interpreter, with Orders to do every Thing in his Power to prevent the Five Nations going to treat with Monsr.
As soon as the Council broke up, their Resolutions were made publick to all their People, by the Sachems of their several Nations.
Each of these Nations is an absolute Republick by itself, and every Castle in each Nation makes an independent Republick, and is govern'd in all publick Affairs by its own Sachems or old Men.
Care was taken to increase this Impression on the Minds of the People, by making publick Rejoicings with as much Noise as possible.
The frequent Changes of Governors were likewise prejudicial to the publick Affairs.
Poterie, published at Paris with the Royal Licence, and recommended to the Publick by Mons.
I woulde have a profession, that gave me some hours daylie of regular businesse, that s^d let men know my parts, and court me into publick station, for which my taste made me rather withdrawe.
After which the Overseers & Corporation repair'd to the Library; till the Publick Dinner in the Hall was ready, where all the Gentlemen Spectators of the Solemnity were hansomely Entertained.
Official reports on publick credit, a national bank, manufactures and a mint.
At such a time as this ought Ministers to do something extraordinary in pulling the Souls of Men out of the Snares of the Devil, not only by publick Preaching, but by personal Visits and Counsels, from house to house.
Tho' he may not do what he should leave undone, yet he may leave undone something that else he could do, when the Publick Safety makes an Exigency.
Two were necessary at last, the records reading: "We have ordered Thomas Osgood and John Bridges to have inspection over the boys in the galleries on the Sabbath, that they might be contained in order in the time of publick exercise.
Savage writes of him: "a hardness in publick and ridgidity in private life, are too observable in his character, and even an eagerness for pecuniary gain, which might not have been expected in a soldier and a statesman.
It might conduce very much to evaporate the Spleen, which makes them uneasy to the Publick as well as to themselves.
The same Temper of Mind and Application to Affairs might have recommended him to the publick Esteem, and have raised his Fortune in another Station of Life.
You must know I dined with her at a publick Table the day after I first saw her, and she helped me to some Tansy in the Eye of all the Gentlemen in the Country: She has certainly the finest Hand of any Woman in the World.
Sir, "As you profess to encourage all those who any way contribute to the Publick Good, I flatter my self I may claim your Countenance and Protection.
Furthermore; The King is a publick Person: in his private capacity, as we are told, he can only eat and drink; and perform some other acts of nature which shall be nameless.
But at this rate of bare addressing, any one who has a publick profitable Employment might be remov'd; for upon the private Picque of a Member he may have a party rais'd for an Address against him.
Our Kings have always been indued with the power of calling Parliaments, nominating the time, appointing of the Place, and Dissolving them when they thought it for the publick good: And the People have wisely consulted their own welfare in it.
A Journal of the Plague Year: being Observations or Memorials, Of the most Remarkable Occurrences, As well publickas private, which happened in London During the last Great Visitation In 1665.
On the Bull-Feasts, and other publick Diversions; as also on the Genius of the Spanish People, amongst whom he continued several Years a Prisoner of War.
The Publick Edifices, Seats, and Palaces of the Nobility and Gentry.
More is learned in publick than in private schools[1225], from emulation; there is the collision of mind with mind, or the radiation of many minds pointing to one centre.
Aye, (said the King,) that is the publick library.
But the land-tax is but a small part of the numerous branches of publick revenue, all of which Scotland pays precisely as England does.
Nor is any man more an enemy to publick peace, than he who fills weak heads with imaginary claims, and breaks the series of civil subordination, by inciting the lower classes of mankind to encroach upon the higher.
I know your good-nature, and your zeal for the publick welfare, will plead my excuse for giving you this trouble.
It is to withdraw the direction of that publick wisdom, by which the deficiencies of private understanding are to be supplied.
But, Sir, he is much indebted to you for his getting so high in the publick estimation.
Such a Pipe as that, if it could be heard, would be very useful in Coffee-houses, and otherpublick Places of Debate and modern Disputation.
No, no, this can be no publick Road that's certain: I am lost, quite lost indeed.
Thus ends this year of publick wonder and mischief to this nation, and, therefore, generally wished by all people to have an end.
No business publick or private minded all these two days.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "publick" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
