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EVENTS

Lady Mary Pierrepont elopes with Edward Wortley Montagu .

NEW BOOKS

''Davideis: the Life of David King of Israel'' by Thomas Ellwood

''Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover'' by Daniel Defoe

'' The Rape Of The Lock '' by Alexander Pope

''Law Is a Bottomless Pit'' by John Arbuthnot (introducing the character of John Bull )

''The Conduct of the Allies'' by Jonathan Swift

NEW DRAMA

Joseph Addison - ''Cato, a Tragedy''

BIRTHS

March 22 - Edward Moore , dramatist

June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

December 11 - Count Francesco Algarotti , philosopher and art critic.

DEATHS

April 11 - Richard Simon , biblical critic

July 1 - William King

August 3 - Joshua Barnes