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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Ph...

The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Ph...

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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Philip Quarll, and Englishman: who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; as, that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put 'prentice to a locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin-boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned, at the Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece.

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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Philip Quarll, and Englishman: who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life; as, that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put 'prentice to a locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin-boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned, at the Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece.

Publisher

London : printed for the book-sellers, 1790.

Date

1790.

Record Identifier

74Vv88rJGaJy

MMS ID

991014292129702626

Language

English

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Physical content

iv,272p.,plate ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for the book-sellers, 1790.

Edition

The fifth edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1790.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings, and surprizing adventures, of Philip Quarll, and Englishman: who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him...

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Notes

General note

Purporting to be by E. Dorrington. In fact by Peter Longueville.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T106469.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vv88rJGaJy

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MMS ID

991014292129702626