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The helter skelter way of writing [electronic resource] : or, a new method of criticism. Very awkwar...

The helter skelter way of writing [electronic resource] : or, a new method of criticism. Very awkwar...

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The helter skelter way of writing [electronic resource] : or, a new method of criticism. Very awkwardly imitating the Henlean Manner; with several Words to the Wise, the Very Wise, and the Wisest of All. Being a few unaccountable Reflections, Chymically endeavouring to extract Something out of Nothing: Together with the Conundrums of Timothy Wronghead, Doctor Puzzlepate, and Will Blunderbuss, Coffee-House Politicians, upon the unfortunate Title and Dramatis Personae of Momus not happening to Chime with the Times. To which is added, At the Beginning (according to the polite Stile of Scribbling) Tom Thumb's touch upon the hard word etymology: With some Scraps of its Nature for the better understanding a fashionable Dialect of Words without Meaning and Hieroglyphicks. The whole collected from the Politician's Smoaking Journal, and adapted to the present Epicurean Taste of the Town. By Tom Thumb, Secretary, lately-arriv'd from the Cape of Good Hope, in the Egg-Shell-Pacquet Boat. Supervis'd and corrected by Will Blunderbuss of Addle-Inn, Esq; one of the Society.

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The helter skelter way of writing [electronic resource] : or, a new method of criticism. Very awkwardly imitating the Henlean Manner; with several Words to the Wise, the Very Wise, and the Wisest of All. Being a few unaccountable Reflections, Chymically endeavouring to extract Something out of Nothing: Together with the Conundrums of Timothy Wronghead, Doctor Puzzlepate, and Will Blunderbuss, Coffee-House Politicians, upon the unfortunate Title and Dramatis Personae of Momus not happening to Chime with the Times. To which is added, At the Beginning (according to the polite Stile of Scribbling) Tom Thumb's touch upon the hard word etymology: With some Scraps of its Nature for the better understanding a fashionable Dialect of Words without Meaning and Hieroglyphicks. The whole collected from the Politician's Smoaking Journal, and adapted to the present Epicurean Taste of the Town. By Tom Thumb, Secretary, lately-arriv'd from the Cape of Good Hope, in the Egg-Shell-Pacquet Boat. Supervis'd and corrected by Will Blunderbuss of Addle-Inn, Esq; one of the Society.

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London : printed for W. Trott, in Russel Court by Drury-Lane, [1730]

Date

[1730]

Record Identifier

74VvL8pgbRkO

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991010776989702626

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English

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[4],55,[1]p. ; 8°.

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Publisher

London : printed for W. Trott, in Russel Court by Drury-Lane, [1730]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1730]

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

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The helter skelter way of writing [electronic resource] : or, a new method of criticism. Very awkwardly imitating the Henlean Manner; with several Words to the Wise, the Very Wise, and the Wisest of All. Being a few unaccountable Reflections, Chymically endeavouring to extract Something out of Nothing: Together with the Conundrums of Timothy Wrongh...

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Price from imprint: price 1 s.

Reproduction of original from William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA).

Tom Thumb is a pseudonym.

With a half-title.

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

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

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74VvL8pgbRkO

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991010776989702626