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The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes [electronic resource] : being a n...

The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes [electronic resource] : being a n...

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The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes [electronic resource] : being a new and elegant assemblage of the most ingenious sallies of wit, Lively Efdusions Of Fancy, Interesting Portraits Of Virtue And Vice, Humorous Adventures, Whimsical Expedients, wise sayings, pleasing stories, memorable actions, &c. of poets, generals, statesmen, and philosophers, which occur in the annals of ancient and modern history. The Whole Calculated to reflect, in their proper Colours, the various Effects of Virtue and of Vice, of Wisdom and of Folly, as they have from Time to Time been displayed on the grand Theatre of the World; to store the Mind with a Variety of useful and agreeable Knowledge; and thereby, without Trouble or Expence, to qualify the Reader to converse with Care and Propriety, and to shine in the politest Companies.

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The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes [electronic resource] : being a new and elegant assemblage of the most ingenious sallies of wit, Lively Efdusions Of Fancy, Interesting Portraits Of Virtue And Vice, Humorous Adventures, Whimsical Expedients, wise sayings, pleasing stories, memorable actions, &c. of poets, generals, statesmen, and philosophers, which occur in the annals of ancient and modern history. The Whole Calculated to reflect, in their proper Colours, the various Effects of Virtue and of Vice, of Wisdom and of Folly, as they have from Time to Time been displayed on the grand Theatre of the World; to store the Mind with a Variety of useful and agreeable Knowledge; and thereby, without Trouble or Expence, to qualify the Reader to converse with Care and Propriety, and to shine in the politest Companies.

Publisher

London : printed for G. Kearsley , NO 46, Fleet-Street ; and W. Lane, NO. 33, Leadlnhall-Street, 1800.

Date

1800.

Record Identifier

74VvXAZK2GpZ

MMS ID

991011081369702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

240p. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for G. Kearsley , NO 46, Fleet-Street ; and W. Lane, NO. 33, Leadlnhall-Street, 1800.

Edition

The fifth edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1800.

Access and use

Access Conditions

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

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Full title

The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes [electronic resource] : being a new and elegant assemblage of the most ingenious sallies of wit, Lively Efdusions Of Fancy, Interesting Portraits Of Virtue And Vice, Humorous Adventures, Whimsical Expedients, wise sayings, pleasing stories, memorable actions, &c. of poets, generals,...

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Notes

General note

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.

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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Record Identifier

74VvXAZK2GpZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvXAZK2GpZ

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MMS ID

991011081369702626