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

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

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The hermit, [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he has lived about Fifty-Years, without any Human Assistance; still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing I. His Conferences with those who found him; 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 Lock smith. II. How he left his Master and was taken 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 Singing master, and married three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. How he was pardoned by King Charles II. turned Merchant, and was ship wrecked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece and a map of the island.

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The hermit, [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he has lived about Fifty-Years, without any Human Assistance; still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing I. His Conferences with those who found him; 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 Lock smith. II. How he left his Master and was taken 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 Singing master, and married three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. How he was pardoned by King Charles II. turned Merchant, and was ship wrecked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece and a map of the island.

Publisher

London : printed by Thomas Martin, No. 76, Wood-Street, Cheapside, [1795?]

Date

[1795?]

Record Identifier

74VvXXoxQb0y

MMS ID

991011027879702626

Language

English

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Physical content

260p.,plates : map ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed by Thomas Martin, No. 76, Wood-Street, Cheapside, [1795?]

Edition

The seventh edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1795?]

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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 surprising adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he has lived about Fifty-Years, without any Human Assistance; still continues to reside, and will not c...

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Notes

General note

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

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N17624.

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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74VvXXoxQb0y

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MMS ID

991011027879702626