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The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of fi...

The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of fi...

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The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory [electronic resource] : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41°. West longitude 72°:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. Published for the universal benefit of mankind.

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The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory [electronic resource] : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41°. West longitude 72°:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. Published for the universal benefit of mankind.

Publisher

[New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

Uniform title

Progress of dulness, or the rare adventures of Tom Brainless. Pt. 2.

Date

in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

Record Identifier

74VveD0OAKDA

MMS ID

991016957509702626

Language

English

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x,[1],12-27,[1]p. ; 4°.

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Publisher

[New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

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

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The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory [electronic resource] : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41°. West longitude 72°:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, am...

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General note

"Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement .. The progress of dulness, part third and last."--p. [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part.

Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography.

In verse.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a half-title....

Citation / References Note

ESTC W27897.

Evans, 13051.

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527.

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402.

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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74VveD0OAKDA

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MMS ID

991016957509702626