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The sufferings and surprizing adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, [electronic resource] : who was latel...

The sufferings and surprizing adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, [electronic resource] : who was latel...

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The sufferings and surprizing adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, [electronic resource] : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol Merchant, upon an uninhabited Island in the South-Sea; where he has lived above Fifty Yeats, without any human Assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing, I. His Conferences with Those who found him out, so whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; as, that he was born in the Parish of St. Giles's, 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 this Escape, he went to Sea a Cabbin-Boy, married a famous Whore, listed himself a common Soldier, turned Singing-Master, and married Three Wires, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old-Baily. III. How he was pardoned by King Charles II. turned Merchant, and was shipwreck'd on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico.

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The sufferings and surprizing adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, [electronic resource] : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol Merchant, upon an uninhabited Island in the South-Sea; where he has lived above Fifty Yeats, without any human Assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing, I. His Conferences with Those who found him out, so whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; as, that he was born in the Parish of St. Giles's, 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 this Escape, he went to Sea a Cabbin-Boy, married a famous Whore, listed himself a common Soldier, turned Singing-Master, and married Three Wires, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old-Baily. III. How he was pardoned by King Charles II. turned Merchant, and was shipwreck'd on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico.

Publisher

London : sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1750?]

Uniform title

Hermit.

Date

[1750?]

Record Identifier

74Vvj2qKBaMl

MMS ID

991015015119702626

Language

English

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Physical content

208p. ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1750?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1750?]

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Access Conditions

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

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Full title

The sufferings and surprizing adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, [electronic resource] : who was lately discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol Merchant, upon an uninhabited Island in the South-Sea; where he has lived above Fifty Yeats, without any human Assistance, still continues to reside, and will not come away. Containing, I. His Conferences wit...

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Notes

General note

Braces in imprint.

In fact by Peter Longueville.

Published in 52 numbered parts.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Signed at end: Ed. Dorrington.

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T128318.

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

74Vvj2qKBaMl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvj2qKBaMl

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MMS ID

991015015119702626