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

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

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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprizing adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was discovered by Mr Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; 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 locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took 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 a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was ship-wrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece.

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The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprizing adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was discovered by Mr Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out; 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 locksmith. II. How he left his master, and took 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 a singing-master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was ship-wrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico. With a curious frontispiece.

Publisher

London : printed for the booksellers, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]

Date

M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]

Record Identifier

74VvrM8XeA43

MMS ID

991011260509702626

Language

English

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Physical content

240p. : ill. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for the booksellers, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]

Edition

The tenth edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]

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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 surprizing adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was discovered by Mr Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him out...

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General note

Drop-head title: 'The English hermit.'.

Frontis. = ill.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Signed: Ed. Dorrington; in fact by Peter Longueville.

Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N33125.

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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74VvrM8XeA43

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvrM8XeA43

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MMS ID

991011260509702626