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A collection of the writings of Mr. Edward Ward. ... Vol. II.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection PR3757.W8 A6 1717b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. 1717
- Language:
- English
- Penn Provenance:
- Payne, Samuel (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 401, that is, 399 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for A. Bettesworth ..., 1717.
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) I. The poet's ramble after riches ...
- II. Sot's paradice ...
- III. Ecclesia & factio. ...
- IV. Modern religion and antient loyalty. ...
- V. A walk to Islington ...
- VI. The insinuating bawd ...
- VII. The revels of the gods ...
- VIII. Battle without bloodshed ...
- IX. O raree-show, O pretty-show ...
- X. The cock-pit combat ...
- XI. A hue and cry after the man midwife, who deliver'd the land-bank of her money
- XII. The Dutch guards farewel to England
- XIII. A trip to Jamaica ...
- XIV. A trip to New-England ...
- XV. A frolick to Horn-Fair ...
- XVI. The dancing-school ...
- XVII. A step to Stir-Bitch-Fair ...
- XVIII. The humours of a coffee- house. ...
- XIX. The infallible predictor
- XX. The rise and fall of Madam Coming Sir ...
- Notes:
- Page 75 incorrectly numbered 71; no. 233-234 omitted in the paging.
- Title within double line border.
- The first vol. of the author's miscellanies was the 5th ed. in book form of the London Spy (1718) For other vols. in the series, cf. Troyer.
- Cited in:
- Troyer, H.W. Ned Ward of Grubstreet, p. 276.
- ESTC (RLIN) T151039
- OCLC:
- 15999511
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