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The Secret history of Arlus and Odolphus, ministers of state to the Empress of Grandinsula : in which are discover'd the labour'd artifices formerly us'd for the removal of Arlus, and the true causes of his late restoration, upon the dismission of Odolphus and the Quinquinvirate : humbly offer'd to those good people of Grandinsula, who have not yet done wond'ring why that Princess wou'd change so notable a ministry.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Teerink Collection DA496 1710 .S42 1710
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724.
- Harley, Robert.
- Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712.
- Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 37 pages, 1 unnumbered page (last page blank) ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [publisher not identified], 1710.
- Notes:
- A satire on the Earls of Oxford and Godolphin.
- Arlus = Robert Harley; Odolphus= Sidney, Earl of Godolphin.
- Published anonymously. Variously attributed to Robert Harley (DNB, VIII, p. 1289), Colley Cibber (NCBEL, II, 778), Defoe (Stonehill, C.A. Anonyma and pseudonyma), and Swift.
- Morgan (Q183) confuses this with: The Impartial secret history of Arlus, Fortunatus, and Odolphus ..., (London, 1710).
- With a half-title.
- Local Notes:
- Teerink copy imperfect: half-title wanting.
- Not in Teeerink-Scouten.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T47387
- McBurney, W.H. Engl. prose fiction, 49
- OCLC:
- 33255600
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