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The oeconomy of human life : complete, in two parts / translated from an Indian manuscript. Written by an ancient Bramin. ; To which is perfixed an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered: in a letter from an English gentleman residing in China. The Earl of ******[.].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764, author.
Contributor:
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.
Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
Series:
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26909.
Standardized Title:
Economy of human life
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Conduct of life.
Maxims.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 12-63 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 64-125 pages)
Place of Publication:
New York. : Printed by N. Birdsall, for Evert Dyckinck [id est, Duyckinck] and Company, 1794.
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Generally attributed to Robert Dodsley. The Dictionary of national biography attributes Part I to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, and Part II to John Hill.
Error in paging: an unnumbered page occurs between pages 63 and 64.
"The economy of human life ... Part II. ..."--p. [61]-125, with separate title page.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 26909).
Cited in:
Evans 26909
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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