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Wisdom taught by man's mortality; or, The shortness and uncertainty of life, the certainty and suddenness of death, considered. : A discourse adapted to the awful visitation of the city of Philadelphia, by the yellow fever, in the year 1793, by which more than four thousand persons were swept off in about three months. : In this discourse, all the Scripture metaphors, respecting the shortness and uncertainty of life, are mentioned, and commented upon; and a hymn added at the close, in which they are all recited. / By Elhanan Winchester. ; [Two lines of text].
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 29911 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29911.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemics--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Epidemics.
- Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Yellow fever.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Sermons -- 1795.
- Hymns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 2 unnumbered pages)
- Other Title:
- Wisdom taught by man's mortality.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed by R. Folwell, numbers 33, Mulberry-Street, and sold by R. Campbell, numbers 40, South Second-Street., 1795.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- 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 29911).
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- Evans 29911
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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