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A cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening : being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. Between Sharp,-- a country parson. Bumper,-- a country justice. Fillpot,-- an inn-keeper. Graveairs,-- a deacon. Trim,-- a barber. Brim,-- a Quaker. Puff,-- a late representative. Taken in short hand, by Sir Roger De Coverly. [Two lines from Horace].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
De Coverly, Roger, Sir, 1728-1796.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American drama.
History.
Great Britain--Colonies--America--Financial questions.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
America.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Drama.
United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:
32 pages ; 8⁰
Place of Publication:
[Boston] America : [publisher not identified], Printed and sold in the year MDCCLXXV. [1775]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
"Sir Roger De Coverly" is identified as Jonathan Sewall by F.P. Hill, who suggests Boston as place of publication.
Also published under title: The Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 14454
Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 261
English Short Title Catalog, W30566.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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