The humourist : being essays upon several subjects, viz. News writers. Enthusiasm. The Spleen. Country Entertainment. Love. The History of Miss Manage. Ambition and Pride. Idleness. Fickleness of human Nature. Prejudice. Witchcraft. Ghosts and Apparitions. The Weather. Female Disguises. The Art of modern Conversation. The Use of Speech. The Punishment of staying at Home on Sunday, &c. Criticism. Art of Begging. Anger. Avarice. Death. Grief. Keeping the Ten Commandments. Travel misapply'd. Flattery. The Abuse of Words. Credulity. Eating. The Love of Power. The Expedients to get rid of Time. Retirement. The story of Will. Hacket the enthusiast. With a dedication to the man in the moon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Thomas, -1750.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Essays.

Physical Description:

volumes1 (xxx pages, 6 unnumbered pages,240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages) ; 12⁰

Edition:

The third edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for D. Browne, W. Mears and F. Clay without Temple-Bar, Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and H. Meer in the Ula-Bally, M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Anonymous. By Thomas Gordon.

Variant: "Woodward" in the imprint is misspelt "Woooward".

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:

English Short Title Catalog, T98598.

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