The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41⁰. West longitude 72⁰:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. Published for the universal benefit of mankind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Progress of dulness, or the rare adventures of Tom Brainless. Pt. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Poems.

Physical Description:

x pages, 1 unnumbered page,12-27 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

[New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

In verse.

Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography.

"Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement .. The progress of dulness, part third and last."--p. [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part.

With a half-title.

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, 13051

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402

English Short Title Catalog, W27897.

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