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The Prodigal daughter. Or, A strange and wonderful relation : shewing how a gentleman of a vast estate in Bristol, had a proud and disobedient daughter, who, because her parents would not support her in all her extravagance, bargained with the Devil to poison them. How an angel informed her parents of their daughter's design. How she lay in a trance four days; and when she was put in the grave she came to life again, and related the wonderful things she saw in the other world. Likewise, the substance of a sermon preached on the occasion by the Rev. Mr. Williams, from Luke XV. 24.
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- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--18th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1790.
- Poems -- 1790.
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages : illustrations ; ?⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next Liberty-Pole, 1790.--Where town and country shop-keepers, travelling-traders, town-flys, &c. may be supplied with a number of other curious books, verses, &c, [1790]
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- In verse.
- Caption title: The prodigal daughter: or Disobedient lady reclaimed, &c.
- 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 Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Bristol, B7622
- Shipton & Mooney, 45978
- Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 106811
- English Short Title Catalog, W1888.
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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