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The shipwreck : A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation].
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- Author/Creator:
- Falconer, William, 1732-1769
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Halsewell (Ship).
- Shipwrecks--Poetry.
- Shipwrecks.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Elegies.
- Poems -- 1788.
- Physical Description:
- 123 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, near Front Street, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- "Occasional elegy."--p. 101-103.
- "The shipweck. Occasioned by the loss of the Halsewell East-Indiaman."--p. [104]-105.
- "The storm, a poem. Descriptive of the late tempest, which raged with such destructive fury throughout the southern parts of North-America, in July, 1788. By a citizen of Philadelphia."--p. [107]-123. By Peter Markoe.
- 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 Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 21081
- English Short Title Catalog, W22245.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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