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Law is a bottomless-pit : Exemplify'd in the case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who spent all they had in a law-suit. Printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (24p. )
Edition:
The third edition.
Other Title:
Law is a bottomless-pit.
Place of Publication:
London : printed for John Morphew, near Stationer's-Hall, 1712.
Notes:
In fact by John Arbuthnot, M.D.; Sir Humphry Polesworth is a pseudonym.
Sometimes erroneously attributed to Jonathan Swift.
Pp. 11-14 incorrectly imposed: texts for p.11 and p.12 are reversed, and texts for p.13 and p.14 are reversed; a variant has pp.11-14 correctly imposed.
Price from imprint: Price 3d.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Cited in:
Teerink, 567
English Short Title Catalog, N10367.
OCLC:
642108359

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