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The sweets of solitude!, or, Directions to mankind how they may be happy in a "miserable world!" and insure a glorious inheritance in that which is to come / by Amos Wilson, who lived 19 years in a cave, secluded from the society of man ; annexed is a sketch of the life of said Wilson, the extraordinary manner in which he spent the 19 years of his seclusion, and the particulars of the melancholly event which led him to prefer a solitary life.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Amos.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life.
- Hermits--Pennsylvania.
- Hermits.
- Solitude--Religious aspects.
- Solitude.
- Wilson, Amos, b. 1774.
- Wilson, Amos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([3]-36 p., [1] leaf of plates ) port. ;
- Other Title:
- Pennsylvania hermit.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed for J. Wilkey, 1822.
- Notes:
- Also issued as The Pennsylvania hermit.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 104606.
- OCLC:
- 12
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