Tory pills to purge Whig melancholy : Being a collection of the best poems, songs, &c. written in defence of church and state.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Collection of poems, for and against Dr. Sacheverell. Parts 1-4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Political ballads and songs, English.

Sacheverell, Henry, 1674?-1724--Poetry.

Sacheverell, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],111,[1]p. )

Edition:

The second edition. To which is added, a short account of the state of England, when King James design'd to call his second parliament.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Moore, near Fleet-Street, [1715]

Notes:

Originally published in 1710 as four separate pamphlets, each with the title 'A collection of poems, for and against Dr. Sacheverell'; these four pamphlets were put together and given a general titlepage with the same title; then reissued by Edmund Curll in 1712 as 'Whig and tory: or, wit on both sides'; another reissue of these four pamphlets in 1715 was entitled 'A tory pill, to purge Whig melancholy'; 'Tory pills' is the second edition of 'A tory pill' but with some poems omitted.

The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious.

Price from imprint: price 1 s. 6 d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T51480.

OCLC:

642621037