The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41$. West longitude 72$:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. : Published for the universal benefit of mankind.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 13051. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. "Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement ... The progress of dulness, part third and last."--page [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part. With a half-title. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 1 unnumbered page, 12-27 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm. (quarto) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New Haven. |