The hermit: or The unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman : Who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South-Sea, where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance. : Containing, I. His conference with those who found him; to whom he recited the most material circumstances of his life: his being born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a lady, and put out apprentice to a lock-smith. II. His leaving his master, and being taken up with a notorious house-breaker, who was hanged; his lucky escape, and going out to sea a cabin-boy, marrying a famous prostitute, enlisting a common soldier, turning singing-master, and afterwards marrying three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the King, turning merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate island on the coast of Mexico. : With an elegant frontispiece.
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| Language: | English |
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Printed at Exeter [N.H.] :
By H. Ranlet, for I. Thomas, and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury-Street, Boston,
M,DCC,XCV. [1795]
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| Edition: | A new edition. |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Caption title: The English hermit. Preface signed: W.L. [i.e., P.L. (Peter Longueville)?]. Signed on page 263: edition Dorrington. Attributed to Longueville in: Esdaile, Arundell. "Author and publisher in 1727. 'The English hermit.'" The Library, 4th ser., volume 2, pages 185-192. Attributed to Alexander Bicknell by Evans. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 1 unnumbered page, 8-263 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 18 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New Hampshire -- Exeter. United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |