The secret history of Arlus and Odolphus, ministers of State to the Empress of Grandinsula : in which are discover'd the labour'd artifices formerly us'd for the removal of Arlus, and the true causes of his late restoration, upon the dismission of Odolphus and the Quinquinvirate : humbly offer'd to those good people of Grandinsula, who have not yet done wond'ring why that Princess wou'd change so notable a ministry.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
[publisher not identified],
Printed in the year M DCCX. [1710]
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| Edition: | The second edition. |
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| Item Description: | Published anonymously. Variously attributed to Robert Harley (DNB, VIII, page 1289), Colley Cibber (NCBEL, II, 778), Defoe (Stonehill, C.A. Anonyma and pseudonyma), and Swift. Morgan (Q-183) confuses this with: The impartial secret history of Arlus, Fortunatus, and Odolphus ..., (London, 1710). Arlus = Robert Harley; Odolphus = Sidney Godolphin. Replied to in: 'The impartial secret history of Arlus", 1710." The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 37 pages, 1 unnumbered pages (last page blank) ; 20 cm (octavo) |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |