Political banishments : being some considerations thereon, and in what cases pronounc'd : I. the case of attainders stated : II. with an enquiry into the nature of banishments among the Athenians and Romans, and wherein the exostracism, or banishment by vote, practis'd by the former, differs from our Parliamentary sentence : III. Whether there be more mercy in exile or confinement for life /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for A. Moore,
1723.
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| Item Description: | Signatures: A-L⁴. Halkett & Laing identifies a True Briton as Hugh Tootill alias Charles Dodd. With a half-title. The bookseller's name in the imprint is fictitious. A note at the end of the text, referring to an asterisk above, cites: "The True Briton, Mond. 24 June"; probably a reference to the newspaper of the same name issued by Philip, Duke of Wharton; in reference to the Atterbury plot. 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: | viii, 78 pages ; 19 cm |