A fragment of the history of that illustrious personage John Bull, Esq: compiled by that celebrated historian Sir Humphry Polesworth. Lately discovered in the repairs of Grub-Hatch, the ancient seat of the family of the Polesworths; now first publ...

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A fragment of the history of that illustrious personage John Bull, Esq: compiled by that celebrated historian Sir Humphry Polesworth. Lately discovered in the repairs of Grub-Hatch, the ancient seat of the family of the Polesworths; now first published from the original manuscript, by Peregrine Pinfold, ... (Polesworth, Humphry, Sir, 18th cent.) (Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.) xxx,118p. ; 8⁰. (London :) printed for the editor, by T. Wilkins. And sold by Mr Debrett; Mr Bew; Mr Kearsley, and at all the pamphlet shops, at the Royal Exchange,[1785]
Sir Humphry Polesworth is a pseudonym.
Erroneously attributed to John Arbuthnot.
Preface dated: April 30, 1785.
A political satire in continuation of Swift's 'History of John Bull'.
With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT109550.
Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

Date Published: 28 March 2017
Keywords: ECCO, CC BY-SA, text
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