000552635 000__ 02861cam\a2200385\\\4500 000552635 001__ 552635 000552635 005__ 20210716122614.0 000552635 006__ m\\\\|o\\d\|\\\\\\ 000552635 007__ cr||n||||||||n 000552635 008__ 870116s1715\\\\enk||||\o\\\\\00|\||eng\c 000552635 035__ $$a(Uk-ES)006262536 000552635 035__ $$a(OCoLC)642480076 000552635 035__ $$a(CU-RivES)T167690 000552635 040__ $$aUk-ES$$cUk-ES$$dCStRLIN$$dCU-RivES$$dCengage Gale 000552635 1001_ $$aHenley, John,$$d1692-1756. 000552635 24010 $$aEsther Queen of Persia 000552635 24514 $$aThe history of Queen Esther.$$h[electronic resource] :$$bA poem in four books. Wherein is Describ'd, I. The Grandeur of the Persian Empire, and the Succession of its Emperors, from Cyrus down to Xerxes: The Character of Vashti his Empress. His Entertainment of the Nobles, and the Manner of Sacrificing to their God the Sun. II. Queen Esther's Appearance at Court, and how she came to be settled in Persia. The wretched State of the Jews, during their Captivity in Syria. The good Offices of Mordecai to Esther: Her Beauty, and other Perfections, describ'd. III. Esther's Gratitude to Mordecai; His Character and Advancement. The approaching Danger of Him and the Jews, by the Rise of Haman. His Character, and how by a false Misrepresentation, he gains an Order for the Destruction of all the Jews in Persia. IV. The Distress of the Jews; Mordecai's Concern for them. Ester at his Request intercedes with the Emperor in their behalf. Haman conspires his Death; his Villany detected, and his Execution on the Gibbet which he erected for Mordecai. By John Henley, B. A. Of St. John's College, Cambridge. 000552635 250__ $$aThe second edition. 000552635 260__ $$aLondon :$$bprinted for A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row E. Curll, and J. Pemberton, in Fleetstreet,$$cMDCCXV [1715] 000552635 300__ $$a[6],ix,[1],xii,60,vip.,plate ;$$c8⁰. 000552635 500__ $$aFirst published in 1714 as 'Esther Queen of Persia'. 000552635 500__ $$aLeaf A2 is a cancel (Foxon). 000552635 500__ $$aPrice from imprint: Price 1 s. 6 d. 000552635 500__ $$aReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). 000552635 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000552635 509__ $$aFrontis. = plate. 000552635 5104_ $$aFoxon,$$cH145 000552635 5104_ $$aEnglish Short Title Catalog,$$cT167690. 000552635 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bFarmington Hills, Mich. :$$cCengage Gale,$$d2009.$$nAvailable via the World Wide Web.$$nAccess limited by licensing agreements.$$7s2009 miunns 000552635 650_0 $$aEnglish poetry$$y18th century. 000552635 655_7 $$aPoems.$$2rbgenr 000552635 752__ $$aGreat Britain$$bEngland$$dLondon. 000552635 852__ $$bebk 000552635 85640 $$3Eighteenth Century Collections Online$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1153000400&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi$$zOnline Access 000552635 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:552635$$pGLOBAL_SET 000552635 980__ $$aEBOOK 000552635 980__ $$aBIB 000552635 982__ $$aEbook 000552635 983__ $$aOnline