A sunday ramble [electronic resource] : or, modern Sabbath-Day journey; in and about the cities of London and Westminster. Describing, in an agreeable Manner, the various interesting Scenes which are Weekly to be met with at the Mineral Wells, Coffee-Houses, Places of Publick Worship, Taverns, Ordinaries, Publick Gardens, Parks, Sunday Routs, Bagnios, &c. of this metropolis and its environs. Exhibiting a true Account of the Manner in which that Day is generally employed by all Ranks and Degrees of People, from the common Beggar to the dignified Peer. The Whole illustrated with a great Variety of Original Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs, of Persons in real Life; with pleasing Remarks thereupon. Intended to shew, in their proper Light, the Follies of the present Age; without the Severity of a Cynick, or the Indulgence of a Sensualist.
1775
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A sunday ramble [electronic resource] : or, modern Sabbath-Day journey; in and about the cities of London and Westminster. Describing, in an agreeable Manner, the various interesting Scenes which are Weekly to be met with at the Mineral Wells, Coffee-Houses, Places of Publick Worship, Taverns, Ordinaries, Publick Gardens, Parks, Sunday Routs, Bagnios, &c. of this metropolis and its environs. Exhibiting a true Account of the Manner in which that Day is generally employed by all Ranks and Degrees of People, from the common Beggar to the dignified Peer. The Whole illustrated with a great Variety of Original Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs, of Persons in real Life; with pleasing Remarks thereupon. Intended to shew, in their proper Light, the Follies of the present Age; without the Severity of a Cynick, or the Indulgence of a Sensualist.
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London : printed for the author. And sold by J. Bew, in Pater-Noster Row; and W. Davenhill, No. 19, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange, [1775?]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[6],78p. ; 12⁰.
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Braces in title.
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Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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English Short Title Catalog, T178091.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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