The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory [electronic resource] : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41⁰. West longitude 72⁰:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. Published for the universal benefit of mankind.
1773
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The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory [electronic resource] : being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41⁰. West longitude 72⁰:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. Published for the universal benefit of mankind.
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Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
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Progress of dulness, or the rare adventures of Tom Brainless. Pt. 2
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[New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], in the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]
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United States -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
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English
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x,[1],12-27,[1]p. ; 4⁰.
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In verse.
Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography.
"Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement .. The progress of dulness, part third and last."--p. [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part.
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Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography.
"Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement .. The progress of dulness, part third and last."--p. [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part.
With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 13051
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402
English Short Title Catalog, W27897.
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402
English Short Title Catalog, W27897.
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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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