The polite correspondence: or, Rational amusement : being a series of letters, philosophical, poetical, historical, critical, amorous, moral, and satyrical : wherein are introduc'd a great variety of instructive and delightful incidents, both in prose and verse
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Type of record: Book
Title: The polite correspondence: or, Rational amusement : being a series of letters, philosophical, poetical, historical, critical, amorous, moral, and satyrical : wherein are introduc'd a great variety of instructive and delightful incidents, both in prose and verse
Other titles: Rational amusement
Classmark: BC Lt/POL
Creator(s): Campbell, John (1708-1775)
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Atkinson,... S. Birt, ...John Hinton, ... J. Marshall, ... John Clark, ... Geo. Strahan, ... T. Harris and J. Hodges, ... and T. Wright
Publication city: London
Date(s): [between 1740 and 1745]
Language: English
Size and medium: xi, [1], 432, [8] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/282689
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001586949705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Remainder of t.p. reads: Among those of the entertaining kind, are, The story of Alonzo and Elvira, of Torquatus and Melissa, of Belinda and Adolphus -- Remarkable story of a Scottish lady, another of a divine who married a shrew -- History of Sophronia, of Phaon and Eliza, of Honoria and Myrtillo, of Celadon -- Adventures of a foot-boy -- Pleasant story of a Romish monk, of Pope Innocent XI -- A strange story of a Turkish slave -- An odd story of a criminal in the inquisition, remarkable accident in a conclave -- A short history of the Mounts of piety, or legal lumber houses -- Story of a pretended magician at Naples, an Indian tale, &c &c -- Poetry, A birth-day ode -- Verses on the power of love -- The Bracelet, a poem -- Life, an elegiac poem -- Verses on hope, in the manner of Spencer -- An instance of British poetry, 1200 years old -- A specimen of Saxon poetry, of Danish poetry, and several specimens from various nations -- Verses by a Jesuit on the death of his cat -- A poem in the
manner of Phaedrus, &c.
Published anonymously. By John Campbell. Cf. NCBEL, II, 1714.
Indexed in: Not in Case.
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