The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory
being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41̕. West longitude 72̕: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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1773 - Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], New Haven, United States
Language
English
Word Count
6,750 words, Guess
Page Count
27 pages
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- Internet Archiveprogressofdulnes00trum
- Open LibraryOL32009586M
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- The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory: being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41̕. West longitude 72̕: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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