The hermit: or, The unparalleled sufferings, and surprising adventures, of Philip Quarll, an Englishman
who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. : Containing I. His conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life: as that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put apprentice to a lock-smith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico.
First American, from the sixth London edition.
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Author
Contributions
- Bicknell, Alexander, d. 1796. - Contributor
Publication
1795 - Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Joseph Belknap., Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Physical Format
Microform
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL14617681M
- OCLC Control Number55814579
Alternate Titles
- English hermit.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Early American imprints -- no. 28297.
Other Editions
- The hermit: or, The unparalleled sufferings, and surprising adventures, of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island, in the South-Sea; where he lived about fifty years, without any human assistance. : Containing I. His conference with those who found him out; to whom he recites the most material circumstances of his life: as that he was born in the parish of St. Giles, educated by the charitable contribution of a lady, and put apprentice to a lock-smith. II. How he left his master, and took up with a notorious house breaker, who was hanged; how, after his escape, he went to sea a cabin boy, married a famous whore, listed himself a common soldier, turned a singing master, and married three wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Baily. III. How he was pardoned by K. Charles II. turned merchant, and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of Mexico.
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