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, 41⁰. West longitude 72⁰:30'; but whic 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 gradua 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.
| Author/creator | Trumbull, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New Haven] : Printed [by Thomas and Samuel Green], In the year M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773] |
| Description | x, 1 unnumbered page, 12-27, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Uniform title | Progress of dulness, or the rare adventures of Tom Brainless. Pt. 2 |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography. |
| General note | "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. |
| General note | With a half-title. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 13051 |
| References | Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry ^DBBc402 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW27897. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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