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, 41°. West longitude 72°: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.
| 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 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 17 cm (4to) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13051. ^A478749 |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. |
| 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. |
| References | Evans 13051 |
| References | BAL 20533 |
| References | Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1527 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 402 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13051). |
| Genre/form | Poems 1773. |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |