Philosophic solitude: or, The choice of a rural life : a poem. / By a gentleman educated at Yale College. ; [Two lines of quotations in Latin].

Author/creator Livingston, William
Other author Welles, Noah, 1718-1776.
Other author Smith, William Peartree, 1723-1801.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Boston] : New-York: Printed, MDCCXLVII. Boston: Reprinted and sold by B. Mecom, at the new printing-office, near the Town-House, 1762.
Descriptionxii, 2 unnumbered pages, 15-46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 9160. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Livingston in the Dictionary of American biography.
General note"To the ingenious author of the poem, entitled Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. v-viii, in verse; signed: N.W. [i.e., Noah Welles]. "To Mr. L***************, on his Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. ix-xii, in verse; signed: W.P.S. [i.e., William Peartree Smith]. Cf. Sedgwick, Theodore. Memoir of the life of William Livingston (New York, 1833), p. 62.
References Evans 9160
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 245
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Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 9160).
Genre/formPoems 1747.

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