The Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. Between Sharp, a country parson. Bumper, a country justice. Fillpot, an inn-keeper. Graveairs, a deacon. Trim, a barber. Brim, a Quaker. Puff, a late representative. Taken in short-hand, by Sir Roger de Coverly. [Two lines in Latin from Horace]

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Coverly, Roger
Corporate Author: New-York Historical Society
Other Authors: Rivington, James (Printer)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York] New-England, printed; New-York, re-printed, by James Rivington 1775, [1775?]
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:"Sir Roger De Coverly" is identified as Jonathan Sewall in Sibley's Harvard graduates. - English Short Title Catalog, W11615. - Evans, 14455. - First published at Boston in 1775 with title: A cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening. - Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 261. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. - Sabin, 1274
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (32p) 8°