Miscellanea nova :
containing, amidst a variety of other matters curious and interesting, remarks on Boswell's Johnson; with considerable additions, and some new anecdotes of that extraordinary character: a critique on Bürger's Leonora; in which she is clearly proved of English extraction; and an introductory essay on the art of reading and speaking in public, in two parts /
by S. Whyte, and his son E. A. Whyte.
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Dublin :
Printed by R. Marchbank, for the editor E. A. Whyte,
1801.
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| Notes: | Paging irregular between [243] and 254. "Introductory essay" wanting. The Remarks on Boswell's Johnson deal mainly with Johnson's relations with Thomas Sheridan; Original letters (p.[89]-144) are selected from correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan and Samuel Whyte. Appended: Elegies and other poems chiefly from the Shamrock: p. [249]-280. Inscription on front fly leaf: "From the author 31 July 1805 in his 76 year." This copy contains p. 1-200 and p. 249-280. Some pages numbered 1-50 are interpolated containing a ballad, notes, etc. With additional poems. The introductory essay is not in either edition. Physical description: 4 p. ℓ., [iii]-ix, 280 (i.e. 296), [4] p ; 20 cm. more |
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AA9825 |
Main Reading Room |
Irish |
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Dix Dublin 1801 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Dix |
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Ir 828 w 4 |
Offsite |
Irish |
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Ir 828 w 12 |
Offsite |
Irish |