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Author Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.

Title The miscellaneous works of the late Dr. Arbuthnot [microform]

Imprint Glasgow : Printed for James Carlile, ..., 1751.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 11681    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed., with additions.
Description 2 v., advertising matter.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 11681
Note Errors in pagination: v. 1, pages 86-87, 201, and 248-249 misnumbered 66-67, 231 and 148-149 respectively; page numbers 132-133 omitted.
Tables of contents at end of volume 1 and at beginning of volume 2.
"The contents of this volume, and what is inserted in Swift's Miscellanies, comprehend all the pieces of wit and humour of this admirable author." - Advertisement.
"The collection has no authority, but includes the following, which were clearly, Arbuthnot's: the 'Usefulness of mathematical learning,' the 'Scolding of the ancients,' the 'Examination of Woodward,' 'A sermon at the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh' ... , and a poem called ['Know yourself']" - Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11681)
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