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Genre/Form: | English essays |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Fugitive pieces on various subjects. London : J. Dodsley, 1771 (OCoLC)645060968 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Dodsley |
OCLC Number: | 9232740 |
Notes: | Edited by R. Dodsley. Cf. Mansell. Pre-1956 imprints, v. 145, p. 608. |
Description: | 2 volumes ; 18 cm |
Contents: | v. 1 A dialogue on beauty.--A letter from China.--Deformity.--A letter to the Royal Society.--A modest defense of gaming.--The pretty gentleman.--The polite philosopher.--The plan of an essay upon delicacy.--v. 2. A vindication of natural society.--The history of Wheatfield.--Fragments of ancient poetry.--An account of Russia.--Hentznen's travels.--A project for raising an hosptial for decayed authors.--A parallel, in the manner of Plutarch, between a most celebrated man of Florence, and one, scarce ever heard of, in England. |
Responsibility: | by several authors. |
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