Research Catalog

Title

The miscellaneous companions : ... being a short tour of observation and sentiment, through part of south Wales / By William Matthews.

Author

Matthews, William.

Publication

Bath : Printed for the author, by R. Cruttwell; and sold by C. Dilly, Poultry, London : and by all the booksellers in town and country, 1786.

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Additional Authors

• Cruttwell, R. (Richard), -1799.
• Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807.

Description

3 v.; 16 cm.

Subjects

• Dialogues, English > Early works to 1800
• Wales, South > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Marriage > Early works to 1800
• Future punishment > Christianity > Early works to 1800
• Maxims, English > Early works to 1800
• Judgment Day > Early works to 1800
• Bible > Criticism and interpretation > Early works to 1800

Note

• Pagination: v. I: [iii]-xxiv, 216 p.; v. II: [3]-234 p.; v. III: [2], 227, [1] p.
• Signatures: v. I: a⁴ [-a4] b⁸ B-O⁸ P⁴; v. II: [A]1 B-P⁸ Q²; v. III: [A]² B-P⁸ Q².
• Errata: v. I, p. xxiii-xxiv.
• Title following colon varies with each volume; above title from volume I. Vol. 2 title: "... containing maxims and thoughts; with reflections on select passages of scripture..."; vol. III title: "... containing dissertations on particular subjects and occasions; and dialogues in the world of spirits ..."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC

Contents

Vol. I: Preface. -- Commencement of the tour. -- Bristol. -- Stanzas. -- The new passage. -- The boat. -- Entrance into Wales. -- Newport. -- Cardiff. -- The angel. -- Cowbridge. -- Flowery graves. -- Pile. -- Thoughts on education. -- Welch cottages. -- Briton ferry. -- Swansea. -- The spendthrift; with reflections. -- Llanelthy. -- The graves of Llanelthy. -- Kidwelly. -- Carmarthen. -- Thoughts on hunting. -- The lunatic. -- The chace. -- The Lord's bushes. -- Earweare. -- Tenby. -- Jeffreston. -- Village inn. -- Inventory. -- The Welch curate. -- Books and goods. -- Pembroke. -- Haverfordwest. -- The conclusion. -- Vol. II: Miscellaneous maxims and thoughts. -- A continuation of the foregoing design in reflections on select passages of scripture. -- Vol. III: Dissertation on marriage, &c. -- Dissertation on the Last Day. -- Dissertation on everlasting punishment. -- Postscript. -- Dialogue of the living. -- Quotations on the same subject. -- Dialogues in the wolrld of spirits. 1. Theophilus, Zelotes, and Purgatus. 2. Henry VIII. -- Dukes of Somerset, Northumberland, &c. 3. Apostle Paul and a Protestant martyr.

Call Number

Pforz (Matthews, W. Miscellaneous companions)

OCLC

302361506

Author

Matthews, William.

Title

The miscellaneous companions : ... being a short tour of observation and sentiment, through part of south Wales / By William Matthews.

Imprint

Bath : Printed for the author, by R. Cruttwell; and sold by C. Dilly, Poultry, London : and by all the booksellers in town and country, 1786.

Indexed In:

ESTC T100569

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: "D. Stacy" (in ink on each front paste-down); "Price -- 9.. / Binding 4..6 / £0..13..6" (in ink on front paste-down of vol. I). -- Bound in contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately gilt, with red and black spine labels and gilt spine titling. Binder's title: Matthews's Miscellanies.

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Added Author

Cruttwell, R. (Richard), -1799. Printer

Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807. Publisher

Stacy, D. Former owner

Research Call Number

Pforz (Matthews, W. Miscellaneous companions)