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The hermit or, the unparallel'd sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he lived above Fifty Years, without any Human Assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him; to whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; his being born in the Parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a Lady, and put Apprentice to a Locksmith. II. His leaving his Master, and being taken up with a notorious House-Breaker, who was hanged; his lucky Escape, and going to Sea a Cabin-Boy, marrying a famous Prostitute, enlisting a common Solidier, turning Singing-Master, and afterwards marrying three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the King, turning Merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With an elegant frontispiece.
- Title
- The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparallel'd sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he lived above Fifty Years, without any Human Assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him; to whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; his being born in the Parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a Lady, and put Apprentice to a Locksmith. II. His leaving his Master, and being taken up with a notorious House-Breaker, who was hanged; his lucky Escape, and going to Sea a Cabin-Boy, marrying a famous Prostitute, enlisting a common Solidier, turning Singing-Master, and afterwards marrying three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the King, turning Merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With an elegant frontispiece.
- Author
- Longueville, Peter, active 1727.
- Publication
- London : printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
Details
- Description
- xii,249,[3]p.,plates : map; 12⁰.
- Subject
- Quarll, Philip
- Note
- Purporting to be by E. Dorrington. In fact by Peter Longueville.
- Sometimes also attributed to Alexander Bicknell.
- Braces in imprint.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- English Short Title Catalog
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- 642322091
- ECCO1-T120107
- Author
- Longueville, Peter, active 1727.
- Title
- The hermit [electronic resource] : or, the unparallel'd sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman: who was lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea; where he lived above Fifty Years, without any Human Assistance. Containing I. His Conference with those who found him; to whom he recites the most material Circumstances of his Life; his being born in the Parish of St. Giles, educated by the charity of a Lady, and put Apprentice to a Locksmith. II. His leaving his Master, and being taken up with a notorious House-Breaker, who was hanged; his lucky Escape, and going to Sea a Cabin-Boy, marrying a famous Prostitute, enlisting a common Solidier, turning Singing-Master, and afterwards marrying three Wives, for which he was tried and condemned at the Old Bailey. III. His being pardoned by the King, turning Merchant, and being shipwrecked on this desolate Island on the Coast of Mexico. With an elegant frontispiece.
- Imprint
- London : printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
- Edition
- A new edition.
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Indexed In:
- English Short Title Catalog, T120107.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain England London.