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RNYG.778.090
29 Aug 1778:24 (200)
Pour Passer Le Tems.
The following items published were all the rage in London,
afford amusement, intelligence and improvement. The long
interval since a supply of new books, magazines and other
pamphlets, have been received from England, will apologize
for readvertising the bagatelles. In such an exigence if we
can't snow white, we must e'en snow away brown.
The Pupil of Pleasure,
By Courtney Melmoth, a novel that has sold rapidly.
Price One Dollar.
he Englishman's Fortnight at Faros.
Or the art of ruining a man's self in fourteen days;
Price Six Shillings York.
The Diaboliad.
Characteristic of many fashionable persons. The
author of this piece is esteemed the Whitehead, or
Churchill of the present time. Five Shillings.
The Election Ball
By Mr. Anstey, author of the Bath Guide, the best
writer extant in this cast. A very pleasant 4s. worth.
A Monstrous Good Lounge,
Together with Yorick's Skull,
Or College Oscitations.
Reveries in the Shandean measure. Five Shillings.
The Sublime & Beautiful of Scripture.
By Courtney Melmoth, author of the Pupil of
Pleasure, Liberal Opinions, &c. &c. One Dollar.
Purchased and read both by Christians and Freethinkers.
The Battle of Hastings. 4s.
A new Tragedy, by Mr. Cumberland.
Alfred, King of England, 4s.
Another new Tragedy.
These Tragedies have passed the Ordeal, ran in full
favour some scores of nights, and are now entered in
the manager's books, amongst the most popular stock
plays.
To be had of Mr. Rivington, and of Messrs. Berry and Rogers.
This Day is Published, Price One Dollar,
Written by Dr. Smollet, Author of Rode-Rick Random,
Peregrine Pickle, &c.
The Adventures of an Atom,
This is one of the last Performances of that amiable and
very facetious Author. To be had of the Printer.
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