Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1779.03.20

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Index Entry Anstey: Election Ball [t], for sale by Rivington, James 
Location New York 
Citation
RNYG.779.063
20 Mar 1779:24 (258)
Pour Passer le Tems.  The following pieces, published some
months ago 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 these 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. 
The Diaboliad,
Characteristic of many fashionable persons.  The author of
this piece 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.
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.
To be had of Mr. Rivington, and of Messrs. Berry and Rogers.


Generic Title Rivington's New York Gazette 
Date 1779.03.20 
Publisher Rivington, James 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0042908
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