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Additional authors

1. Smith, William Peartree, 1723-1801
2. Welles, Noah, 1718-1776
3. Gale (Firm)

Description

1. xii,[2],15-46,[2]p.; 8⁰.

Uniform title

1. Eighteenth century collections online.

Subject

1. Country life -- Poetry
2. English poetry -- 18th century

Genre/Form

1. Poems.

Note

1. Attributed to Livingston in the Dictionary of American biography.
2. "To the ingenious author of the poem, entitled Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. v-viii, in verse; signed: N.W. [i.e., Noah Welles]. "To Mr. L***************, on his Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. ix-xii, in verse; signed: W.P.S. [i.e., William Peartree Smith]. Cf. Sedgwick, Theodore. Memoir of the life of William Livingston (New York, 1833), p. 62.
3. Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed in (note)

1. Evans
2. Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry
3. English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

1. Electronic reproduction.

Author

1. Livingston, William, 1723-1790.

Title

1. Philosophic solitude: or, The choice of a rural life [electronic resource] : a poem. By a gentleman educated at Yale College. [Two lines of quotations in Latin].

Imprint

1. [Boston] : New-York: Printed, MDCCXLVII. Boston: Reprinted and sold by B. Mecom, at the new printing-office, near the Town-House, 1762.

Series

1. Eighteenth century collections online.

Indexed in:

1. Evans, 9160
2. Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 245

Reproduction

1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed in:

1. English Short Title Catalog, W6690.

Connect to:

1. Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Boston.

Added author

1. Smith, William Peartree, 1723-1801. Author
2. Welles, Noah, 1718-1776. Author
3. Gale (Firm)