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The projector's looking-glass containing, I. The last dying words and confession of Sir Robert Marral, premier Exciseman of Great-Britain, who was burnt in Fleet-Street, near Temple-Bar, on Wednesday the 11th of April, 1733. Taken faithfully from his own Mouth at the Place of Execution. II. The lost bill, drawn by Robert Bold, of Norfolk, and of the Star and Garter in Pall-Mall, for a very large Sum of Money, upon Messieurs Smokers and Company. III. A burlesque poem on the rejecting a certain petition, occasioned by the persuasive eloquence of the said Robert Bold.

Title
The projector's looking-glass [electronic resource] : containing, I. The last dying words and confession of Sir Robert Marral, premier Exciseman of Great-Britain, who was burnt in Fleet-Street, near Temple-Bar, on Wednesday the 11th of April, 1733. Taken faithfully from his own Mouth at the Place of Execution. II. The lost bill, drawn by Robert Bold, of Norfolk, and of the Star and Garter in Pall-Mall, for a very large Sum of Money, upon Messieurs Smokers and Company. III. A burlesque poem on the rejecting a certain petition, occasioned by the persuasive eloquence of the said Robert Bold.
Publication
London : printed for T. Jones, over-against the Fountain Tavern, in the Strand, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [1733?]

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Description
16p.,plate; 4⁰.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Poems.
Note
  • A verse satire on Sir Robert Walpole.
  • Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642200997
  • ECCO1-N39940
Title
The projector's looking-glass [electronic resource] : containing, I. The last dying words and confession of Sir Robert Marral, premier Exciseman of Great-Britain, who was burnt in Fleet-Street, near Temple-Bar, on Wednesday the 11th of April, 1733. Taken faithfully from his own Mouth at the Place of Execution. II. The lost bill, drawn by Robert Bold, of Norfolk, and of the Star and Garter in Pall-Mall, for a very large Sum of Money, upon Messieurs Smokers and Company. III. A burlesque poem on the rejecting a certain petition, occasioned by the persuasive eloquence of the said Robert Bold.
Imprint
London : printed for T. Jones, over-against the Fountain Tavern, in the Strand, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [1733?]
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, N39940.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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