Probationary odes for the laureatship: with a preliminary discourse, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt.
Hawkins, John,Sir,Knt.
London : printed for James Ridgway,
1785.
A collection of satires and parodies by Richard Tickell and others, purporting to be the competitive essays of Thomas Warton's rivals for the laureatship.
Sir John Hawkins is a pseudonym.
With a half-title.
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