A miscellany, containing, amidst a variety of other matters curious and interesting, remarks on Boswell's Johnson; with considerable additions, and some new anecdotes of that extraordinary character: a critique on Bürger's Leonora; in which she is clearly proved of English extraction, from an old ballad still extant; consequently, in its German dress, the subject is neither new nor original; and an introductory essay on the art of reading and speaking in public, in two parts. /
Whyte, S.(Samuel),1733-1811.
Whyte, E.-A.(Edward Athenry).
Whyte, S.(Samuel),1733-1811,former owner.StEdNL
Lord, Arthur,Rev.,former owner.StEdNL
Mercantile Library of Philadelphia,former owner.StEdNL
Dublin : Printed by Robert Marchbank, for the editor, Edward-Athenry Whyte, No. 75, Grafton-Street, of whom it may be had, and of the booksellers,
1799..
Includes errata.
The Remarks on Boswell's Johnson deal mainly with Johnson's relations with Thomas Sheridan; original letters (p. [89]-144) are selected from the correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan and Samuel Whyte.
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The title page has the inkstamp "Mercantile Library Philadelphia". Manuscript inscription on the title page "To the Rev.d Arthr. Lord from his old [?????] and sincere friend S. Whyte.
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747-1794.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.
Ireland Dublin.