A scientific love epistle, from Mr. Obscreation, to Miss Variation.
Obscreation, Timothy.
[Salisbury? : printed by John Fowler?,
1790?]
A laboured joke on the suffix "ation".
First line of verse after "Most amiable madam," is "After a long consideration".
The letter in verse is signed: Timothy Obscreation; the reply also in verse is by Constantia Variation.
This letter is also known in prose and entitled 'A curious love letter to a lady'.
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