Select readings /
Cowper, William,1731-1800.
Smollett, T.(Tobias),1721-1771.
Langhorne, John,1735-1779.
London : Sold by G. R. Ward, Pater-noster-Row; and by Rose & Son, printers, Bristol, Rose & son, printers)
1808
A chapbook edition of three poems by William Cowper, Tobias Smollett and John Langhorne. The first is Cowper's little verse Robinsonnade beginning "I am monarch of all I survey" - apparently the origin of that that phrase; the second is Smollett's Tears of Scotland written in 1746 to lament the mistreatment of rebellious Scots after Culloden, the third is a well-known poem by John Langhorne.
A chapbook.
1) Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandes -- 2) The tears of Scotland, written after the battle of Culloden -- 3) Hymn to humanity.
A chapbook edition of three poems by William Cowper, Tobias Smollett and John Langhorne. The first is Cowper's little verse Robinsonnade beginning "I am monarch of all I survey" - apparently the origin of that that phrase; the second is Smollett's Tears of Scotland written in 1746 to lament the mistreatment of rebellious Scots after Culloden, the third is a well-known poem by John Langhorne.
England London.