Law is a bottomless-pit
Subtitle: exemplify'd in the case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon ; who spent all they had in a law suit
By: printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth.
Contributors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Edition: The third edition.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 40055.
Publisher: Printed for John Morphew
Published: 1712
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Political satire, English; Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714 -- Fiction; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714 -- Pamphlets; Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714 -- Pamphlets; Great Britain -- History -- Humor; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Anecdotes
Other titles: History of John Bull.
Notes: Title in double line border.

Attributed also to Swift. cf. Evans. American bibliography.

"Both Swift and Pope ascribe this to Arbuthnot." -- Dictionary of national biography.

First of five pamphlets, commonly called Law is a bottomless pit, or, The history of John Bull.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40055)