The Enthusiastic patriot, or Cobler of Messina
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 11250
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1769
Place of publication: New York?
Language: eng
Subjects: Political ethics
Notes: "There is a sort of enthusiasm in public spirit which renders it politically prudent in corrupt statesmen to discourage it, and yet there is something so great and so divine in this enthusiasm, that statesmen of a better turn, though they dare not encourage, yet cannot but admire it. We have a shining and surprising example of this in the Cobler of Mesina, which happened in the last century ..."

Imprint suggested by Evans.

Evans 11250