Curtius rescued from the Gulph
Subtitle: Or, The Retort Courteous to the Rev. Dr. Parr, in answer to his learned pamphlet, intitled, "A Sequel," &c
By: [By Richard Cumberland].
Publisher: Printed for Hookham and Carpenter, Bond Street
Published: 1792
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Parr, Samuel, -- 1747-1825; Curtis, Charles, -- fl. 1791
Other titles: The Retort Courteous to the Rev. Dr. Parr ...
Notes: Author supplied by Bishop Percy, H&L and ESTC; Dr. Parr's 'learned pamphlet' attacked the Rev. Charles Curtis'; Cumberland's pamphlet attacks Dr. Parr'. The text is headed: 'Curtius Loquitur' and ends: 'Exit Curtius'.

The DNB records that Parr had opposed the repeal of the Test Acts proposed in 1787 and, in 1790, had attended a meeting in Warwick to counterbalance meetings of the dissenters; he was subsequently threatened by the rioters. 'The disturbance gave rise to asmall personal controversy with Charles Curtis, a Birmingham rector. It was apparently due to a practical joke of Parr's pupils, who sent him an anonymous letter, attributed by him to Curtis. Parr published a pamphlet called 'Sequel to A Printed Paper',with voluminous notes, which was ridiculed in Cumberland's 'Curtius rescued from the Gulph'.

Half-title reads: 'Curtius rescued from the gulph; Or, The Retort Courteous to the Rev. Dr. Parr'.

ESTC5123C1 [under Curtius]; ESTC4997C7 [under Cumberland]; ESTC616P15 [under Parr]; ESTC5115C1 [under Curtis].