A letter from a student in Grub-street, to a Reverend high-priest in Oxford. Containing an account of a malicious design to blacken him and several of his friends. To which are added four epigrams upon one Dr. Crassus[.]

People / Organizations

• Nicholas Amhurst (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXX. [1720]

Added name

Amhurst, N. (Nicholas), 1697-1742, attributed name.

Publication year

1720

ESTC No.

T199554

Grub Street ID

231624

Description

[2], 52 p. ; 8°.

Note

Signed on p. 48: Humphry Scribblewit, a pseudonym. Attributed to Nicholas Amhurst, "... at least the 4 epigrams are by him"--National Union Catalog, pre 1965 imprints. See also, Amhurst, N. Poems on several occasions, ... MDCCXX. (ESTC T42646), pp. 97-101

A satirical attack on William Delaune, president of St. John's College, Oxford

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Signatures: A]4(-A1+pi]2) B-F]4 G]2.

Uncontrolled note

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