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RNYG.780.058
19 Feb 1780:44 (354)
The following Books and Pamphlets, the productions of very
respectable Writers, may be had at the Printer's.
The Diaboliad, and the First of April, two satires upon many
of the fashionable bon ton personages of Great Britain and
Ireland; in the former of these pieces, the throne of hell,
vacated by the Old Foul Fiend, is filled by the most
libidinous and rapacious personage in his Majesty's
dominions, to whom it is dedicated. Besides this successful
hero, many other candidates for that exalted station, long
made remarkable by their public and private views, are
introduced into the work, which is attributed to Mr.
Coombes, a writer pronounced equal in literary fame to Paul
Whitehead, or Charles Churchill, Price 4s. each.
In his First of April, the ladies who compose the present
Court of Beauty, are freely described and characterized, and
their follies severly reprehended.
An Election Ball, in letters from Mr. Inkle at Bath, to his
wife at Gloucester; a pleasant production of the much
esteemed Mr. Anstey, author of the Bath Guide, than whom,
none has appeared equally delectable in this class of
writers, since the days of Matthew Prior. Price 4s.
The New Bath Guide. Price 4s.
The Englishman's Fortnight at Paris, or the art of ruining
himself there in a few days said to be written by a Mr.
Rutledge, who really dissipated twelve thousand pounds in
that short space. A piece full of amusing incidents, and
displaying the knavery of many of the most notorious
characters of the age. Price 6s.
The Pupil of Pleasure, by Courtney Melmoth, in 2 vols. a
novel replete with incident and terminating in most pathetic
catastrophe; it is much read, and has lately passed through
many editions. Price 8s.
A Monstrous Good Lounge, addressed to the first man who
purchases the book, together with Yorick's Skull, or College
Yawnings with a specimen of the Shandean stile. Price 5s.
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