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The Flagellant
Title
The Flagellant [electronic resource].
Published
London [England] : printed for the authors; and sold by T. and J. Egerton, near Whitehall, M DCC XCII. [1792]
Physical Description
9 v. ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Weekly
Extent
No. I. Thursday, March 1, 1792.-
Ceased with: No.9 [ Apr. 26, 1792]. Cf. NCBEL.
Numbering Peculiarities
No more published.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
On no. 1, p. 4: "Avowedly written by the Westminster Boys"; authorship attributed to Robert Southey, among others, while at Westminster School (cf. NCBEL).
Title from half-title; title page of no. 1 lacking in copy cataloged.
Title and designation repeated as caption on first page of text.
Imprint from title page of no.2; imprint includes year of publication.
Satiric essays against flogging, invoking Christian theology and attributing corporal punishment to the Devil.
Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Houghton Library.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Format
Journals & Newspapers / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2006
References
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1289
Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p.26
English short title catalogue, ESTCP2562.
Crane, R.S. Census of British newspapers and periodicals, 1620-1800, 240
Subjects
Genre/Form
Essays - England - 18th century.
Periodicals - England - 18th century.
Also listed under
Great Britain England London.
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