The complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality. Night the First. : Humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Esq; Speaker of the House of Commons.

The complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality. Night the First. : Humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Esq; Speaker of the House of Commons.

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Author / Creator:Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
Uniform title:Night thoughts. Night the 1st
Edition:The second edition.
Imprint:London : Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, 1742.
Description:30, [2] p. (last p. blank) ; 26 cm. (4to)
Language:English
Subject:
Death -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Immortality -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Apologetics -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Apologetics.
Christian life.
Death.
Immortality.
Early works.
Poetry.
Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy 1 bound with his: Night the second. London: Printed for R. Dodsley and T. Cooper, 1742. - Night the third. London: Printed for R. Dodsley and T. Cooper, 1742. - The complaint. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1743. - The complaint ... Night the fifth. London: R. Dodsley, 1744. - Night the sixth. London: R. Dodsley, 1744. - The complaint ... Night the seventh. London: G. Hawkins, 1744. -- The complaint ... Night the eighth. London: G. Hawkins, 1745.- The consolation. London: G. Hawkins, 1745.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3751138
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Varying Form of Title:Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality
Notes:Two extant issues of the 2nd ed. are noted. In the 1st issue, the word "Commons" on t.p. is printed in large capitals, the word "First" in the caption on p. [3] (except for the 1st letter) is printed in small capitals, and leaf D4, with the advertisement, is a cancel. in the 2nd issue, the word "Commons" on t.p. (except for the first letter) is printed in small capitals, the word "First" in the caption on p. [3] is printed entirely in large capitals, and leaf D4, with advertisement, is not a cancel. Cf. Pettit.
Signatures: A-D⁴.
Cf. Pettit, H. Bibl. of Young's Night Thoughts, 1b and 1c.
Cf. ESTC T30987; ESTC T165387.
Advertisement, p. [1] at end: Speedily will be publish'd, The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on life, death, and immortality. Night the second.

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