Law is a bottomless-pit. Exemplify'd in the case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who spent all they had in a law-suit. Printed from a manuscript found in the cabinet of the famous Sir Humphry Polesworth.

People / Organizations

• John Arbuthnot (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationer's-Hall, 1712.

Publication year

1712-1712

ESTC No.

N10367

Grub Street ID

375

Description

24p. ; 8⁰

Note

In fact by John Arbuthnot, M.D.; Sir Humphry Polesworth is a pseudonym.

Sometimes erroneously attributed to Jonathan Swift.

Pp. 11-14 incorrectly imposed: texts for p.11 and p.12 are reversed, and texts for p.13 and p.14 are reversed; a variant has pp.11-14 correctly imposed.

Price from imprint: Price 3d.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Teerink-Scouten