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The governess, or, Evening amusements, at a boarding school
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Book cover: marbled

The governess, or, Evening amusements, at a boarding school

Date1800
Format
Notes
Publisher's advertisements on pages [2-3] at end. Sig. E1 bears the imprint of Tegg and Dewick at the foot, and from that point the leaves are signed and gathered in sixes, instead of eighteens, and the long s is abandoned.
Contents: Almalic and Hassan, or, The road to Happiness -- The English merchant -- Hassan, King of Golconda -- Luxury -- On reproof -- The three little fishes -- The school of adversity -- Benevolence of an Emperor of China -- The penitent -- The surrender of Calais -- The water of folly -- The nature and consequences of ingratitude -- The folly of discontent -- The dispensations of providence -- Story of the Grand Duke of Tuscany -- The florist and bull-bull -- Haroun Abraschid -- The man of spleen, or, The unexpected transition -- Zaphna -- The happiness of a virtuous life -- An Oriental fable -- An allegorical, eastern story -- The friends -- Revenge, an apilogue -- Gratitude -- Fatima -- Zemroude.
DimensionsCover size: 14 cm x 9 cm (5 1/2 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131054892047D