The occasional writer.

All titles

• The occasional writer.
• Occasional writer (London, England : 1730).
• Good, gentle, and courteous reader! no. 2

People / Organizations

• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London [England]: printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, 1730. And sold by the booksellers, and at the pamphlet-shops, of London and Westminster, [1730]

Publication year

1730-1730

ESTC No.

P2751

Grub Street ID

56331

Description

v. ; 8⁰ (20 cm.)

Note

Signed: The Occasional writer; sometimes attributed to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke.

Caption title of no. 2 from first page of text.

With note at end of text of no. 2 which reads in part: "These Occasional writers having been pyrated, ... the author intends, in a very little time, to exhibit his lucubrations to the world, under the ... title of The Patriot, upon two ... days in the week ..."; no publicatio with this title has been traced for the 1730s.

Satirical essay upon the reputation of the writer, with comments on politics and Britain's role in European affairs.