The drunkard's legacy in four parts [electronic resource] : First - Of a gentleman's having a wild son, and sore-seeing he would come to Poverty, had a Cottage built with one Door to it, always kept fast. His Father on his Dying-Bed, charged him not to open it 'till he was poor and slighted, which the Young Man promised he would perform. Secondly - Of the Young Man's pawning his Estate to a Vintner, who when poor, kicked him out of Doors. Thinking it Time to see his Legacy, he broke open the Door, where instead of Money, found a Gibbet and a Halter, which he put round his Neck, and jumping off the Stool, the Gibbet broke, and a Thousand Pounds came down upon his Head, which lay hid in the Ceiling. Thirdly-Of his redeeming the Estate; and fooling the Vintner out of Two Hundred Pounds, who for fear of being jeered by his Neighbours, cut his own Throat. And lastly, - Of the young man's reformation. Very proper to be read by all who are given to drunkenness.
1800
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The drunkard's legacy in four parts [electronic resource] : First - Of a gentleman's having a wild son, and sore-seeing he would come to Poverty, had a Cottage built with one Door to it, always kept fast. His Father on his Dying-Bed, charged him not to open it 'till he was poor and slighted, which the Young Man promised he would perform. Secondly - Of the Young Man's pawning his Estate to a Vintner, who when poor, kicked him out of Doors. Thinking it Time to see his Legacy, he broke open the Door, where instead of Money, found a Gibbet and a Halter, which he put round his Neck, and jumping off the Stool, the Gibbet broke, and a Thousand Pounds came down upon his Head, which lay hid in the Ceiling. Thirdly-Of his redeeming the Estate; and fooling the Vintner out of Two Hundred Pounds, who for fear of being jeered by his Neighbours, cut his own Throat. And lastly, - Of the young man's reformation. Very proper to be read by all who are given to drunkenness.
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[Wakefield] : Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Wakefield, [1800?]
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8 p. : ill. ; 16mo.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
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English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T223289
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Great Britain -- England -- Wakefield.
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