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[Rothschild 1032; Temple Scott p.248]. The true first edition of Goldsmith's The Deserted Village , as recently shown by William B.Todd. The duodecimos, which had previously thought to be trial issues by Hayward and others, are in fact piracies, published after the 4to edition.The catchword on p.9 (D1r) is misprinted 'careless' for 'thus', as in the Rothschild copy. The other poems in this volume are: The Nunnery [1762], The Magdalens [1763], The Nun [1764], and Yarico to Inkle[1766], all by Edward Jerningham,inscribed by the author to R.Marsham; Stillingfleet (Benjamin) Some Thoughts occasioned by the late Earthquakes [1750] Foxon S761; [Whitehead (William)] Variety.A tale for married people [1776]; Peregrine Pindar, Ode to the hero of Finsbury Square [1795]; [Gray (Thomas), An Elegy written in a country churchyard [1763]; [Anstey (Christopher)], An Election Ball, second edition,[Bath,1776]; [Anon], Peter.A Tale, [1744] Foxon P192; [Colls (John Henry)], A Poem[1787].

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