Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826 [1797], The Algerine captive, or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines, volume 1 (, Walpole, NH) [word count] [eaf407v1].
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CHAP. XVI.
The lady Bau&longs;&longs;iere rode on.
Tristram Shandy.
ARGUMENT.
Doctor Underhill vi&longs;iteth Bo&longs;ton, and maketh
no Remarks.
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Having collected &longs;ome &longs;mall
dues for profe&longs;&longs;ional &longs;ervices, rendered certain
merchants and lawyers' clerks, I concluded
to make a &longs;hort tour, to Bo&longs;ton,
for the purpo&longs;e of purcha&longs;ing a few medical
authors and drugs. I carried letters
of introduction, from my preceptor, to
the late Dr. Jo&longs;eph Gardner, and other
gentlemen of the faculty. The wit and
wine of this worthy man &longs;till reli&longs;h on
recollection. The remarks I made upon
this ho&longs;pitable, bu&longs;y, national, town born
people; my ob&longs;ervations upon their manners,
habits, local virtues, cu&longs;toms, and
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prejudices; the elocution of their principal
clergymen; with anecdotes of publick
characters, I deal not in private foibles;
and a comparitive view of their
manners, at the beginning, and near the
clo&longs;e of the eighteenth century, are pronounced,
by the partiality of &longs;ome friends,
to be original, and to tho&longs;e who know the
town, highly intere&longs;ting. If this homespun
hi&longs;tory of private life, &longs;hall be approved,
the&longs;e remarks will be publi&longs;hed
by them&longs;elves in a future edition of this
work. I quitted Bo&longs;ton, with great reluctance,
having &longs;eventeen invitations to
dinner, be&longs;ides tea parties, on my hands.
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Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826 [1797], The Algerine captive, or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines, volume 1 (, Walpole, NH) [word count] [eaf407v1].
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