Author : Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount)
Release : 1749
Genre : Great Britain
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism by : Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount)
Download or read book Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism written by Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount). This book was released on 1749. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attributed to Viscount Bolingbroke in NUC pre-1956. To recommend himself to Frederick, prince of Wales, Bolingbroke entrusted to Alexander Pope his unpublished manuscript of three works: 'The patriot king' dated December 1738; an essay previously written upon the 'Spirit of patriotism' and afterwards addressed to Lord Lyttelton; and a paper on 'The state of parties at the accesssion of George I.' Pope's secret publication of 1500 copies of 'The patriot king' led Bolingbroke to anonymously publish a "correct edition" in 1749 edited by David Mallet. Cf. DNB and advertisement (p. v-xi)