Wraxall was the subject of George Colman’s famous epigram:
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Men, measures, scenes, and facts all
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Misquoting, misstating,
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Misplacing, misdating,
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Here lies
Sir Nathaniel Wraxall.
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For a time Warren Hastings had been thought to be the author of the Short Review, but this was denied in the House by his
agent, Major Scott. The pamphlet was also at one time wrongly attributed to Nathaniel Brassey Halhed.
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5.
The people’s answer to the Short review.
[?FRANCIS,
Sir Philip.]
The People’s answer to the court pamphlet: entitled A Short Review of the political state of Great Britain . . .
Second edition.
[
London:] printed for
J. Debrett,
mdcclxxxvii
. [1787.]
28 leaves including the half-title and the last blank.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Possibly by Sir Philip Francis, a reputed author of the Letters of Junius.
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6.
Retrospect of the Portraits in the Short Review.
[?ERSKINE,
Thomas, Baron Erskine.]
Retrospect of the Portraits lately delineated in the Short Review.
Third edition, revised; with large additions.
London: printed for
John Stockdale,
m dcc lxxxvii
. [Price
two shillings.] [1787.]
Imperfect, 46 leaves only, should be 54, lacks D
2-4, E
1, K
2-4, M
2 (pages 23-30, 71-76, 87-8); publisher’s advertisements on three pages at the end.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Possibly by Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor.
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7.
Prospects on the Rubicon by T. Paine
[Common sense
].
[PAINE,
Thomas.]
Prospects on the Rubicon: or, an investigation into the causes and consequences of the politics to be agitated at the meeting
of Parliament.
London: printed for
J. Debrett,
m dcc lxxxvii
. [1787.]
First Edition. 36 leaves.
Halkett and Laing IV, 448.
On the title Jefferson has written:
by Tho
s. Paine (Author of Common sense)
Written by Paine in 1787, on his return from France to England, in opposition to Pitt’s treaty with the King of Prussia against
the French and Dutch.
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8.
Speech of Henry Beaufoy in 1788. on the fisheries.
BEAUFOY,
Henry.
The Substance of the speech of Henry Beaufoy, Esq. to the British Society for extending the fisheries, &c. at their general court, held on Tuesday, March 25, 1788. To
which is added a copy of the act for the Society’s incorporation.
London: printed for
T. Cadell;
G. G. J. and J. Robinson;
C. Dilly; and
W. Creech,
Edinburgh,
1788.
