Dickory Cronke (Annotated)
The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder
Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Classics
| Author: | Daniel Defoe | ISBN: | 1230000304327 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | February 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| ISBN: | 1230000304327 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | February 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.
THE
DUMB PHILOSOPHER,
OR,
GREAT BRITAIN’S WONDER;
CONTAINING:
I. A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner’s son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and how, some days before he died, he came to his Speech; with Memoirs of his Life, and the Manner of his Death.
II. A Declaration of his Faith and Principles in Religion; with a Collection of Select Meditations, composed in his Retirement.
III. His Prophetical Observations upon the Affairs of Europe, more particularly of Great Britain, from 1720 to 1729. The whole extracted from his Original Papers, and confirmed by unquestionable Authority.
TO WHICH IS ANNEXED HIS ELEGY,
WRITTEN BY A YOUNG CORNISH GENTLEMAN, OF
EXETER COLLEGE IN OXFORD.
WITH
AN EPITAPH BY ANOTHER HAND.
*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.
THE
DUMB PHILOSOPHER,
OR,
GREAT BRITAIN’S WONDER;
CONTAINING:
I. A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner’s son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and how, some days before he died, he came to his Speech; with Memoirs of his Life, and the Manner of his Death.
II. A Declaration of his Faith and Principles in Religion; with a Collection of Select Meditations, composed in his Retirement.
III. His Prophetical Observations upon the Affairs of Europe, more particularly of Great Britain, from 1720 to 1729. The whole extracted from his Original Papers, and confirmed by unquestionable Authority.
TO WHICH IS ANNEXED HIS ELEGY,
WRITTEN BY A YOUNG CORNISH GENTLEMAN, OF
EXETER COLLEGE IN OXFORD.
WITH
AN EPITAPH BY ANOTHER HAND.
