The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune : now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand (1720)
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, Bond, William, d. 1735, Gucht, Michael, van der, 1660-1775, engraver · London : Printed for E. Curll, and sold by W. Mears ... [and 5 others] · leaf 34
The HISTORY OF THE L IF E Surpming ADVENTURES O F Mr. Duncan Camphell. The Introduction. ,F all the Writings delivered ina Hiftorical manner to theWorld; none certainly wereever held in greater Efteem than thofe , which give us the ^^^®^^ Lives of diftinguifhed privateMen at full length; and, as I… … ^ T^^Ltfe ^.nd Advektuhes Life. Such curious Fragments of Biographyare the Ra»*;ries, which great Men feek afterwith eager Induftry, and, when found ; prizethem as the Chief Jewels and Ornaments,that enrich their Libraries: And defervedly ;for they are the Beauties of the greateft MensLives handed…
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