This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...at Bridgewater.--Bannister. t The other two shares belonged to Curll and his partner Pemberton. After he had said this, he fell into horrible gripings, upon which Mr. Lintot advised him to repeat the Lord's prayer. He desired his wife to step into the shop for a common prayer-book, and read it by the help of a candle ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...at Bridgewater.--Bannister. t The other two shares belonged to Curll and his partner Pemberton. After he had said this, he fell into horrible gripings, upon which Mr. Lintot advised him to repeat the Lord's prayer. He desired his wife to step into the shop for a common prayer-book, and read it by the help of a candle without hesitation. He closed the book, fetched a groan, and recommended to Mrs. Curll to give forty shillings to the poor of the parish of St. Dunstan's, and a week's wages advance to each of his gentlemen-authors, with some small gratuity in particular to Mrs. Centlivre. The poor man continued for some hours with all his disconsolate family about him in tears, expecting his final dissolution; when of a sudden he was surprisingly relieved by a plentiful fetid stool, which obliged them all to retire out of the room. Notwithstanding, it is judged by Sir Richard Blackmore, that the poison is still latent in his body, and will infallibly destroy him by slow degrees in less than a month. It is to be hoped, the other enemies of this wretched stationer will not further pursue their revenge, or shorten this short period of his miserable life. FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE MOST DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF MR. EDMUND CURLL, BOOKSELLER; SINCE HIS BEING POISONED ON THE 28TH OF MARCH. TO BE PUBLISHED WEEKLY. LONDON PRINTED, AND SOLD BY ALL THE PUBLISHERS, MERCURIES, AND HAWKERS, WITHIN THE BILLS OF MORTALITY. 1716. HE public is already acquainted with the manner of Mr. Curll's empoisonment, by a faithful, though unpolite historian of Grub Street. 1 am but the continuer of his history; yet I hope a due distinction will be made between an undignified scribbler of a sheet and a half, and the author of a threepenny stitched book, like myself. "Wit," says Sir Ri...
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