The capacity and extent of the human understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Automathes; a young nobleman, who was accidentally left in his infancy, upon a desolate island, and continued nineteen years in that solitary state, separate from All Human Society. A narrative Abounding with many surprizing Occurrences, both Useful and Entertaining to the Reader.

  • Kirkby, John, 1705-1754.
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M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]
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History of Autonȯu̇s

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Dublin : printed by George Faulkner, M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]

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228p. ; 120.

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The fourth edition.

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ESTC N26587

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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