Misery is vertues whetstone. : Reliquiæ Gethinianæ. Or some remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin. Lately deceased. Being a collection of choice discourses, pleasant, apothegmes, and witty sentences. Written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. Published by her nearest relations to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads. The third edition. With a coppy of verses written by Mr. Congreve. Unto which is added a funeral sermon. With the inscription on her Monument.

Misery is vertues whetstone. : Reliquiæ Gethinianæ. Or some remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin. Lately deceased. Being a collection of choice discourses, pleasant, apothegmes, and witty sentences. Written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. Published by her nearest relations to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads. The third edition. With a coppy of verses written by Mr. Congreve. Unto which is added a funeral sermon. With the inscription on her Monument.

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Author / Creator:Gethin, Grace, Lady, 1676-1697.
Imprint:London : Printed for John Graves at the Bible in Salisbury-street in the Strand, 1703.
Description:[6],3-7,[5],90,[8],28[i.e.24]p.,plates : port. ; 4⁰.
Language:English
Subject:
Funeral sermons -- Early works to 1800.
Funeral sermons.
Sermons.
Early works.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10282069
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Other uniform titles:Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Birch, Peter, 1652?-1710. Funeral sermon preach'd on the decease of Grace Lady Gethin, wife of Sir Richard Gethin, Baronet, on the 28 day of March, 1700 at Westminster-Abby
Notes:Printer's name from Pforzheimer catalogue.
Preface signed: J. M.
A reissue of the second edition of 1700, with a cancel titlepage, the insertion of 'Verses sacred to the memory of Grace Lady Gethin' by William Congreve after the preface, and a blank leaf pasted over 'Inscription on the Lady Gethins monument' on the final page of Dr. Birch' sermon at end.
'A funeral sermon' by Dr. Birch has separate titlepage 'printed by D. Edwards' dated 1700, and separate pagination and register. It was apparently also published separately (Wing B2937).
P.24 of 'A funeral sermon' misnumbered 28.
"A funeral sermon" identified as Wing B2937 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 375.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Pforzheimer, 204
English Short Title Catalog, T94750.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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