[A printed copy of Dr. Sacheverell's speech is now on our table,
but without any publisher's name. The following is a copy of the
title: "The Speech of Henry Sacheverell, D.D., upon his
Impeachment at the Bar of the House of Lords, in Westminster Hall,
March 7. 1709-10. London, Printed in the year 1710." On the back
of the title-page appears the following advertisement: "Just
published, Collections of Passages referred to by Dr. Henry
Sacheverell in his Answer to the Articles of his Impeachment,
under four Heads. I. Testimonies concerning the doctrine of
Non-resistance to the Supreme Powers. II. Blasphemous,
irreligious, and heretical Positions, lately published. III. The
Church and Clergy abused. IV. The Queen, State, and Ministry
reflected upon."]
_Princess Wilbrahama._--Advertisement of a pamphlet appearing in 1767:
"A plain Narrative of Facts relating to the Person who lately
passed under the assumed name of the Princess Wilbrahama, lately
detected at the Devizes: containing her whole History, from her
first Elopement with the Hon. Mrs. Sc***ts, till her Discovery and
Commitment to Devizes Bridewell; together with the very
extraordinary Circumstances attending that Discovery, and the
Report of a Jury of Matrons summoned on that Occasion, &c. London:
printed for the Author."
I shall be very thankful for any elucidation of the above case. It
appears to have been sufficiently popular to warrant the publisher in
engaging, as he says, "the best artists" to illustrate it with a series
of caricatures. I have never been able to meet with a copy in any public
library.