"Now take a Simile at Hand, / Compare the mental Soil to Land."
Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds
At least 20 entries in ESTC (1751, 1752, 1753, 1755, 1760, 1767, 1771, 1776, 1781, 1782, 1786, 1787, 1790, 1794, 1798).<br>
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Text from <u>Various Pieces in Verse and Prose</u>, 2 vols. (London: J. Dodsley, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zXT3KLT74J4C">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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See also Nathaniel Cotton, <u>Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds.</u> 2nd edition (London: Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; and Sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row, 1751). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113883766&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3317188183&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to 2nd edition</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Visions in Verse: For the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds. A New Edition.</u> (London: J. Dodsley, 1790). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=V6oDAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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The revised and enlarged 3rd edition adds a new, ninth vision: "Death. Vision the Last"