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"A humorous ballad by William Cowper; its full title is The Diverting History of John Gilpin, Showing How He Went Further Than He Intended and Came Safe Home Again. Gilpin, a successful London linen draper, goes on an excursion to Edmonton with his wife and family. Unfortunately, he elects to ride instead of joining them in the chaise, and the horse bolts with him all the way to Ware, in Hertfordshire, and then back to its stable in London. The ballad was immensely popular, and there are many illustrated editions." - - Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition
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Children's poetry, English wit and humor, Illustrated children's books, Juvenile fiction, Horsemanship, Specimens, Stories in rhyme, English Humorous poetry, Juvenile poetry, HorsesPeople
William Cowper, John GilpinPlaces
London, Edmonton, Ware, HertfordshireTimes
Written and set in 1782Showing 8 featured editions. View all 31 editions?
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The diverting history of John Gilpin: shewing how he went further than he intended, and came safe home again
1906, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Riverside Press
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The diverting history of John Gilpin: shewing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again
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The diverting history of John Gilpin: shewing how he went farther than he intended and came safe home again
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"Illustrated with humourous engravings"
Publisher's ads for 11 titles, "just published", on outside back cover, framed in same border design used on front cover
Moon, M. J. Harris (1992) 171
King Collection copy with hand-colored plates, bound in original buff stiff-paper wrappers with identical title page imprint completely framed by entwined leaf and flower pattern
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