A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
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Description
- Title
- A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
- Creator
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow
Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
- Description
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Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics.
In English.
Title from first page.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from J. Pearson & Co., November 1929.
- Extent
- 1 24 cm. item (16 p.) ;
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 169
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Parody
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Ireland.
Celbridge (Ireland)
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Marlay, Richard, d. 1802.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. - Subject (Topic)
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English wit and humor
Parodies, English
Poverty
Travelers' writings, English
Description and travel
Social life and customs - Subjects
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Gay, John, 1685-1732
Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Marlay, Richard, d. 1802
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
English wit and humor
Parodies, English
Poverty > Ireland
Travelers' writings, English
Celbridge (Ireland) > Description and travel
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Robert Jephson, A Tour To Celbridge. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8332907
- Object ID (OID)
- 15956775
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