The Egg, or Memoirs of Gregory Giddy, Esq; With the lucubrations of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederic Florid, and Ben Bombast. To which are added, The Private Opinions of Patty Pout, Lucy Luscious, and Priscilla Positive. Also The Memoirs of a Right Honourable Puppy. Or, the Bon Ton Display'd: together with The Anecdotes of a Right Honourable Scoundrel. Conceived by a Celebrated Hen, and laid before the public by a Famous Cock-Feeder.

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Title The Egg, or Memoirs of Gregory Giddy, Esq; With the lucubrations of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederic Florid, and Ben Bombast. To which are added, The Private Opinions of Patty Pout, Lucy Luscious, and Priscilla Positive. Also The Memoirs of a Right Honourable Puppy. Or, the Bon Ton Display'd: together with The Anecdotes of a Right Honourable Scoundrel. Conceived by a Celebrated Hen, and laid before the public by a Famous Cock-Feeder.
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Pagination 3, 232
Date of Publication 1772
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Date of First Publication 1772
Imprint Printed for S. Smith, in Pater-Noster-Row, and sold by all other Booksellers in Town and Country.
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Location of Printing London GB
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Notes Epigraph on the title page, by the author(s), reads:

The Title of our Egg is but the Shell,
The Meat, or Sense, its Excellence will tell.
Then crack the Shell, with Candour read the Book,
And judge the Author as you judge a Cook.
Come with a sharp keen mental Appetite;
We hope our Egg will feast you with Delight.
If Satisfaction's giv—we think, at least,
You ought to thank the Founder of the Feast.
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Unknown, [Man], Unknown, [Woman]. The Egg, or Memoirs of Gregory Giddy, Esq; With the lucubrations of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederic Florid, and Ben Bombast. To which are added, The Private Opinions of Patty Pout, Lucy Luscious, and Priscilla Positive. Also The Memoirs of a Right Honourable Puppy. Or, the Bon Ton Display'd: together with The Anecdotes of a Right Honourable Scoundrel. Conceived by a Celebrated Hen, and laid before the public by a Famous Cock-Feeder.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26132, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26132. Accessed 2024-05-05. 

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