A cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening; being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. : Between Sharp,-- a country parson. Bumper,-- a country justice. Fillpot,-- an inn-keeper. Graveairs,-- a deacon. Trim,-- a barber. Brim,-- a Quaker. Puff,-- a late representative. / Taken in short hand, by Sir Roger De Coverly. ; [Two lines from Horace]

Abstract

"Sir Roger De Coverly" is identified as Jonathan Sewall by F.P. Hill, who suggests Boston as place of publication. Also published under title: The Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen.