Author
William Combe
British writer and adventurer (1742-1823)
William Combe was a British miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer; his later life was passed chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is most notable as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's colour plates, that satirised William Gilpin. Combe also wrote a series of imaginary letters, supposed to have been written by the second, or "wicked" Lord Lyttelton. Of a similar kind were his letters between Swift and "Stella". He also wrote the letterpress for various illustrated books, and was a general hack.
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Ebooks by William Combe
An Heroic Epistle to the Right Honourable the Lord Craven (3rd Ed.)
William Combe
The first of April; or, The triumphs of folly: A poem dedicated to a celebrated duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad.
William Combe
The History of Johnny Quæ Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax.: A Poem by the Author of the Three Tours.
William Combe
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