1767 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Non-fiction 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• New Testament translated into Manx.
• Richard Price publishes his first volume of sermons.

[edit] New books

• The Female American (anonymous)
• Hugh Kelly - Memoirs of a Magdalen, or the History of Louisa Mildmay
• Frances Sheridan
  • Continuation of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (posthumously published)
  • The History of Nourjahad

[edit] Non-fiction

• Richard Farmer - Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare
• Adam Ferguson - Essay on the History of Civil Society
• Paul Henry Thiry, Baron d'Holbach -Christianisme dévoilé
• Laurence Sterne - Journal to Eliza (posthumously published)

[edit] Births

• January 1 : Maria Edgeworth (died 1849)
• October 25 : Benjamin Constant (died 1830)

[edit] Deaths

• July 15 : Michael Bruce (born 1746)
• December 22 : John Newbery, publisher (born 1713)