1770 in literature

List of years in literature (table)
	... 1760 . 1761 . 1762 . 1763 . 1764 . 1765 . 1766 ...; 1767 1768 1769 -1770- 1771 1772 1773; ... 1774 . 1775 . 1776 . 1777 . 1778 . 1779 . 1780 ... In poetry: 1767 1768 1769 -1770- 1771 1772 1773
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The year 1770 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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John Armstrong - Miscellanies
James Beattie -An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
Edmund Burke - Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
William Duff - Critical Observations on the Writings of the Most Celebrated Geniuses in Poetry
Edward Gibbon - Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid
Oliver Goldsmith:
- The Life of Thomas Parnell
- Life of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw - A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince
Baron d'Holbach - The System of Nature
Samuel Johnson - The False Alarm
Catharine Macaulay - Observations on a Pamphlet Entitled, Thoughts on the Present Discontents (in response to Burke)
L. S. Mercier - Memoirs of the Year 2500
Thomas Percy - Northern Antiquities
Catherine Talbot - Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week
Augustus Montague Toplady - A Letter to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley
Voltaire - Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs
Arthur Young - A Six Months Tour Through the North of England

	Oh, What a Charming Thing's a Battle! "Oh, What a Charming Thing's a Battle!", from Charles Dibdin and Isaac Bickerstaff's The Recruiting Serjeant (1770). Sung by Leon Lishner.
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