1770 in literature

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The year 1770 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

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