The art of life...to which as added, some other select pieces [T55596] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 569
- Publication Date:
- 1737
- ESTC number:
- T55596
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110297675
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod.
- Full Title:
- THE | ART of LIFE; | AN | EPISTLE | TO | [i]J- - -. R- - - -.[/i] Esq; | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | To which is added, | Some other Select PIECES, | On various SUBJECTS, entirely New. | WITH | A TRANSLATION of a [i]Latin[/i] POEM, | ENTITLED, | [i]ABRAMIS[/i]. | Publish'd in the YEAR 1735. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for L. GILLIVER and J. CLARKE, at | [i]Homer's Head[/i], over-against [i]St. Dunstan's Church[/i] in | [i]Fleet-Street[/i], and at their Shop in [i]Westminster-Hall[/i]; | and Sold by J. ROBERTS in [i]Warwick-Lane:[/i] Also | by Mr. THURLBOURN at [i]Cambridge[/i], and Mr. | FLETCHER at [i]Oxford[/i]. M,DCC,XXXVII. | [Price Six-Pence.]
- Epigraph:
- [i] -- Versate diu quid ferre recusent, | Quid valeant humeri --[/i] HOR. | [i]-- Sit quodvis Simplex duntaxet et unum. [/i] HOR. | [i]Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis. | Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum, | Quam aut aquila, aut Serpens Epidaurius? -- [/i] HOR.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 6 d
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Includes 'Advertisement to the Reader' pp. 15-16.
- Publisher:
- J. Clarke
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Lawton Gilliver
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- J[ames] Roberts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Mr. Fletcher
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Mr. Thurlbourn
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Thou blessed with every choicest gift in life
- Page No:
- pp.3-14
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Life, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam | Since of my muse's silence you complain
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable Lady E- - - - H- - - -.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Townly the gayest man in life
- Page No:
- pp.19-24
- Poem Title:
- The Careless Husband: Or, the City Bride.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When England's Proteus first a helpmeet took
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Twice Marry'd, never Match'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your savage manners when you would excuse
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- To Vitriol Touchwood, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Afric her serpents dreads the crocodile
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- Socrates to Alcibiades.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cloddy to market jogs to purchase sheep
- Page No:
- pp.27-29
- Poem Title:
- The Marketeers, Cloddy and Hob. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cuddy's a wealthy clown near Avon's streams
- Page No:
- pp.29-34
- Poem Title:
- Cuddy's Hog. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Isgrim on open rapine lived
- Page No:
- pp.35-38
- Poem Title:
- The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas kindly done good people thus to come
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue to the Committee.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Faith's triumph and th' heroic youth I sing
- Page No:
- pp.41-55
- Poem Title:
- Abramis: Or The Victory of Faith
- Attribution:
- Philomusus / Mr. Luck
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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