The curiosity: or gentleman and ladies repository (Part 1) [T187818] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 623
- Publication Date:
- 1740
- ESTC number:
- T187818
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114288360
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | CURIOSITY: | OR, | Gentlemen and Ladies | REPOSITORY. | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1] I. The Splended [sic] Shilling | in imitation of [i]Milton[/i]. | And, | II. Verses to a Lady with [i]Milton[/i]'s Paradise Lost. | By Mr. [i]Phillips[/i]. | III. The Furniture of a | Woman's Mind. And, | IV. A Meditation upon a | [i]Broom-Stick :[/i] Accord- | ing to the Stile and | Manner of the Hon | [i]Robert Boyle[/i]'s Meditati | ons. By Dean [i]Swift[/i]. | V. A Consolation for | Cuckoldom. | VI. The surly Constable | meets with his Match. | VII A merry Poem on | [column 2] the Taking [i]Port Santa | Maria [/i], in [i]Spain[/i], by his | late Grace of [i]Ormond[/i]. | VIII The Extravagant | Drunkard's Wish. | IX. A Silly Wife the | worst of Evils. | X. [i]Joseph[/i]'s Modesty. | XI. The Symptoms of | Love in young Lasses. | XII. To Mr. [i]Glover[/i], Au- | thor of [i]Leonidas[/i]. | XIII. A [i]Lapland[/i] Song. | From the Spectator | Vol 5 No. 366. | XIV. The [i]London[/i] Lamp. | XV. The Bargain. A | Tale. [end columns] | [rule] | PART I. | [rule] | LYNN: | Printed and Sold by W. GARRATT. 1740. | [Price Four-Pence.]
- Place of Publication:
- King's Lynn
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 4 d.
- Bibliographic details:
- Pagination is continuous.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Booksellers advertisement on verso of tp; prose essay ('A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick') pp.14-15. 'The End of the First Part' at end of volume. OTHER NOTES: "Title page verso includes booksellers advertisement. Selections of verse from various sources; some items previously published" (ESTC). Although tp designates this as 'Part 1', ESTC notes that 'Issue lacks chronological designation. No more known to have been published.' Marginalia on tp of ECCO copy.
- References:
- Crane & Kaye, 1181. Times handlist, p. 219 (ESTC).
- Printer:
- William Garratt
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- Page No:
- pp.3-11
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See here how bright the first-born virgin shone
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady with Milton's Paradise Lost.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A set of phrases learnt by rote
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- The Furniture of a Woman's Mind.
- Attribution:
- By Dean Swift
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- In France de one man's drink no make
- Page No:
- pp.15-17
- Poem Title:
- A Consolation for Cuckoldom.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One night a toper strolling void of fear
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- The surly Constable meets with his Match.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Lewis strove as all agree
- Page No:
- pp.18-24
- Poem Title:
- A Merry Poem on the Taking Port Santa Maria, in Spain, by his late Grace of Ormond.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Had I my wish I would distend my guts
- Page No:
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- The Extravagant Drunkard's Wish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In days of yore as scriptures tell
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- Joseph's Modesty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of all the plagues of human life
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- A Silly Wife the worst of Evils.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature broods fifteen years then hatches love
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- The Symptoms of Love in young Lasses.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though envy will not of thy worth admit
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Glover, Author of Leonidas.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou rising sun whose gladsome ray
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- A Lapland Song. From the Spectator, Vol. V. No. 366.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Light thou bright efflux from the ethereal world
- Page No:
- pp.28-30
- Poem Title:
- The London Lamp.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two welshmen partners in a cow
- Page No:
- pp.30-32
- Poem Title:
- The Bargain. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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