The Grub-Street Miscellany [T92599] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 58
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T92599
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113285307
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding C 1426
- Full Title:
- THE | [i]GRUB-STREET[/i] | MISCELLANY, | In PROSE and VERSE. | CONTAINING, | [two columns] [column 1] I. A Paraphrase upon the 18th | Psalm. | II. The Pleasures of a Country | Life in a Letter to a Friend. | III. Verses on Mrs. [i]S- H-[/i]. | IV. A Petition of several of the | Inhabitants of [i]Ireland[/i] humbly | presented to the Parliament. | V. The Wish in a Letter to a | Friend. | VI. A Poem on the Day of | Judgment. | VII. A Song to [i]Venus[/i]. | VIII. An [i]Epithalamium[/i] upon | the Marriage of a [i]quondam[/i] | Mistress. | IX. Verses to [i]S- L-[/i] of | [i]Kensington[/i], Gent. | X. The Battle of the Muses in | [i]Somerset[/i] Gardens. | XI. Verses on the [i]Royal Oak.[/i] | XII. A Song, to the Tune of, | [i]The Lass of[/i] Patie'[i]s Mill[/i], &c. | XIII. The Fable of the [i]Dog[/i] | and the [i]Raven[/i]. [/column 1] | [column 2] XIV. A Letter in Prose. | XV. A Letter to the Author, | shewing who are properly | living Members of the State. | XVI. A Hunting Song. | XVII. The Gazer. A Poem. | XVIII. Verses on the Spring. | XIX. On Love. | XX. The Power of Love. A | Song. To the Tune of, | [i]When Beauty does her Power | pursue[/i], &c. | XXI. [i]Strephon[/i]'s Complaint. A | Song. | XXII. An Epitaph upon the | Lady [i]M--[/i]'s Lap dog. | XXIII. A Letter out of the | Country, in answer to one | that was sent from the [i]Devil[/i] | Tavern. | XXIV. The Farewell, A Song. | XXV. A Poem on the Death | of Mother [i]N-d-m[/i] the ce-| lebrated [i]English[/i] B-d. [/column 2] | [rule] | Written by Mr. [i]Bavius[/i] Jun. [i]F. G. S.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. WILFORD, at the [i]Three Flower-de-| Luces[/i] behind the [i]Chapter-house[/i] in St. [i]Paul[/i]'s Church-| yard; and sold by the Booksellers, and at the | Pamphlet-Shops of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. 1731. | [[i]Price[/i] 1 [i]s[/i].]
- Epigraph:
- [i]Readers, unless downright ill Nature seize you, | The Devil's in't if nothing here will please you.[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Newspaper spinoff
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Pagination:
- 0
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Prose items pp. 9-10, 32, 33-38.
- Other matter:
- BACK MATTER: Errata p. 54.
- Publisher:
- J Wilford
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces behind the Chapter-house in St. Paul's Churchyard; and sold by the Booksellers, and at the Pamphlet-Shops of London and Westminster.
- First Line:
- Rouse rouse my soul and praise Jehovah's name
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase on the 18th Psalm.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be not surprized dear B--n though you see
- Page No:
- pp.3-8
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from a Friend in the Country to one in Town.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Without affectation witty
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- On Mrs. S-- H---
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To you dear sir this humble scroll I send
- Page No:
- pp.10-14
- Poem Title:
- The Wish: In a Letter to a Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Parent of all things mighty lord
- Page No:
- pp.14-18
- Poem Title:
- On the Day of Judgment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come Cyprian goddess lend thy aid
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail thou bright parent of the day
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- An Epithalamium upon the Marriage of a quondam Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This poem I send
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Verses to S--- L--- Gent.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- So gallants tis too frequently your hap
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- The Battle of the Muses in Somerset Gardens. Bella, horida Bella. Virg. Wrote under the Piazza. Scrib. Post Voluptatem Misericordia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail royal arbour sacred tree
- Page No:
- pp.23-25
- Poem Title:
- Verses upon the Royal Oak.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The charming Whitehall maid
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- A Song, to the Tune of, The Lass of Patie's Mill.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A raven once no little sinner
- Page No:
- pp.26-31
- Poem Title:
- The Fable of the Dog and Raven.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No longer slumbering lie sir
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- A Hunting Song, to the Tune of, There was a Jovial Beggar, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Chloe at her window sat
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- The Gazer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome spring
- Page No:
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- Verses on the Spring.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If the soft passion does but mutual prove
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- On Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Venus does our souls inspire
- Page No:
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Love. A Song. To the Tune of When Beauty does her Power, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Successless Strephon sought the grove
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone ah woeful case
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph upon my Lady M- 's Lapdog.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yours I have got
- Page No:
- pp.46-48
- Poem Title:
- A Letter out of the Country, in answer to one that was sent from the Devil Tavern.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell you happy pleasing shades
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- The Farewell. To the Tune of: To all you Ladies &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst other poets sound Galisha's praise
- Page No:
- pp.50-54
- Poem Title:
- A Poem on the Death of Mother N--d--m, the famous English Bawd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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