The London Medley [T41156] [ECCO]

DMI number:

57

Publication Date:

1731

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T41156

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110297472

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 1826

Full Title:

THE | [i]LONDON[/i] MEDLEY; | CONTAINING THE | EXERCISES | Spoken by | Several Young NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN, | AT | The Annual Meeting of the WESTMINSTER | SCHOLARS, | On the 28th of [i]Jan[/i]. 1730-31, at WESTMINSTER-SCHOOL; | Before His ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE, the Right | Honourable the Lords CARTERET, CHETWYND, and HAR-| VEY; the Right Honourable WILLIAM PULTENEY, Esq; and | many other Noblemen and Gentlemen. | The THESIS being on a Parallel between | the ANCIENTS and the MODERNS. | In which were ingeniously handled many Notable | SUBJECTS. | [i]VIZ.[/i] | [two columns] The ROYAL FAMILY's Hunting in | [i]Windsor-Forest[/i]. | Upon ORGANS, HERALDRY, AC-| TORS, ARCHITECTURE, WIT, POE-| TRY, SCULPTURE, Queen ELIZA- | BETH's Days, LOVE, TOBACCO; | the late Sir ISAAC NEWTON's PHI- | LOSOPHY, the Practice of the | LAW, Count HEYDEGGER's En-| tertainments, Learning. | With the Conclusion to the DUKE, | spoke by a Young Nobleman: | As also the Prologue by a [i]West-| mister[/i] SCHOLAR. [/column one] | [column two] To which are added, PANDORA, an | admirable POEM. | ODE for the New Year 1731, | humbly inscrib'd to the Poet | LAUREAT, by STEPHEN DUCK. | An HYMN to the LAUREAT. | To a Young Lady in the City on | her BIRTH-DAY. | Verses on the Right Honourable | WM. PULTENEY Esq; | A Farewel to LOVE and WOMEN, | written by a Col. of the Guards. | Verses on Mr. DENNIS of the CRI-| TICK. [/column two] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the [i]Oxford-Arms[/i] in [i]War-| wick-Lane.[/i] (Price 6[i]d[/i].)

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

6 d

Pagination:

0

Comments:

CONTENTS: poems pp. 1-13 are the 'exercises' spoken at the event. MISCELLANY GENRE: occasional verses plus topical verses.

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Publisher:

James Roberts

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane.

Content/Publication

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Near the famed palace where the British court

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pp.1-2

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The Thesis. The Parallel between the Ancients and the Moderns.

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Go faithless organ to deceive thy trust

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p.3

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Ye haughty ancients with respect profound

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When first his long laborious travels past

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Your antique actors as we read

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Some for the ancients zealously declare

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Some squeamish palates difficult to please

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pp.5-6

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Behold this venerable bust

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pp.6-7

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Old Epicurus was employed

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Without offence may we have leave to praise

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pp.7-8

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Hail Indian plant to ancient times unknown

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pp.8-9

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Perrault the Frenchman needs would prove

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p.8

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What classic land but still displays

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p.8

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The plan of Ptolemy and Tycho's scheme

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The ancient columns are so fine

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When Goths and Vandals southward forced their way

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Is that the point which lays the justest claim

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When famed Count Heydegger advances

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p.11

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Spoke by Mr. Pitt, Son of the late Earl of Londonderry.

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While still the lawyer's library increases

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p.11

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Spoke by Mr. Coke, Son to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovel.

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The power of learning to improve mankind

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pp.12-13

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The Conclusion. To his Royal Highness the Duke; Spoke by the Right Honourable the Earl of Holderness.

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What learning has been long ago

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p.12

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Without respect to Westminster at all

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p.12

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Spoken by Mr. Vane, Son to the Right Hon. the Lord Barnard.

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Ye judges say if we can merit praise

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pp.13-14

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The Prologue.

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Po blast the man that durst aspire

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pp.14-18

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Pandora: A Poem.

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Cibber accept these feeble lays

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

A Hymn to the Laureat.

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By Mrs. Mary Chapman

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Accept o Cibber the adventurous lay

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pp.19-21

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Ode for the New Year, 1731. Humbly inscribed to the Poet Laureat: Occasion'd by his late Ode for the New Year. Epigraph: Semel in Anno ridit Apollo.

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By Stephen Duck

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Stephen Duck

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M'unactive years devouring envy blame

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pp.21-23

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Mr. Stephen Duck's Speech to Envy, in Regard of his own Works.

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Mr. Stephen Duck

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Stephen Duck

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In those disastrous and licentious times

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pp.23-27

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The British Lady.

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Welcome as May its ancient gloom thrown by

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pp.27-28

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To a Young Lady in Pater-Noster-Row, on her Birth-Day, November 12, 1730.

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John I advise thee out of love

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pp.28-29

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To Mr. Dennis the Critick.

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Thanks to the girl's indulgence now at last

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pp.29-30

Poem Title:

An Adieu to Women.

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Written by a Colonel of the Guards

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Who that befriends the generous good or wise

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p.29

Poem Title:

Verses on the Right Hon. William Pulteney Esq;

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