The London medley: or, the humours of the present age [T178390] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 89
- Publication Date:
- 1732
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T178390
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115636860
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | [i]LONDON[/i] MEDLEY: | OR, THE | HUMOURS | OF | The PRESENT AGE. | CONTAINING, | I. The Statesman turn'd Stockjobber: Or, A | New Sing-Song, to the Tune of [i]Chivy-Chase[/i]. | II. The Statesman's Soliloquy: Or, a Peni- | tential Hymn, upon the Conversion of a Sin- | ner, late of the Order of the RED RIBBON. | III. The Virgin's Prayer, in Behalf of her | Maidenhead, in Danger of being rifled by | the young rakish Quality. Consisting of | Four Epigrams, Satyrical, Diverting and | Instructive. | IV. A Satyrical Dissertaion upon some Mo- | dern Authors, with their Characters. | V. An Assylum for the Rich and Poor: Or, | A Panegyric on the Excellency of Tobacco. | VI. Weeping, Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth, | for the Downfal of a Pantyle Conventicle. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for S. SLOW, and W. HARRIS, | without [i]Temple-Bar[/i]. M,DCC,XXXII. | ([i]Price Six-pence[/i].)
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- Six-pence
- Pagination:
- 0
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Latin verse p. [20]; Latin inscription p. [21]; prose pp. [22]-29. MISCELLANY GENRE: miscellaneous verse, some on political/topical themes.
- First Line:
- All in the late great winter snow
- Page No:
- pp.3-12
- Poem Title:
- Lord Pole translated; or The D---l turn'd Chimney-sweeper: A Ballad. To the Tune of Chivy Chace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Alas poor tadpole how art thou
- Page No:
- pp.13-15
- Poem Title:
- Bob's Soliloquy; Or The Lamentation of a Sinner converted by a Song. To the Tune of the Children in the Wood.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O charity what art thou dead
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. On a Maid's Christmas Box.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The thirsty earth that gapes for rain
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Another. The Gapers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With what you see pray sirs make free
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Another.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome kind Christmas on our stage
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- Another.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I am a dapper barber slim and spare
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- For a Barber.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Halloo alloo alloo
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- On the sad and lamentable Destruction of the Meeting-House that was carry'd down the River by the Flood.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lo here invites the choice and friendly drug
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Application, By way of sober Exhortation to the Smoaking of Tobacco.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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