The new theatre of fun [T116718] [ecco]

DMI number:

1367

Publication Date:

1778

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T116718

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW125448939

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BOD

Full Title:

THE NEW | THEATRE of FUN; | OR, THE | [i]MODERN ARISTOPHANES[/i] | IN HIGH GLEE. | BEING A | GENUINE COLLECTION OF | The JESTS, GIBES, WITTICISMS, BON-MOTS, PUNS, | REPARTEES, ANECDOTES, REMARKS, and | singular JOKES of | SAMUEL FOOTE, Esq; | INCLUDING ALSO THOSE OG | LORD LYTTLEYON, | Mess. GARRICK and CHURCHILL, Dr. GOLDSMITH, | Miss CATLEY, and other noted Personages. | Forming a high-seasoned, through impotent, OLION, | Of greater variety than ever was before presented to the public. | IN WHICH IS INCLUDED | The humerous JEUX-D'ESPRIT of the most celebrat- | ed LADIES both in the Theatre and at Court. | THE WHOLE CONCLUDING | [i]WITH A RICH VARIETY[/i] | Of smart [i]Conundrums[/i], diverting [i]Rebusses[/i], merry [i]Songs[/i], | humorous [i]Stories[/i], entertaining [i]Tales[/i], curious [i]AEnigmas[/i], singular [i]Epitaphs[/i], witty | [i]Epigrams, &c. &c. [/i] | Calculated for the entertainement of those who are | desirous to shine in polite company, and make | themselves agreeable to all around them. | [rule] | [e[igraph] | [double rule] | LONDON: | Sold by R. DURFEY, and J. CURDELL. | MDCCLXXVIII.

Epigraph:

ALL THE WORLD's A STAGE. SHAKESPEAR.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse and Collection including prose

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece.

Comments:

QUERY: arguably this is more of a jestbook than a miscellany - i.e. it has valuable stuff, but we're missing out a lot of other jestbooks. Contents: prose pp. [3]-72; prose epitaph pp. 73-74; prose riddles pp. 83-88.

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Sold by:

J. Curdell

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Sold by:

R. Durfey

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Bright as the gems the wealthy orients boast

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

Epitaph upon a very Lovely Boy.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The golden hair that D--y wears

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On a lady who wore False Hair.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me Dorinda why so gay

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

On the Countess of Dorchester, Mistress to King James the Second. Written in 1680.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

Once on a time an honest clown

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pp.75-76

Poem Title:

The Old Man, his Son, and his Ass.

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First Line:

I'm a hearty good fellow a ruby nosed sot

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pp.77-78

Poem Title:

Song.

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First Line:

Rail no more ye learned asses

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p.78

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

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p.78

Poem Title:

Written Extempore ... upon a Pane of Glass, with the Earl of Chesterfield's Pencil.

Attribution:

by Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

John run so long and run so fast

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman who expended his Fortune in Horse-Racing.

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Not attributed

First Line:

As nature Hervey's clay was blending

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p.79

Poem Title:

On the late Lord Hervey.

Attribution:

By Lord Chesterfield.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

With Sylvia said a noble lord

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By Lord Chesterfield.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

Whether sailor or not for a moment avast

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pp.80-81

Poem Title:

Epitaph. On an honest Sailor.

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First Line:

This is my last will | I insist on it still

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

The following is the singular will of Mr. William Hickington, lately deceased adn which has been proved in the Deanery-Court of York.

Attribution:

W. Hickington.

Attributed To:

William Hickington

First Line:

Whilst others sing in plaintive strain

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pp.81-82

Poem Title:

Lovely Polly.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Like Alexander Celia spends her power

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p.82

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Man's a poor deluded bubble

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p.82

Poem Title:

On Man.

Attribution:

By Lord Chesterfield.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

The things which heaven for blessings meant

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p.83

Poem Title:

Solution of the above Aenigma

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Not attributed

First Line:

Two things that heaven for blessings meant

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p.83

Poem Title:

An Aenigma

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First Line:

Arrah my honey my dear and my jewel

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p.85

Poem Title:

An Irish Love-Letter.

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First Line:

This world is the best that we live in

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

The World.

Attribution:

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First Line:

By my assistance merchants speak

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

I'm never very large in size

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p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

My face resembles all mankind

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

The sun shines clear serene the golden sky

Page No:

pp.89-90

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though very strange tis very true

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

You I love nor think I joke

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

A Declaration of Love.

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First Line:

A furious beast whose voice with terror reigns

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

Rebusses. I.

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First Line:

Add to the greatest and the best of men

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p.91

Poem Title:

III.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The letter oftenest in these lines repeat

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

II.

Attribution:

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First Line:

You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

The Numscull.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe now married looks on man no more

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

Chloe's Continence.

Attribution:

By Mr. Walsh.

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

Christ took the manhood the best of men became

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

III.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Stay passenger and though within

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

The following lines are on a small Cottage, in the rustic taste, built by the late -- Powes, Esq; on a Grove by the river Severn, about a mile from Little Walcot, in the County of Salop.

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First Line:

The lion fierce whose voice with terror reigns

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Solutions of the Rebusses. I.

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First Line:

Your rebus my dear friend I've perused

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

II.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Not born not dead not christened not begot

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

An Epitaph in a country Church-yard.

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First Line:

Two boys at Christmas dinner placed

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pp.93-94

Poem Title:

Plumb-Pudding. A Fable.

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Not attributed

First Line:

As Alexander all the world subdued

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

Alexander the Great.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tom Trotter last christmas most bitterly swore

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

The Wager.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet object of the zephyr's kiss

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

The Withering Rose.

Attribution:

The last Piece written by the late ingenious and lamented Mr. John Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham