The polite miscellany containing variety of food for the mind [T117528] [ecco]

DMI number:

942

Publication Date:

1764

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T117528

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116341649

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

THE | POLITE MISCELLANY: | CONTAINING | Variety of Food for the Mind; | BEING AN | ELEGANT COLLECTION | OF | Moral Humorous, and Improving Essays, &c. | BOTH IN PROSE AND VERSE. | AMONG WHICH ARE, | [2 columns] [col1] Reflections on Courtship and | Marriage, | IV. Oriental Eclogues | Remarkable Anecdotes, or se- | cret Histories of Eminent | Persons, | Extracts from the Works of Voltair, Churchill & other | great Genius's, | Rules for the Conduct of Life, | and Sayings of Wise Men, | Select Histories, [/col1] | [col2] Striking Characters, | Instructive Letters, | Dialogues on Toleration and | Travel, | Receipts in Physic and other | Art and Sciences, | Improvements in Husbandry, | Inscriptions on Monuments, | &c. | Fables, Pastorals, Elegies, E- | pitaphs, and Epigrams, [/col2] | With many other curious Articles, by the best Authors. | [rule] | [epitaph] | [double rule] | MANCHESTER: | Printed by R. WHITWORTH, MDCCLXIV.

Epigraph:

[i]Above the rest that Author hits the White | Who strives to mingle Profit with Delight.[/i]

Place of Publication:

Manchester

Genres:

Periodical miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Appears to have been originally printed and sold in parts of 8pp. These are undated.

Comments:

Contents: contains prose and verse. Some of the prose contains verse extracts; only those 4 lines or longer have been indexed

Other matter:

Back matter: Index [4pp.]

Related People

Printer:

Robert Whitworth

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Thou who the verdant plain dost traverse here

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p.17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

by the ingenious dr. Akinside

Attributed To:

Mark Akenside

First Line:

When Pope to satire gave its lawful way

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p.17

Poem Title:

Verses written in Windsor Park.

Attribution:

By C. Churchill.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Ye shepherds who pitied my pain

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p.18

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Song. To the tune of, What shepherd or nymph of the grove, &c.

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First Line:

Captive brother break thy chain

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

The Squirrels of Hagley (a seat of Lord Littleton's) to Miss Warbutton's Squirrel.

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First Line:

Happy the man who verses in nature's laws

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p.28

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

My passion Sylvia to prove

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p.37

Poem Title:

On a Lady's asking a Gentleman how much he loved her. To Miss ------.

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First Line:

Far other views chill winter's hand displays

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pp.43-45

Poem Title:

From The Alps. A Poem.

Attribution:

By George Keate, Esq; 1763.

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

Thus the gay victime with fresh garlands crowned

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p.46

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

mr. Philips

Attributed To:

Ambrose Philips

First Line:

Fiction and truth have both an instance given

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p.48

Poem Title:

The Power of Beauty.

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First Line:

Over this fair shrine let not a tear be shed

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p.48

Poem Title:

Epitaph. On a Monument by Vannost, erected in the Cathedral of Waterford. To the Memory of Mrs. Susannah Mason.

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First Line:

Over moorlands and mountains rude barren and bare

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pp.51-52

Poem Title:

Content. A Pastoral.

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First Line:

Not like my brethren was I bid to tell

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pp.52-53

Poem Title:

Inscription on the Monument of an Horse ... The Monument speaks

Attribution:

By J. Carr

Attributed To:

J. Carr

First Line:

Struck with his charms whom all admire

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pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Imagination's Search after Happiness. An Allegorical Fable.

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First Line:

If while dim clouds their lustre shade

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p.64

Poem Title:

To a young Lady sick of a Cold.

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First Line:

Young as I am I've often heard it said

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p.64

Poem Title:

The following Epilogue was spoke by Miss Fanny Wheeler; to a very polite Audience at the Theatre in Shrewsbury, Sept. 12, 1763.

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First Line:

Once on a summer's golden day

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pp.67-69

Poem Title:

The Two Butterflies. A Fable. Recommended to the Perusal of two certain Ladies in Manchester.

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First Line:

Let prudence with good nature strive

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p.73

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

by the ingenious Dr. Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Let harmony reign

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p.79-80

Poem Title:

Second Song.

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First Line:

To peace and love in courts but seldom seen

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p.79

Poem Title:

Two Songs sung at the Musical Entertainment, &c. given at the Queen's Palace, June 6, 1763, in honour d his Majesty's Birth-day. First Song.

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First Line:

Oh that the muse might call without offence

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p.79

Poem Title:

Spoke extempore at Buxton Wells ... to an Officer who swore much in vindication of the Duke of Cumberland's behaviour in Scotland.

Attribution:

by the late Dr. Byrom

Attributed To:

John Byrom

First Line:

The sprightly herald of the new born day

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p.80

Poem Title:

Morning.

Attribution:

R. C.

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First Line:

Of gentle manners and of taste refined

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p.81

Poem Title:

To the Memory of the late ingenious Dr. Byrom.

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First Line:

Both make the public good thier plea

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p.82

Poem Title:

Epigram on the two contending Parties.

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First Line:

If P--t accepts tis plain he wants a place

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p.82

Poem Title:

An Hard Case.

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First Line:

Says Forbes to Wilkes ye are a scoondrel

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p.82

Poem Title:

On Forbes's Challenge to Wilkes.

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First Line:

One day behind my lady's back

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p.82

Poem Title:

Epigram. From Monsieur St. Gelais

Attribution:

by Mr. C. Dennis.

Attributed To:

C Dennis

First Line:

Authorities both old and recent

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

I hope it won't be termed rude

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pp.93-95

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a remote Friend, Long since retired from Business.

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First Line:

While modern tragedy by rule exact

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

Prologue to Philaster ... now acting at Drury Lane, London.

Attribution:

written by George Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Accept this humble strain most noble lord

Page No:

pp.100-102

Poem Title:

To his Excellency the Earl of Northumberland, Viceroy of Ireland.

Attribution:

Devanus.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye persian maids attend your poet's lays

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pp.102-104

Poem Title:

From the Oriental Eclogues. Eclogue I. Selim; or, the Shepeherd's [sic] Moral. Scene, a Valley near Bagdat. Time, the Morning

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First Line:

Ah say my soul why so overwhelmed with grief

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pp.111-112

Poem Title:

A Soliloquy. Written some Time ago, when the much-injured Author fell a Victim to Bigotry and Malice.

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the much-injured Author

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First Line:

That votes for money now are sold

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p.112

Poem Title:

Epigram on Bribery in P------.

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First Line:

I intend these lines for Gabriel Rybault

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p.113

Poem Title:

A Letter, with the following Direction on it was lately put into the General Post-Office, in London, for which the Postage was paid.

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First Line:

In silent horror over the boundless waste

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p.113

Poem Title:

From the Oriental Eclogues. Eclogue II. Hassan; or, the Camel-driver. Scene, the Desart. Time, Mid-day.

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First Line:

It is indeed a melancholy truth

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pp.124-125

Poem Title:

Punctillius. A Tale.

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First Line:

In Georgia's land where Tefflis' towers are seen

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pp.134-136

Poem Title:

From the Oriental Eclogues. Eclogue III. Abra; or, the Georgian Sultana. Scene, a Forest. Time, the Evening.

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First Line:

While George in sorrow bows his laurelled head

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

Epitaph on General Wolfe, In the Church of Westerham, in Kent.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Say dearest friend how roll thy hours away

Page No:

pp.141-144

Poem Title:

To the Reverend Dr. Aycough, at Oxford. Writ from Paris, Anno 1728.

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First Line:

As grateful in spring are the flowers to the bee

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

A Song. Collin and Jenney.

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First Line:

Marcus old friend accept from me

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pp.146-147

Poem Title:

A Recipee for an Asthma.

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First Line:

These and what other blessings I possess

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p.152

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

C. Churchill

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Thou god of truth thou great all searching eye

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p.152

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

C. Churchill

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Long silent lies the muse's lyre

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pp.159-160

Poem Title:

Shenstone's Gardens. An Elegy. Written in the Autumn, 1763. Addressed to Mr. Hodgetts, at the Leasowes.

Attribution:

Philander.

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Not attributed

First Line:

How do I laugh when men of narrow souls

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pp.165-168

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By C. Churchill.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

In fair Circassia where to love inclined

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pp.175-176

Poem Title:

From the Oriental Eclogues. Eclogue IV. Agib and Secander; or, the Fugitives. Scene a Mountain in Circassia. Time, Midnight.

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First Line:

Great father king and only lord

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pp.182-183

Poem Title:

A Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer.

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First Line:

Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine

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pp.183-184

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Lord H----y.

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First Line:

Jove quite tired out with a scold of a wife

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

The Scold.

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First Line:

Such hearts as ours were never paired above

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p.185

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Hark my gay friend that solemn toll

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pp.190-192

Poem Title:

The Unknown World; Occasion'd by hearing a Passing Bell.

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First Line:

Fidelity though now no more

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

Fidelity.

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First Line:

Our god and soldiers we alike adore

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p.192

Poem Title:

Ingratitude.

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First Line:

The counsels of a friend Belinda hear

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pp.198-200

Poem Title:

Advice to Belinda.

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First Line:

My dearest miss with all submission

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p.200

Poem Title:

To Miss S-------.

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First Line:

What we must all come to what come to what

Page No:

p.201

Poem Title:

Epilogue To What We Must All Come To. Spoken by Miss Elliot.

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First Line:

Hark hark over the plains what glad tumults we hear

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pp.215-216

Poem Title:

The following Pastoral Dialogue, was sung, then, by Mr. Beard and Miss Hallam. Collin and Phillis.

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First Line:

Beneath an infant sleeping lies

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

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First Line:

Right thus honourable and so forth whereas tis confessed

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pp.222-223

Poem Title:

To the Right Honorable George Bub Doddington

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First Line:

Pensive I lay even from the dead of night

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p.224

Poem Title:

An Elegy on a Tallow Candle.

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First Line:

Philips whose touch harmonious could remove

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p.224

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Claudy Philips, Musician.

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First Line:

See the leaves around us falling

Page No:

pp.231-232

Poem Title:

The Fall of the Leaf.

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First Line:

The midnight moon serenely smiles

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pp.238-240

Poem Title:

Enquiry After Happiness.

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First Line:

Gaily I lived as ease and nature taught

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p.240

Poem Title:

Reignier's Epitaph, made by himself.

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First Line:

While this gay toy attracts thy sight

Page No:

p.240

Poem Title:

To Miss ****. On a Watch.

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First Line:

Next sat a lawyer often tried

Page No:

pp.246-247

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Churchill's Duellist.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Fair as the dawning light auspicious guest

Page No:

pp.255-256

Poem Title:

On Chearfulness.

Attribution:

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First Line:

How pleasing dear wedlock appear thy domains

Page No:

pp.262-264

Poem Title:

Hymen; a new occasional Interlude, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane, London. The Overture composed by Mr. Potter ... The Music by Mr. Arne, jun.

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First Line:

If there be joy for me

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p.264

Poem Title:

A Song.

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First Line:

Thus live and love ye happy fair

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p.265

Poem Title:

A New Occasional Song, Introduced in the Rites of Hecate; And Sung by Mr. Vernon.

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First Line:

Oh that I had my innocence again

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p.266

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

What that is wronged like me can sit down tamely

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p.266

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

And now to know no thought of rest

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p.267

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Yet not over nature spread the general traits

Page No:

pp.276-277

Poem Title:

A Panegyric upon Britain, from Mr. Ogilvie's Poem of Providence; being the conclusion of Book I.

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First Line:

How much mistaken are the men who think

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pp.287-291

Poem Title:

Introduction to Gotham, a Poem. Book II.

Attribution:

By C. Churchill.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Urania o descend

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pp.303-304

Poem Title:

An Elegy on the Death of the Right Honourable Earl Hardwicke.

Attribution:

By T. Archer, a youth under fourteen years of age, nephew to Francis Dixon, Esq; of Upwell.

Attributed To:

T. Archer

First Line:

Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye

Page No:

pp.309-311

Poem Title:

Elegy, Describing the Sorrow of an ingenious Mind, on the melancholy Even t of a licentious Amour.

Attribution:

By the late Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

I must I will have gin that skillet take

Page No:

p.315

Poem Title:

Strip-Me-Naked, orr Royal Gin Forever: A Simile.

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First Line:

Nor high church nor low church nor Tory nor Whig

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pp.327-328

Poem Title:

The Character of an Honest Man.

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First Line:

Come sit by my side while this picture I draw

Page No:

p.327

Poem Title:

A Portrait from the Life

Attribution:

By Dean Swift, not published in his Works.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Behold O stranger new from foreign lands

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p.328

Poem Title:

On the Bustos of Sir Isaac Newton, Mr. Locke, &c. set up by her late Majesty Queen Caroliine in the Hermitage at Richmond.

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Epigraph: -------Sui memores alios fecere merendo.

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First Line:

Since the times are so bad and are still growing worse

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p.336

Poem Title:

Sent with a Piece of painted flowered Silk to lady Charles Spencer, who had said she was low in Pocket, and could not afford to buy it herself

Attribution:

By the Right Honourable Lady Temple.

Attributed To:

Anna Chamber

First Line:

The subject of my song is health

Page No:

p.345

Poem Title:

On Health.

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First Line:

Immortal Newton never spoke

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p.352

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

the earl of Chesterfield

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

Come come my good shepherds our flocks we must shear

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p.353

Poem Title:

The new Sheep Shearing Song.

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First Line:

Close thine eyes and sleep secure

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p.360

Poem Title:

On a quiet Conscience.

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First Line:

What is that vice which still prevails

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p.360

Poem Title:

On Slander.

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First Line:

Sense mere dull formal sense in this gay town

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pp.365-368

Poem Title:

Extracts from Gotham. Book II.

Attribution:

By C. Churchill

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

All ye whose hearts to tender pity formed

Page No:

pp.375-376

Poem Title:

An affecting Story of Two Lovers.

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