The Scarborough Miscellany [T58204] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 99
- Publication Date:
- 1732
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T58204
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124605680
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD.
- Full Title:
- THE | Scarborough Miscellany. | AN | ORIGINAL COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, ODES, TALES, SONGS, EPIGRAMS, [i]&c.[/i] | None of which ever appear'd in PRINT before. | PARTICULARLY, | [two columns] [column one] [i]A Description of the beautiful | Situation of that Town; its | Diversions,[/i] &c. [i]With an Epi- |sode on the Battle of the Sugar-| Plumbs. | The Priest and the Ferryman. | Verses by[/i] Allan Ramsey. | [i]The Miser but a Trustee. | Miss and the Butter-Fly; a Tale. | A Dialogue on Love; by a Lady. [/column one] | [column two] The[/i] Italian [i]Revenge, or the | oblig'd Cuckold; a Tale. | Verses on an Snuff-Box; by a | Country Parson.[/i] | Quid pro quo, [i]or the Biter bit. | The Lover's Watch; a Song. | The Friar's Advice. | Verses spoken Extempore in a | Church Yard. | Matrimony; a Tale.[/i] | With many other curious and entertaining Pieces, | on a great Variety of Subjects. | [rule] | By SEVERAL HANDS. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, in [i]Warwick-Lane[/i], and sold | by the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1732. | (Price One Shilling.)
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Pagination:
- 0
- Bibliographic details:
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: ECCO version also includes two poems plus sheet music - 'Love's Bacchanal' and 'The Power of Musick and Beauty'
- Title:
- The Scarborough Miscellany for the Year 1732 [T66784] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- ESTC No:
- T66784
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- James Roberts
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane, and sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country'
- First Line:
- Hail blissful town of health and mirth the seat
- Page No:
- pp.3-9
- Poem Title:
- Scarborough. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas on a time when public sports proclaim
- Page No:
- pp.9-15
- Poem Title:
- The Battle of the Sugar-Plumbs.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Busy curious thirsty fly
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- The Fly. An Anacreontick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Amongst a huge crowd who surrounded the boat
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- The Priest and the Ferry-Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye who aspire to fortune know
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- The Miser but a Trustee. An Epigram. From the Greek.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The annals of our civil wars declare
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- The Triumphs of Love.
- Attribution:
- By a young Officer in the Army
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At dead of night when cares give place
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- The Lover's Watch. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our fortune is proportioned to our pains
- Page No:
- p.20
- Poem Title:
- Sir Thomas Smith's Memento to his Son.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What guards the city from the foe
- Page No:
- p.20
- Poem Title:
- On Miss Wal-lace. A Rebus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Young painter thy attempt is fair
- Page No:
- pp.20-22
- Poem Title:
- To his Son. On his drawing a fine Gentleman's Picture.
- Attribution:
- Verses by the celebrated Allan Ramsay
- Attributed To:
- Allan Ramsay
- First Line:
- All hopes to vanquish love are vain
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- Extempore: By a Lady to a Friend, who said he would travel to overcome his Passion.
- Attribution:
- By a Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What innocence is said to wear
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- On Miss White. A Rebus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why mourns my dear Urania can there be
- Page No:
- pp.23-26
- Poem Title:
- Mira and Urania. A Dialogue. Occasion'd by a Lady's being in Love with a Beau, who had married an old Woman for the sake of her Fortune, and by her Death was just become a Widower.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What's love alas no tongue can tell
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- An Ode on Love. In Answer to a Lady's Question.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As late an artless blooming maid
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- Song From the French.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A tender miss whom mother's care
- Page No:
- pp.28-33
- Poem Title:
- Miss and the Butterfly, A Fable. Written by a Beau for the Use of the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- By a Beau
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You bid me fair my love conceal
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though beauty surely wounds the heart
- Page No:
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- Written on a Lady's Window.
- Attribution:
- By Sir William -
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Careless quite of mighty things
- Page No:
- pp.35-38
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Pleasure. An Anacreontick.
- Attribution:
- Written by an antiquated Beau on a Band-Box.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sweet scented sir had you but took
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- By the Lady in the next Pane.
- Attribution:
- By the Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The box of Pandora which as old poets say
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- On a Snuff-Box.
- Attribution:
- By a Country Parson
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Haste then my fair one let us fly
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, whom he persuaded to fly with him into Scotland.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Scotch Officer.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What on the steeple's turned by wind
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- A Rebus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The common fame reports strange things
- Page No:
- pp.40-47
- Poem Title:
- The Italian Revenge; Or, The Obliged Cuckold.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your vain pursuit fond youth give over
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This fond pursuit I can't give over
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- An Answer. Written extempore on a Card.
- Attribution:
- By a Person of Distinction
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Yorkshire scarce ten years ago
- Page No:
- pp.49-53
- Poem Title:
- Quid pro Quo: Or, The Biter Bit. An Excellent New Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though stung by party rage we often say
- Page No:
- pp.53-55
- Poem Title:
- The Popish Lecture: Or, The Friar's Wholesome Advice.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus after all our toil and sweat
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- Verses spoken extempore in a Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- By a Lad of Sixteen
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- They who lasting peace would hold
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Love: A Song. To the Tune of Waes my Heart that we should sunder.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- D'you think what ancient bards suppose
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- On seeing the Ladies bathe at Scarborough.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cursed caterpillar filthy creature
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- The Lady and the Caterpillar. Occasion'd by the latter's falling on her Gown.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir Constanine an amorous blade
- Page No:
- pp.59-72
- Poem Title:
- Matrimony: A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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