The Session of the Critics [N22215]
- DMI number:
- 42
- Publication Date:
- 1737
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N22215
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111382503
- Shelfmark:
- BL RB.23.c.84 BOD Vet. A4 c.30 (12)
- Full Title:
- THE | Session of the Critics: | OR, THE | CONTENTION | FOR THE | NETTLE. | A POEM. | To which is added, | A DIALOGUE between a PLAYER and a POET. | With NOTES, Explanatory and Critical, after the Manner of | the Learned Dr. BENTLEY. | With the following MISCELLANIES, [i]viz.[/i] | [two columns] [column 1]I. On a Thanksgiving, which happened | just before Lent. By Dean [i]Swift.[/i] | II. Rules and Directions for Behaviour at | [i]Bath[/i]. | IV. Battle-Royal, reviv'd. A Ballad. Oc- | casioned by Religious Controversy. | V. Verses laid on Sir [i]Cloudesly Shovel[/i]'s | Tomb, [i]&c.[/i] | VI. On [i]Tate[/i] and [i]Brady[/i]'s Psalms. | VII. On a Person's pronouncing the Syllable | [i]Phra[/i], in [i]Euphrates[/i], short.[/column 1] | [column 2]VIII. On a certain Arch in [i]Oxfordshire.[/i] | IX. Verses stuck on the Gate of [i]Jesus Col-| lege, Oxford[/i], with a Piece of Cheese. | X. The Receipt. | XI. [i]On Phyllis.[/i] | XII. Have you not in a Chimney seen, | &c. Translated. | XIII. The Resolution. | XIV. A Conflict on Business. | XV. The Button Hole. A Riddle. | XVI. A Mad Song.[/column 2] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed, and Sold by T. COOPER, at the [i]Globe[/i] in [i]Pater-Noster- | Row[/i]; and by the Booksellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. | (Price One Shilling.)
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Folio
- Price:
- 1 Shilling
- Pagination:
- [2], 3-16.
- Comments:
- DATE: CBEL says 1730; ESTC, ECCO say 1737 based on London Magazine advert from March 1737. CONTENTS: various prose items pp. 8-10; epigrams in Latin p. 12, 14.
- References:
- Teerink-Scouten 953.
- Sold by:
- Thomas Cooper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed, and Sold by T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row; and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster'.
- First Line:
- Old Zoilus the sourest dame Critice bore
- Page No:
- pp.3-6
- Poem Title:
- The Session of the Critics: or, the Contention for the Nettle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How now friend S--- why so melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between W- - -m P- - -k- - -n, Player, and H-- S-- -, Poet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Rome of old a custom it hath been
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- On a Thanksgiving, which happen'd just before Lent.
- Attribution:
- By Dean Swift
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- Battle-Royal, revived. A Ballad. Occasion'd by Religious Controversy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Lambeth prayed so was the dire event
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- Verses laid on Sir Cloudesly Shovel's Tomb, in Westminster Abbey, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Hebrew times when Israel's faith was strong
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- On Tate and Brady's Psalms.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If leeks you like but do their smell dislike
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- The Receipt.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Hugo Price
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- Verses stuck on the Gate of Jesus College, Oxford, with a Piece of Cheese
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The arch the height of his ambition shows
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- On a certain Arch in Oxfordshire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phyllis has a gentle heart
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- On Phyllis.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Were I invited to a nectar feast
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- The Resolution.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Business thou plague and pleasure of my life
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- A Conflict on Business
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'm an hole though too narrow when first I am tried
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- The Button Hole. A Riddle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll bark against the dog star
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- A Mad Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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