A second collection of miscellanies [N61159]

DMI number:

459

Publication Date:

1720

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N61159

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB129497546

Shelfmark:

BL C.106.e.10.

Full Title:

A | Second Collection | OF | MISCELLANIES. | [rule] | Written by JONATHAN SWIFT, D. D. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the [i]Oxford-Arms | in [i]Warwick-Lane.[/i] MDCCXX.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Octavo in fours. HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | [i]Dean[/i] SWIFT'S | Second Collection | OF | MISCELLANIES. | [ornamental rule] Made up miscellany - other copies might contain different material. Each section has separate title page; several also have half-titles. CONTENTS: (1) Ars Pun-ica, sive Flos Linguarum: The Art of Punning (second edition, 1719) (predominantly prose) (ESTC T146325) (2) The Right of Precedence between Phyisicians and Civilians Enquir'd into (1720) (prose) (ESTC N25964) (3) A Defence of English Commodities (1720) (prose plus two poems) (ESTC T146390) (4) The Swearer's-Bank: or, Parliamentary Security for Establishing a new Bank in Ireland (1720) (prose plus one poem) (ESTC T150241) (5) Letters, Poems, and Tales: Amorous, Satyrical and Gallant (1718) (prose and verse) (ESTC T119975) (DMI miscellany ID: 430). After sig N2v of this item follows 'An Epistle To the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq.' - pagination and register restart (from sig.Br) but the catchword on sig.N2v ('AN') matches the title on Sig.Br. This suggests considerable premeditation in re-using material. (6) Catalogue of books sold by Curll (8pp) (7) Catalogue of books sold by Curll (8pp)

Comments:

PAGINATION: [14], i-xiii, [1], 1-27, [9], 5-32, [4], 1-28, [4], [i]-viii, 1-19, [5], [1]-92, [1]-19, [17], (in part 1 ('Ars punica'), pp.4, 5 and 8 mispaginated '22,' '19' and '18' respectively).

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Letters poems and tales: amorous satyrical and gallant [T119975]

Publication Date:

1718

ESTC No:

T119975

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Author:

Edmund Curll

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

One item (T119975) is printed for Curll; miscellany also contains two of Curll's book catalogues.

Publisher:

James Roberts

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

'Printed for J. ROBERTS, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Hail to the sage who from his native store

Page No:

sig.A3v

Poem Title:

From my much Honour'd Friend at Heldelville.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Once on a time in merry mood

Page No:

sig.A4r-v

Poem Title:

The Original of Punning, from Plato's Symposiacks.

Attribution:

'By the Author' i.e. 'Tom Pun-sibi. (i.e.) Jonathan Swift, D. D.'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had I ten thousand mouths and tongues

Page No:

sig.Br

Poem Title:

Upon the Author.

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. 'the Author' i.e. 'Tom Pun-sibi (i.e.) Jonathan Swift, D. D.']

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

All men of mirth and sense admire and love

Page No:

p.ix

Poem Title:

Et alibi [referring to 'Ex Lucretio' above]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He's the king of mirth that slily cheats our sense

Page No:

p.xi

Poem Title:

Ex Lucano.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If these can't keep your ladies quiet

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Vide Roscom.

Attributed To:

Wentworth Dillon

First Line:

A clergyman of special note

Page No:

sig.A2v

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

his [i.e. the 'Dean Swift' of the title page'] incomparable Imitation of Horace.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Know all men by these presents death the tamer

Page No:

pp.25-27

Poem Title:

An Elegy On the much lamented Death of Mr. Demar, the Famous Rich Man, who died the Sixth of this Instant July 1720.

Attribution:

'By the Author of the Art of Punning' (i.e. 'Tom-Punsibi (i.e.) Jonathan Swift')

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

The Epitaph.

Attribution:

'By the Author of the Art of Punning' i.e. 'Tom Pun-sibi'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Musing one day on this and that

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

The Best in Christendom. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Fill the glass let the hautboys sound

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

These Verses were written by the Lord Wharton round one of the Toasting-Glasses of the Kit-Kat-Club, 1703.

Attribution:

Lord Wharton

Attributed To:

Thomas Wharton

First Line:

If you the silver were and we the dross

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No no tis not Lerinda's ghost we see

Page No:

pp.11-14

Poem Title:

Lerinda's Return.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See the bright Lerinda walking

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

But on profounder contemplation

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

A Riddle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cried Strephon panting in Cosmelia's arms

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

The Rapture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cupid angry that his dart

Page No:

pp.22-25

Poem Title:

La Belle Insensible.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why should the charming Galatea shun

Page No:

pp.26-28

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Sir William Trumball, who went Ambassador to Turkey.

Attributed To:

Sir William Trumbull

First Line:

Too weak are laws and edicts vain

Page No:

pp.30-38

Poem Title:

The Edict of Prato: Or, Cuckoldom Defended. A Tale from Boccace.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam | Here sacred truths in lofty numbers told

Page No:

pp.39-43

Poem Title:

To Mrs. A. C. With Mr. Young's Poem on the Last Day.

Attribution:

By Thomas Tristram of Pemb. Coll. Oxon.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tristram

First Line:

Larinda the pride of the plain

Page No:

pp.44-49

Poem Title:

Larinda.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Tristram]

Attributed To:

Thomas Tristram

First Line:

No stately pyramid I'd have

Page No:

pp.50-55

Poem Title:

The Lover's Tomb. Imitated from an Italian Poet.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Tristram]

Attributed To:

Thomas Tristram

First Line:

O were I seated by some pitying power

Page No:

p.56-65

Poem Title:

Acon: Or, The Second Eclogue of John Amaltheus Imitated.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Tristram]

Attributed To:

Thomas Tristram

First Line:

No bedmaker has lately married

Page No:

pp.66-78

Poem Title:

News from Oxford: Or, The Election. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Anger in hasty words or deeds

Page No:

pp.79-84

Poem Title:

Mr. Waller's Poem Upon Love, Answered.

Attribution:

By the Honourable Sir William Wyvill, Bart

Attributed To:

Sir William Wyvill

First Line:

I hate your sots who drink like dragons

Page No:

pp.85-87

Poem Title:

An Essay To Restore the Kit-Cat-Members to their lost Abilities, for the Sake of the Ladies who admire 'em.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I saw fair Chloris walk alone

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

On a Lady walking in the Snow.

Attribution:

By Dr. South

Attributed To:

Robert South

First Line:

Too conscious of her worth a noble maid

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

On Lady Betty C----------ll, Lord R----, and Col. C------.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hears not my Phillis how the birds

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy guardian blessed Britannia scorns to sleep

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

Epigram. On the Prince's appearing at the Fire in Spring-Garden, 1716.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Good christians all compose the scrape

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Hoadley and Snape Reconcil'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To thee once more by duteous raptures pressed

Page No:

pp.1-19

Poem Title:

An Epistle To the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed