Familiar letters of love, gallantry, and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol I] [T64784]
- DMI number:
- 394
- Publication Date:
- 1724
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T64784
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3313346557
- Shelfmark:
- BL G.16503 BOD Douce L57
- Full Title:
- [i]Familiar Letters[/i] | OF | [red]LOVE, GALLANTRY,[/red] | And several other | OCCASIONS: | BY THE | [red]WITS of the last and present AGE.[/red] | [i]VIZ[/i]. | [two cols.] [col. 1]Mr. BUTLER, Author of | [i]HUDIBRAS.[/i] | Mr. FLATMAN. | Mr. DRYDEN. | Mr. CONGREVE. | Mr. WYCHERLEY. | Mr. DENNIS. | Mr. FARQUHAR. | Mr. EDWARD WARD. | Mr. MOYLE. | Mr. OTWAY. | Mrs. BEHN.[/col. 1] [col 2]Mrs. MANLY. | Mrs. TROTTER. | Mrs. CENT LIVRE. | Sir R. L'ESTRANGE. | Sir - - | Sir SAMUEL GARTH. | Sir JOHN DENHAM. | Sir GEORGE ETHEREGE. | Earl of CLARENDON. | Earl of DORSET. | D. of BUCKINGHAM. | D. of DEVONSHIRE, [i]&c[/i].[/col. 2] | [red]From their ORIGINALS.[/red] | [i]With their[/i] EFFIGES [i]curiously Engraved by the[/i] | BEST MASTERS. | [red]In TWO VOLUMES.[/red] | [rule] | The Sixth EDITION, with Additions, Corrected. | [rule] | [red][i]LONDON:[/i][/red] | Printed for SAM. BRISCOE, at the [i]Bell-Savage[/i] on | [i]Ludgate-Hill.[/i] 1724.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [10], [1]-256, [1]. (p.143 mispaginated 119.)
- Comments:
- PLATES: engraving of Congreve facing title page (by Vandergucht after Kneller); engraving of Samuel Butler facing p.[1] (by Vandergucht after Lely); engraving of Charles II (unsigned) facing p.201; engraving of Buckingham (unsigned) facing p. 239 BOD copy has the Congreve and Butler engravings in the same position, and also an engraving of 'Mrs. Behn' (by R. West after Riley) facing p.29; engraving of 'W. Wycherley' (by Vandergucht after Lely) facing p.121. No engravings of Charles II or Buckingham in this copy.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory material: Dedication to the 'Nobility and Gentry of Britain' (signed 'Sam. Briscoe') pp.[iii]-[vi]; Contents of the first volume pp.[vii]-[x].
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol I] [T64796]
- Publication Date:
- 1718
- ESTC No:
- T64796
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol II] [T64796 ]
- Publication Date:
- 1718
- ESTC No:
- T64796
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol II] [T64784]
- Publication Date:
- 1724
- ESTC No:
- T64784
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Engraver:
- Gerard Vandergucht
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Samuel Briscoe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for SAM. BRISCOE, at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill.'
- First Line:
- Widow this comes to let you know
- Page No:
- pp.1-10
- Poem Title:
- Sir Hudibras's Epistle to the Widow Blackgrove.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Samuel Butler
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- By the butcher's boy on Tuesday night
- Page No:
- pp.11-17
- Poem Title:
- The Widow's Answer to the Knight.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Butler's name
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- Fair one the letter that you sent me
- Page No:
- pp.17-22
- Poem Title:
- The Knight's second Letter to the Widow Blackgrove.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Butler].
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- Since your good mistress and my master
- Page No:
- pp.23-26
- Poem Title:
- Ralpho's Love-Epistle to Damaris, the Widow Blackgrove's Handmaid.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Butler]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- Sure Ralpho never knight and squire
- Page No:
- pp.26-29
- Poem Title:
- Mrs. Damaris's Answer to Squire Ralph.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Butler.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- The peaceful place where gladly I resort
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Love-Letters... never before Printed. To Mrs. Price.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. A. Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis not your saying that you love
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- P. S. A Song.
- Attribution:
- A. Behn.
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- My Lord | We pity such as are by tempest lost
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to the Earl of Kildare, disswading him from marrying Moll Howard.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Behn's name.
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- One day the amorous Lysander
- Page No:
- pp.39-45
- Poem Title:
- P. S. An Imperfect Enjoyment.
- Attribution:
- A. Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Bright nymphs the objects of mankind's desires
- Page No:
- pp.45-62
- Poem Title:
- Byblis's passionate Love-Letter to her Brother. From Ovid's Metamorphosis.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- First Line:
- Let neither awe of father's frowns nor shame
- Page No:
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Oldham has rendered it thus:
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Alive I'll pray till breath in prayers be lost
- Page No:
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Oldham has render’d it thus:
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Should desist twill be believed that I
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Which Mr. Oldham renders thus:
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Go love born accents of my dying heart
- Page No:
- pp.81-82
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- First Line:
- Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues
- Page No:
- pp.83-85
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to Walter Moyle, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Anthony Hamond, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Hammond
- First Line:
- Let my endeavours as my hopes depend
- Page No:
- pp.85-92
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr against Poetry, in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Dorsett.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since love and verse as well as wine
- Page No:
- pp.201-204
- Poem Title:
- To the Earl of Middleton. Written by Sir George Etheridge, when he was Embassador at Ratisbone in Germany, June 10. 1686.
- Attribution:
- Sir George Etheridge
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- From hunting whores and haunting play
- Page No:
- pp.204-206
- Poem Title:
- Sir George Etheridge's second Letter to the Earl of Middleton.
- Attribution:
- Sir George Etheridge
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- To you who hang like Mecca's tomb
- Page No:
- pp.206-210
- Poem Title:
- An Inversion of Mr. Dryden's Answer to Sir George Etheridge's Letter to the Earl of Middleton. By Way of Essay.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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