Miscellaneous tracts; or, select passages, historical, chronological, moral, &c. extracted from eminent authors, ancient and modern [T119426] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 849
- Publication Date:
- 1753
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T119426
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111164068
- Shelfmark:
- Ecco - Bod
- Full Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS; | OR, | SELECT PASSAGES, HISTORICAL, | CHRONOLOGICAL, MORAL, [i]&c.[/i] | Extracted from eminent Authors, ancient and | modern. | CONTAINING | An Abstract of Mr [i]Locke[/i]'s Conduct of the Under- | standing. | [i]For the Benefit of younger Scholars.[/i] | By Mr [i]ALEXANDER SIMM[/i], late School- | master at [i]Bathgate[/i]. | [epigraph] | [i]EDINBURGH:[/i] | Printed by WILLIAM GRAY, and sold at his | Printing-house at [i]Magdalen[/i]'s [i]Chapel[/i], in the [i]Cow- | gate;[/i] and by the Booksellers in Town and Country. | MDCCLIII.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Quaedam breviare permittitur.[/i] Quintil.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Genres:
- Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- Contents: The majority of the contents are prose. Some verse items are included as part of prose pieces - only those items four lines or longer have been included.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Dedication signed Alexander Simm [1p]; The Preface signed Alexander Simm pp. [iv]-vii; Contents pp. [viii]-xii.
- Editor:
- Alexander Simm
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- William Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Can he that flies his country find
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bodies never move till moved as all believe
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Of Motion.
- Attribution:
- By a Philosophical Society.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The constellations shine at god's command
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Sir Richard Blackmore, in his King Arthur, Book 9. p. 243. has the following four Lines, viz.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Blackmore
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.153-159
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit; or, The Justice of Providence represented.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Parnell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- The spacious firmament on high
- Page No:
- p.244
- Poem Title:
- An ode of the excellent Mr. Addison
- Attribution:
- Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn of the excellent Mr. Addison.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Thy daily mercies o my god
- Page No:
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- A Meditation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First the great god thy utmost reverence claims
- Page No:
- pp.247-248
- Poem Title:
- Some of Pythagoras's Golden Verses.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Five times ten years your glass has run
- Page No:
- p.248
- Poem Title:
- A Birth-day Thought.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.248-250
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pope's Universal Prayer.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy insect what can be
- Page No:
- pp.250-251
- Poem Title:
- The Grashopper. Being an Ode of Anacreon's, paraphrastically translated
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Cowley.
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- Pretty little buzzing thing
- Page No:
- p.251
- Poem Title:
- On the Bee.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A mighty pain to love it is
- Page No:
- p.252
- Poem Title:
- Mischievous Effects of Gold.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Cowley from Anacreon.
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- Grant but ten thousand pounds Philaurus cries
- Page No:
- p.254
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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