Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator [T147412] [vol. 2]

DMI number:

611

Publication Date:

1725

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T147412

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW105198111

Shelfmark:

BOD Hope 8° 566

Full Title:

ORIGINAL and GENUINE | LETTERS | SENT TO THE | [i]Tatler[/i] and [i]Spectator[/i], | During the Time those Works were publishing. | [rule] | [i]None of which have been before Printed.[/i] | [rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed by R. HARBIN, for CHARLES LILLIE, | Perfumer, at the Corner of Beaufort-Buildings in | the Strand. MDCCXXV.

Epigraph:

[i]Interdum speciosa locis, morataq; recte | Fabula nullius veneris, sine pondere & arte, | Valdius oblectat populum, meliusq; moratur, | Quam versus in opes rerum, nugaeq; canorae.[/i] HOR. | Vid. Spect. N° 85.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[2], [1]-391, [9]

Bibliographic details:

MS signature on title page: 'Sir James Wright B:t' Signature must date between 1772 and 1837, the years when the Baronetcy of Carolside in Berwick was in existence (all 3 baronets were called James!)

Comments:

MISCELLANY GENRE: Prose and verse miscellany. MISCELLANY CONTENTS: MISCELLANY CONTENTS: Consists of reader contributions sent to The Tatler and The Spectator (but not included therein), in prose and verse.

Other matter:

BACK MATTER: Index (8 pp)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator [T147412] [vol. 1]

Publication Date:

1725

ESTC No:

T147412

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Printer:

Richard Harbin

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Charles Lillie

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

My aged father good sir when he died

Page No:

pp.[1]-3

Poem Title:

The history of my Muse, to the Spectator. In imitation of Mr. Pryor.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No prologue yet come from sweet scented Charles Lillie

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Susanah Cent-Livre

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

That man is blessed whose fixed and solid mind

Page No:

pp.35-37

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On either side the kisses flew so thick

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

as Mr. Dryden expresses it

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Pray good Mr Parson hands off methinks you are very free how dare you

Page No:

pp.90-93

Poem Title:

An imitation of Mrs. Harris's Petition.

Attribution:

By Doctor S-----t.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No might nor greatness in mortality

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

So a wild tartar when he spies

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

'HUD.' (i.e. Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So was that lover gulled whose haughty love

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Oldham

Attributed To:

John Oldham

First Line:

Mr Spectator | If as the planetmongers teach we move

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Galinda

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take wing my muse take wing

Page No:

pp.162-165

Poem Title:

An Ode to Lord Chancellor Cowper.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wherever too much sanctity you see

Page No:

p.173

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

E. R.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lightning and thunderbolts I can despise

Page No:

pp.186-188

Poem Title:

To Cruel Chloe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Proud and partial man alone

Page No:

pp.196-200

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

P. K.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whose eyes being bent upon the fops

Page No:

pp.238-241

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

a citizen and a man of substance

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ho every one whose thirsty soul doth pant

Page No:

pp.249-252

Poem Title:

Isaiah, Chap. LV.

Attribution:

A. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy thrice that fate should on me bring

Page No:

pp.260-264

Poem Title:

Queen Anne Boleyn's last letter to King Henry. Cotton Libr. Otho 6.10.

Attribution:

Ann Boleyn.

Attributed To:

Anne Boleyn

First Line:

Go happy book and kiss her tender hand

Page No:

pp.272-273

Poem Title:

Upon sending The Compleat Gamster to Myra.

Attribution:

(By the same hand.)

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mourn all ye nymphs who used to sing

Page No:

p.272

Poem Title:

To Myra.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How I loved | Witness ye days and nights and all ye hours

Page No:

p.289

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

pronounced by Mark Anthony in Dryden's All for Love.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

What presents to thy temple Lord

Page No:

pp.297-299

Poem Title:

A Hymn sung at the Church of St. George, Southwark, on Sunday November the 9th, 1712. by the children of the charity-school there.

Attribution:

The words by Mr. Tate, Poet-Laureat to Her Majesty.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Would every Briton an Horatius prove

Page No:

p.304

Poem Title:

Upon sending Horatius, a Roman Tragedy, to Mrs. H----.

Attribution:

R. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though coy as Daphne chaste as infants dreams

Page No:

p.305

Poem Title:

To Mr. Prior.

Attribution:

R. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Within this little urn the bones remain

Page No:

p.305

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Alexander the Great.

Attribution:

R. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail potent deity mysterious gold

Page No:

pp.307-309

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

H. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Physic the noblest art that is

Page No:

p.325

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

M. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A cobbler whom ill chance had made

Page No:

pp.326-326

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

M. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There was a pair whom none could justly say

Page No:

p.343

Poem Title:

The Happy Pair.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great God thy judgements we confess

Page No:

pp.360-362

Poem Title:

Translated from the French Original of Monsieur Des Barreaux, in Spectator 513.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed