Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, Miss Dolman, Mr. Whistler, Mr. R. Dodsley, William Shenstone, Esq and others [vol 2] [T101901] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1375
- Publication Date:
- 1778
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T101901
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW106224287
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- SELECT LETTERS | BETWEEN | THE LATE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET, | [two columns] [col 1] LADY LUXBOROUGH, | MISS DOLMAN, [/col 1] | [col 2] MR. WHISTLER, | MR. R. DODSLEY, [/col 2] | WILLIAM SHENSTONE, ESQ. | AND OTHERS; | INCLUDING A SKETCH OF THE | MANNERS, LAWS, [i]&c.[/i] | OF THE | REPUBLIC OF VENICE, | AND SOME POETICAL PIECES; | THE WHOLE NOW FIRST PUBLISHED | FROM ORIGINAL COPIES, | By Mr. HULL. | [rule] | IN TWO VOLUMES. | VOL. II. | [rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, PALL-MALL. | MDCCLXXVIII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: SELECT LETTERS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | VOL. II.
- Comments:
- Contents: collection is predominanty prose, but also contains verse. Only verse quotations 4 lines or longer have been recorded. Vol I only has a few items of verse.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents pp. v-xi. Back matter: Catalogue of Books published by J. Dodsley [6pp.]
- Editor:
- Thomas Hull
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- James Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Who shall now sit with countenance serene
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As nearer to this farm you made approach
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- from Thomson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Ah what availed the stately pile
- Page No:
- pp.118-120
- Poem Title:
- Stanzas (Alluded to in the foregoing Letter)
- Attribution:
- Mr. Hull
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Hull
- First Line:
- Go shut the door my Edward dear
- Page No:
- pp.125-131
- Poem Title:
- The Bitter Fruites Of Jealousie: A Ballade, In The Auntient Style.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The bells they rang all in the morn
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- Ballad I. Referred to in the above Letter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One april evening when the sun
- Page No:
- p.141
- Poem Title:
- Ballad II. Referred to in the foregoing Letter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dark december was the month
- Page No:
- pp.149-166
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- a Friend of mine [i.e. of Shenstone's]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Night is dull and dark
- Page No:
- pp.172-182
- Poem Title:
- A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cupid over human breasts resistless reigns
- Page No:
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- The Diamond: A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- When music awakens the grove
- Page No:
- pp.217-218
- Poem Title:
- Elegy Referred to in the foregoing Postscript.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Neptune within the Adriatic seas
- Page No:
- p.305
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- hastily translated by a Gentleman of my Acquaintance.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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