The Bath miscellany. For the year 1740. [T135294]

DMI number:

666

Publication Date:

1741

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T135294

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113791475

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 129

Full Title:

THE | [i]Bath[/i] MISCELLANY. | For the YEAR 1740. | WROTE BY | The [i]GENTLEMEN[/i] and [i]LADIES[/i] | at that PLACE. | CONTAINING | All the LAMPOONS, SATYRS, | PANEGYRICS, & [i]c.[/i] | For that YEAR. | [ornament] | [i]BATH:[/i] | Printed for W. JONES, and sold by W. LOBB | there; and by JACOB ROBINSON, Bookseller, | in [i]Ludgate-street[/i]; and the Pamphlet Shops of [i]Lon- | don[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. 1741 | [Price One Shilling.]

Place of Publication:

Bath

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 s

Pagination:

[4], [1]-43, [1]

Other matter:

Publisher's Apology to the Reader, signed W.J., [1 p]

References:

Case 431

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Title:

The Bath Miscellany. For the Year 1740. [different poems to ESTC T135294] [ESTC N15475] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1741

ESTC No:

N15475

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

W. Jones

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Sold by:

Jacob Robinson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Sold by:

W. Lobb

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Doating Silvenius in decline of life

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

On Mr. and Mrs. B--gs

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First Line:

Let all the beauties of the world give place

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

On Lady Ross

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First Line:

An ancient sage in rules of wisdom versed

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

On Mr. H----ley

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First Line:

H-ly whom I to all mankind prefer

Page No:

pp. 4-5

Poem Title:

An Enquiry into the said Gentleman's Real Merits.

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First Line:

Whoever thou art who with such warmth upbraid

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

Mr. H---y's Answer to the aforesaid Satyr

Attribution:

Mr. H---y

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Not attributed

First Line:

Fair but not vain though witty yet not lewd

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On Miss. Haws.

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First Line:

In boys attire Thalestris boldly moves

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

The Platonick Lovers, inscribed to T. H---y and Miss G--.

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First Line:

Say Muse how C---t and El---n sport

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

On playing at Shutle-Cock

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First Line:

How true those cards life represent

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

On the Game of Whisk

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First Line:

A Levite gaming makes the saying true

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

Occasioned by seeing a Parson play at Pharoah, and deliver'd to him on a Card, while at play.

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First Line:

Says Bacchus to Cupid who has got the handsomest face

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

[No Title]

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First Line:

Virtue is banished from Bath ah ye powers

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

Wrote upon a Window at the Rooms in Bath

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First Line:

Could we our tempers move like this machine

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

Extempore upon a Watch

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First Line:

Muse see thy favourite darling child

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

To Miss Jeffreys, Junior; On seeing her Dance. Wrote in the Rooms.

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First Line:

Since men may now have free access

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

On a Lady's wearing a Girdle with this Motto. Liberty, Property, and no Excise.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

To you my guide though unknown friend

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Miss Betty Jeffery's Answer to the Author of the aforesaid Verses.

Attribution:

Miss Betty Jeffery's Answer.

Attributed To:

Betty Jefferys

First Line:

Your letter Amenta charmed me as I read

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Answer to a Letter, to a Lady in the Country, desiring to hear the Bath News

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First Line:

Ah Death thou pleasing end to human woe

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

Wrote on Miss B---'s Window

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First Line:

From weight of sordid venal cares

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

On Miss Talbot's conversing with a Lawyer at Bath

Attribution:

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First Line:

When satire strives to blast the fair one's fame

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

To Richard Nash, Esq;

Attribution:

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First Line:

The first fair Eve by Beauty's powerful sway

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

Upon a Gentleman's being observ'd never to go to Church 'till Miss Potter came to Bath; then he went twice a Day constant, as She.

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First Line:

This is the Paphian this the Idalian grove

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

Upon Miss. Moor

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First Line:

The ladies ordered me in name of all

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

An Address of Thanks to Sir S--- P--- for a Ball.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

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First Line:

The sire of the gods as old has sung

Page No:

pp.19-21

Poem Title:

A Song, occasioned by a Bull's running into the Pump-Room.

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First Line:

As Chloe by a river's side

Page No:

pp.21-23

Poem Title:

On Mr. Nash's going from the Bath

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First Line:

To the ill-natured young or envious old

Page No:

pp. 24-25

Poem Title:

Mrs. C---'s Complaint for the Loss of the Ace of Hearts

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First Line:

Presumptuous man how canst thou dare to draw

Page No:

p. 26

Poem Title:

To Mr. Robinson, drawing Miss Willis's Picture

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First Line:

Three goddesses long since on Ida's hill

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On Miss Norris

Attribution:

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First Line:

When icy chains forbade the streams to flow

Page No:

pp. 28-29

Poem Title:

A Tale on Miss K.C. ... (Pastora Metamorphis'd into Snow.)

Attribution:

Mr. Mariot

Attributed To:

Mr. Mariot

First Line:

A lovely nun but yet no cloistered fair

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Occasioned by Mrs Nun's leaving Bath

Attribution:

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First Line:

Whoever by merit just applause would gain

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Spencer

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thus Adam looked when from the garden driven

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

By Sir W--- Y---g, when expell'd his Mistress at Bath

Attribution:

Sir W--- Y---g

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Not attributed

First Line:

Since girls of twelve or thirteen only charm

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Upon Capt. L---y.

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First Line:

Unmeaning features and a baby face

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

To Miss Cobb

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First Line:

Loynacieus lewd entirely void of shame

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

An Acrostick on a Name.

Attribution:

Miss M---r.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Since tis sir your request that I send you my thought

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

The Christ Cross Row, calculated for the Meridian of the City of Bath

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First Line:

Soon as artful curl was set

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

On Miss Bird's breaking her Looking-Glass

Attribution:

By Mr. Brown

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Not attributed

First Line:

Too angry fair it would provoke a saint

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

The Answer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Veal

Attributed To:

Mr. Veal

First Line:

Women fall out they know not why

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

A Quarrel between two Ladies at Bath

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First Line:

What children delight in and men used to build houses

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

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First Line:

What makes us a fire and washes our clothes

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

Rebus's on Names

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