The Contest [T136095]
- DMI number:
- 1113
- Publication Date:
- 1768
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T136095
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- check
- Full Title:
- THE | CONTEST. | OR, A | Collection of the most material Papers, | In PROSE and VERSE, | PUBLISHED | During the controverted Election for the County | of Norfolk in 1768. | CANDIDATES, | Sir ARMINE WODEHOUSE, Bart. of Kymberly. | Sir EDWARD ASTLEY, Bart. of Melton. | WENMAN COKE, Esq; Heir of Holkham. | THOMAS DE GREY, Esq; of Merton. | Containing, amongst other Things, | [2 columns] [Column 1] The two extraordinary Adver- | tisements of Sir A. W. and | Mr. De G. [i]denying[/i] any De- | bate in the H. of C. upon the | [i]Legality[/i] or [i]Illegality[/i] of [i]Ge- | neral Warrants.[/i] | Answer to them. | The True Briton. | Answer to it. | Epigrams. | Goose-Pye Feast. | Rm in the Dumps. | Two Letters from Norwich, | giving an Account of the | Speech of Hurlo Thrumbo, | &c. by Mr. [i]No Ghost[/i]. [/Column 1] | [Column 2] Battle of Dereham. | Cinderetta. | The Council. | Reasons for [i]not[/i] voting for Sir | E. A. and Mr. C. published | the Saturday before the E- | lection; with [i]contre[/i] Reasons | [i]for[/i] doing it, not before pub- | lished. | A short Account of the Tran- |sactions on the Day of Elec- | tion, with a general View of | the POLL. | Strictures on the admired | Speeches of Sir W.B. M.D. and T. G. Esq; [/Column 2]| [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | LONDON: Printed in the Year 1768.
- Epigraph:
- Votum, timor, ira, voluptas, | Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. JUV. | Nec enim levia aut ludicra petuntur | Praemia. VIRG.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Political miscellany and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- CHECK: [4],4,101,[8],106-147,[1]p
- Bibliographic details:
- EDITOR'S DEDICATION [on second preliminary leaf]: TO | Sir EDWARD ASTLEY, Bart. | AND | WENMAN COKE, Esq; | CANDIDATES FOR THE | COUNTY OF NORFOLK, | THIS FOLLOWING | COLLECTION OF PAPERS, | PUBLISHED | During the CONTEST in 1767 and 1768, | IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED, | BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, | The EDITOR.
- Title:
- The Contest [T136094]
- Publication Date:
- 1768
- ESTC No:
- T136094
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- On foreign mountains may the sun refine
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- Addison's Epistle to Lord Halifax.
- Attribution:
- Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Not sharp revenge nor hell itself can find
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Creech's Juvenal, Sat. 13.
- Attribution:
- Creech
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- First Line:
- Who first began to puff and crack and boast
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Anti-Puff. Hit 'em again Chicken. Downham, Jan. 14, 1768.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas at the goose pye feast for Downham won
- Page No:
- pp.68-72
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To kill a Downham goose to make a pye
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- To E P, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Tom Cackle-close
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come all ye free Britons whom liberty charms
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Song I...No General Warrants: Or, Astley and Coke for Ever.
- Attribution:
- Said to be wrote by Thomas Durrant, Esq; of Scottow.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Durrant
- First Line:
- It is not very long
- Page No:
- pp.74-76
- Poem Title:
- Song II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One morning early Sir Ae went
- Page No:
- pp.77-79
- Poem Title:
- Song III...Raynham in the Dumps; Or, A Quo Warranto against the constitution.
- Attribution:
- Supposed to be wrote by Capt. GRDNR of Swffhm.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old soldiers who desert their country's cause
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- The Choice of Members. A New Election Song. For the Norfolk Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Says Ry to We depend upon me
- Page No:
- p.120
- Poem Title:
- The following was handed about in Yarmouth, in the middle of December, 1767.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sons of fair freedom assist a good cause
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- A New Song. Addressed to Sir Edward Astley, and Wenman Coke, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hark how sweet the merry bells ring
- Page No:
- pp.121-123
- Poem Title:
- Measure for Measure.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O force of poignant satire known before
- Page No:
- pp.123-125
- Poem Title:
- To The Author of the Epigram, Addressed to Richard Merryfellow, Esq; Accusing Him of Poverty. Dated Lynn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All hands were piped to them up rose Sir
- Page No:
- pp.125-128
- Poem Title:
- The Council.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas at the awful noon of night
- Page No:
- pp.128-129
- Poem Title:
- Kimberly GHOST.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Down dropped her brush the dish cloth thrown aside
- Page No:
- pp.129-131
- Poem Title:
- Cinderetta: A Mock Pastoral. Detur Digniori.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Near Dereham riding t'other day
- Page No:
- pp.132-134
- Poem Title:
- The Battle of Dereham, Or, The Annual Norfolk Jigg, As it was exhibited before L*********.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As at midnight half distracted
- Page No:
- pp.134-135
- Poem Title:
- The Ghost of Kimber.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye clackclose freeholders so honest and hearty
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- Clackclose Triumphant.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The voice of truth of old how great
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- On Sir Ae's suddenly growing blind and deaf, upon hearing the Voice of Truth.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of all the brave captains that ever were seen
- Page No:
- pp.138-140
- Poem Title:
- Sir Dilberry Diddle, Captain of Militia; an excellent new Song. Humbly inscribed to the Right Hon. L. T. Sir A. W. Bart. and T. D. G. Esq; Colonels in ordinary of Militia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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