The court oracle: a new miscellany [T129086] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 490
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- ESTC number:
- T129086
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW104721344
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD
- Full Title:
- THE | COURT ORACLE: | A NEW | MISCELLANY. | In which are contained, amongst many other cu- | rious Things, the following, [i]viz.[/i] | [two columns] [column one] I. The Secret History of that | most celebrated Prude SKIRRISSA; | wherein the various Stratagems us- | ed by Sir [i]Sidrophel[/i] with her Father, | and their Intrigues to this Time, | are amply set forth. [i]Cum multis | aliis[/i]. | II. The Sequen of TIT for TAT. | In a Dialogue between a Country | Blackbird and a C-- Goldfinch. | III. The Wife's Revenge; or the | impertinent Cuckold; who on Ac- | count of his ill Usage became a | Prostitute: With their Proceedings | at Law, and Seperateion by mutual | Consent. | IV. The Secret History of | MONTIZEUTA: Containing an | Account of her Amours; particu- | larly with [i]Crackezuma[/i], a grand | Scribe: The Discovery of her in- | decent Behaviour with him; her | comical Adventure with a Gentle- | man at a Country Village, who [/column one] | [column two] enjoy'd her by a Stratagem, when | she thought to pass undiscover'd; | her extravagant Gestures at the | Sight of the Corpse of her Para- | mour, the Scribe, who died of a | loathsome Distemper; and her | dressing herself in a Widow's Ap- | parel on Account of his Death. | V. An Officer and no Soldier. | A Poem. Inscribed to the D--s | of [i]B--n[/i] and [i]A--le[/i]. | VI. VERSES most humbly in- | scribed to the Right Hon. the Earl | of [i]Scarborough[/i], on his resigning | his Post of Master of the Horse to | his Majesty. | VII. The History of a Knight | and no Gentleman. Inscrib'd to | Sir [i]R-- F--[/i]. | VIII. A Dialogue between two | Jews, concerning the Bill depend- | ing in Parliament for preventing | Stockjobbing. [/column two] | To which is added, | The Fair [i]Jewess[/i] Triumphant: | OR | [i]JACOB[/i]'s FOLLY in Attempting to | Wrestle with an ANGEL. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]S. Slow[/i], without [i]Temple-Bar[/i], and sold by the Booksellers | of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. MDCCXXXIV. | (Price One Shilling.)
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: prose pp. 3-8, 18-28, 37-42. MISCELLANY GENRE: topical and scandalous verse.
- Other matter:
- END MATTER: Advertisment (1pp.).
- Publisher:
- S. Slow
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Hail pretty finch designed for ---
- Page No:
- pp.9-13
- Poem Title:
- A Sequel to Tit for Tat. In a Dialogue between a Black-bird and a Gold-finch.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye wits of the town
- Page No:
- pp.14-17
- Poem Title:
- The Cuckold. To the Tune of, Ye Commons and Peers, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On that so famous spot of ground
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- An Officer and no Soldier.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A rogue a boy a rogue a man
- Page No:
- pp.30-34
- Poem Title:
- A Knight and no Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To you my lord these lines I humbly send
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- Verses humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Earl of Scarborough, upon his resigning his Post of Master of the Horse to his Majesty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why am I the only creature
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How frail is man our efforts all how vain
- Page No:
- pp.33 [i.e. 45]-47
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Jewess Triumphant; Or Jacob's Folly in Attempting to Wrestle with an Angel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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