The Court Parrot [N3779] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 103
- Publication Date:
- 1733
- ESTC number:
- N3779
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW116116454
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD
- Full Title:
- THE | COURT PARROT. | A NEW | MISCELLANY, | In PROSE and VERSE; | [None of which were ever before published] | Containing, among many other curious Pieces, | [two columns] [column one] I. The Life and Progress (in | [i]Hudibrastick[/i] Verse) of the noted | Mrs, [i]C- Ph-ps[/i], from her Mar- | riage with [i]D-fi-ld[/i], and after-| wards with a certain Merchant, | while her former Husband was | living: Her suing for a Divorce, | and the Proceedings in the [i]Arches | Court[/i] of [i]Canterbury[/i], &c. | II. The Secret History of [i]Hen- | rada[/i], &c. her Amours and In-| trigues with [i]Congravino[/i], a famous | Poet, by whom she had one | Daughter; her Seperation from | her Husband, Count [i]Adolphus[/i], | who had been extreamly fond of | her; her inheriting a superior | Title upon the Death of her Fa- | ther, and a large Estate to support | the new Dignity; her Behaviour | at the Time of her Death, and an | Account of her making her | Daughter her sole Heiress, to [/column one] | [column two] whom she bequeathed [i]Congravino[/i]'s | Estate which he left to her, and | a considerable personal Estate. | III. C-t Honesty. Occasi- | on'd by a certain Nobleman's not | paying his Debt: Inscrib'd to | the E- of [i]T-[/i] | IV. Sham Loyalty: Or, The | Disappointed Poet, [i]&c. &c. &c.[/i] | V. An Elegy on the late | Dutchess of [i]Ormonde[/i]. | VI. [i]HARPER[/i] triumphant: | Or, the [i]Drury-Lane[/i] Tragedy. | VII. Beauty, a burlesque Poem; | inscrib'd to the Lady [i]H---n[/i], | formerly Miss [i]E-s.[/i]. | VIII. [i]Cupid[/i] rival'd by [i]Bacchus[/i]: | Or, The Carbuncled Lady: In- | scrib'd to the Same. | IX. The Politick Lady: Or | Trial the best Proof of Ability, | Inscrib'd to the Same. [/column two] | [manicule] Among many other curious Particulars inserted in | this Miscellany, is an excellent Ballad, call'd, The | [i]Norfolk[/i] Freeholders, (to the Tune of, [i]Hogan[/i] of | [i]Houghton[/i]) printed on purpose to send down after | a certain great Projector, who vainly opposes the | Interest of Sir [i]Edmund Bacon[/i] and [i]William Wood- | house[/i], Esq; | [rule] | [i]LONDON printed: Sold by [i]J. Dormer[/i] and [name obliterated] | [[i]Price[/i] One Shilling.] 1733.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Pagination:
- 0
- Bibliographic details:
- In the imprint of the ECCO copy, the name of 'S. Slow' is crossed out.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Prose: pp. 13-22. MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of topical and scandalous verse.
- First Line:
- When nature calls who durst to say
- Page No:
- pp.3-6
- Poem Title:
- The Progress of Mrs. C-- Ph------s.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be hushed ye winds ye billows cease to roar
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy on the Death of the late Dutchess of Ormonde.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye powers who gave a Milton voice
- Page No:
- pp.8-12
- Poem Title:
- An Ephithalamium on the Nuptials of his Serene Highness William, Prince of Orange, with Her Royal Highness Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As some great monarch proud of doing good
- Page No:
- pp.23-27
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from a poor Poet, to Lord Reason.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though tales of love to your exalted mind
- Page No:
- pp.28-31
- Poem Title:
- To Zena.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye Norfolk freeholders whose generous hearts
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- The Norfolk Freeholders. A New Ballad. To the Tune of, Hogan pf Houghton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If by some sad mischance in trade
- Page No:
- pp.34-36
- Poem Title:
- C----t Honesty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If God who's perfect infinitely wise
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- Beauty. A Burlesque Poem. Inscrib'd to the Lady H---n, formerly Miss E---s.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Clara was once a beauty and a toast
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- Cupid rival'd by Bacchus: Or, the Carbuncled Lady. Inscrib'd to the Same.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Miss had a fortune vastly great
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- The Politick Lady: Or, a Trial the best Proof of Ability. Inscrib'd to the Same.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A certain high exalted cit
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- Sham Loyalty: Or, the Disappointed Poet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sons of Apollo whose censure or praise
- Page No:
- pp.43-47
- Poem Title:
- Stephen Duck's Congratulatory Poem on the Nuptials of the Prince of Orange, with the Princess Royal of England.
- Attribution:
- Stephen Duck
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Duck
- First Line:
- In spite of malice and a factious few
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- Harper Triumphant: Or, the Drury-Lane Tragedy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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