The drapier’s miscellany, in verse and prose [T202226]
- DMI number:
- 1507
- Publication Date:
- 1733
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T202226
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- N/A
- Shelfmark:
- BL RB.23.a.8029
- Full Title:
- THE | DRAPIER'S [i]Miscellany[/i], | IN | VERSE and PROSE. | CONSISTING | Of several scarce PIECES of that cele- | brated [i]AUTHOR[/i]; none of which | were ever in any Collection before. | [2 cols.] [col. 1]I. A modest Proposal for | preventing the Children | of poor People from be- | ing a Burthen to their | Parents, [i]&c[/i]. | II. The Journal of a [i]Dub- | lin[/i] Lady. A Poem. | III. A Poem to his present | Majesty King GEORGE, | in [i]Lilliputian[/i] Verse. | IV. NAMBY PAMBY. A Poem.[/col. 1] [col. 2]V. A faithful Inventory of | the Household Goods of | D- S-T, lent | to the Bishop of M- | VI. An Elegy on the much | lamented Death of Mr. | DEMAR. | VII. A Letter written in | Behalf of the Parishion- | ers to a Minister, who | used several hard Words | in his Sermon.[/col. 2] | [ornamental rule] | [ornament] | [ornamental rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed by and for JAMES HOEY, at the [i]Pamphlet- | Shop[/i] in [i]Skinner-Row[/i], opposite to the [i]Tholsel[/i].
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Genres:
- Collection including prose
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [2], 3-40.
- Bibliographic details:
- Format: Duodecimo in fours.
- Comments:
- DATE: Taken from ESTC, t.p. undated. CONTENTS: Prose 1-12; 33-35.
- References:
- Teerink-Scouten, 38A
- Publisher:
- James Hoey
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printed by and for James Hoey
- First Line:
- It was a most unfriendly part
- Page No:
- pp.13-23
- Poem Title:
- The Journal of a Modern Lady. In a Letter to a Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Smile smile
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- A Poem to his Majesty King George the Second. In Lilliputian Verse. On the present State of Affairs in England.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All ye poets of the age
- Page No:
- pp.25-28
- Poem Title:
- Namby pamby: Or, A Panegyrick on the New Versification address'd to A- P-s, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An oaken broken elbow chair
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- A True and Faithful Inventory Of the Goods belonging to Dr S---t, Vicar of Laracor. Upon lending his House to the Bishop of M-, till his own was built.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Know all men by these presents death the tamer
- Page No:
- pp.30-32
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy On the much lamented Death of Mr. Demar, the famous rich Man, who died the 6th of July, 1720.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath this verdant hillock lies
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Poor Buckinger at last is dead and gone
- Page No:
- pp.36-40
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy On the much lamented Death of Matthew Buckinger, The famous Little-Man, (without Arms or Legs).
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here sleeps among good christians dead
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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