The Edinburgh Entertainer [T128711]
- DMI number:
- 871
- Publication Date:
- 1750
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T128711
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124756974
- Shelfmark:
- BL - 12271.a.4
- Full Title:
- THE | [i] EDINBURGH [/i] | ENTERTAINER: | CONTAINING | HISTORICAL and POETICAL | COLLECTIONS. | For the USE of | SCHOOLS. | Taken from the best AUTHORS. | [i] EDINBURGH: [/i] | Printed for G. HAMILTON & J. BALFOUR, J. TRAILL, | J. BROWN, J. YAIR, and L. HUNTER. | MDCCL.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Genres:
- Collection including prose, Collection of educational texts, and Collection aimed at children/young people
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [i]-iv; [1]-355pp.
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: 'Contents', pp.iii-iv.
- Author:
- J. Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Gavin Hamilton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Traill
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Yair
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- John Balfour
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- L. Hunter
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Remote from cities lived a swain
- Page No:
- pp.267-269
- Poem Title:
- Introduction. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.
- Attribution:
- From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Accept young prince the moral lay
- Page No:
- pp.269-272
- Poem Title:
- To the Duke of Cumberland. Fable I. The Lyon, the Tyger, and the Traveller.
- Attribution:
- p.269: 'From Mr. Gay's Fables'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- A spaniel bred with all the care
- Page No:
- pp.272-273
- Poem Title:
- Fable II. The Spaniel and the Cameleon.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Give me a son the blessing sent
- Page No:
- pp.273-274
- Poem Title:
- Fable III. The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- As Jupiter's all seeing eye
- Page No:
- pp.274-276
- Poem Title:
- Fable IV. The Eagle and the assembly of Animals.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- The wind was high the window shakes
- Page No:
- pp.276-277
- Poem Title:
- Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- A lion tired with state affairs
- Page No:
- pp.277-279
- Poem Title:
- Fable VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- What whispers must the beauty bear
- Page No:
- pp.279-280
- Poem Title:
- The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Seek you to train your favourite boy
- Page No:
- pp.281-282
- Poem Title:
- Fable IX. The Bull and the Mastiff.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- In beauty faults conspicuous grow
- Page No:
- pp.282-283
- Poem Title:
- Fable XI. The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goose.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- A wolf with hunger fierce and bold
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVII. The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Restrain your child you'll soon believe
- Page No:
- pp.284-286
- Poem Title:
- Fable XX. The Old Hen and the Cock.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- All upstarts insolent in place
- Page No:
- pp.286-287
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Is there no hope the sick man said
- Page No:
- pp.287-289
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVII. The Sick Man and the Angel.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Why are those tears why droops your head
- Page No:
- pp.289-290
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXVII. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- In other men we faults can spy
- Page No:
- p.291
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXVIII. The Turkey and the Ant.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- The man to Jove his suit preferred
- Page No:
- pp.292-293
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXIX. The Father and Jupiter.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Death on a solemn night of state
- Page No:
- pp.293-295
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLVII. The Court of Death.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.295-304
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- O under various sacred names adored
- Page No:
- pp.304-306
- Poem Title:
- The Hymn of Cleanther
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First to the gods thy humble homage pay
- Page No:
- pp.306-313
- Poem Title:
- Pythagoras's Golden Verses.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.313-315
- Poem Title:
- Pope's Universal Prayer
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.315
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou who dost all my worldly thoughts employ
- Page No:
- p.316
- Poem Title:
- A lady's last farewel to her husband. Wrote a few days before her death.
- Attribution:
- Daughter to the celebrated Dr. Welwood. (footnote)
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- God prosper long our noble king
- Page No:
- pp.317-323
- Poem Title:
- A memorable song on the unhappy hunting of Chevy-chace, between Earl Douglas of Scotland, and Earl Piercy of England.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Vital spark of heavenly flame
- Page No:
- p.324
- Poem Title:
- The dying Christian to his soul. Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come gentle Spring ethereal mildness come
- Page No:
- pp.325-330
- Poem Title:
- Excerpts from Thomson's Seasons. Spring.
- Attribution:
- Thomson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- From brightening fields of ether fair disclosed
- Page No:
- pp.331-340
- Poem Title:
- Summer
- Attribution:
- Thomson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Crowned with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf
- Page No:
- pp.341-347
- Poem Title:
- Autumn.
- Attribution:
- Thomson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- See Winter comes to rule the varied year
- Page No:
- pp.348-355
- Poem Title:
- Winter
- Attribution:
- Thomson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
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