The Flowers of Gallantry, by the Earl of Rochester, and other wits... [N66946]

DMI number:

742

Publication Date:

1773

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N66946

Shelfmark:

McMaster - Mills lower level (non-circulating) Call Number: B 17712

Full Title:

TITLE-PAGE: THE | FLOWERS of GALLANTRY, | BY | The EARL of ROCHESTER, | And other WITS of the Court of King | CHARLES the II. | [rule] | Correctly printed from the very rare [i]Antwerp[/i] | EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | PRINTED in the Year 1773.

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

PAGINATION: [2]; 1-174. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION: Pencil note in front of McMaster copy reads 'Privately printed from the first edition'. Signatures: A-Y2. OTHER NOTES: The attribution to Rochester may be spurious (ESTC). These poems may be all by the same hand. MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of bawdy tales.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Forty select poems on several occasions [vol 1] [N18508] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1769

ESTC No:

N18508

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

Forty select poems on several occasions [vol 2] [N18508] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1769

ESTC No:

N18508

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Author:

John Wilmot

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

ESTC says this attribution (made on title-page) may be spurious.

Content/Publication

First Line:

That there are true and faithful lovers

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pp.[1]-9

Poem Title:

Tale I. The Fright.

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In Ormond street the other day

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pp.9-12

Poem Title:

Tale II. The Chrystal Bottle.

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A handsome fellow t'other day

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pp.12-15

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Tale III. The Disappointment.

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I very oft have thought why women

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pp.16-19

Poem Title:

Tale IV. The Longing Woman.

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First Line:

Whoever believes that want of sense

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pp.19-22

Poem Title:

Tale V. The Ninevite.

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A mountain once in days of old

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pp.23-26

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Tale VI. Much Noise and Little Wool. A true Story.

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First Line:

Tell me friend John do if you can

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pp.27-28

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Tale VII. The Question answered.

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An alderman a wealthy cit

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pp.28-37

Poem Title:

Tale VIII. Well Judged.

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There stands a town twixt Wemyss and Leven

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pp.37-41

Poem Title:

Tale IX. The Crab.

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A handsome lady young and gay

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pp.41-45

Poem Title:

Tale X. The Chaplain.

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First Line:

A scrivener once a drivelling sot

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pp.46-50

Poem Title:

Tale XI. The Ink Bottle.

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First Line:

Men who are set on doing evil

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pp.50-63

Poem Title:

Tale XII. The Simpleton.

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Not long ago in Lincolnshire

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pp.63-117

Poem Title:

Tale XIII. The Squire.

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One day I with a lady sat

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pp.117-120

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Tale XIV. Miss and the Parson.

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In Paris when great Lewis reigned

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pp.120-123

Poem Title:

Tale XV. The Prayer-Book.

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A bachelor of some forty nine

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pp.123-126

Poem Title:

Tale XVI. The Filthy Beast.

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First Line:

Tis very odd to see how zeal

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pp.127-131

Poem Title:

Tale XVII. The Apocrypha.

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Few arguments it will require

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pp.131-135

Poem Title:

Tale XVIII. The Nun. From Rabelais.

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I've heard it said in Leicestershire

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pp.135-139

Poem Title:

Tale XIX. The Way to Learn.

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First Line:

Why man that makes a just pretence

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pp.140-145

Poem Title:

Tale XX. The Dream.

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First Line:

A parson's wife young fair and gay

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pp.145-150

Poem Title:

Tale XXI. The Tooth-Drawer.

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The other day I heard a tale

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pp.151-157

Poem Title:

Tale XXII. The Self-Deny'd.

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One day a tell-tale waiting maid

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pp.157-160

Poem Title:

Tale XXIII. A True Story.

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Tell me good doctor what's the cause

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pp.161-164

Poem Title:

Tale XXIV. The Question, to Dr. A--.

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Some years ago a charming dame

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p.165

Poem Title:

Tale XXV. Good Advice.

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A peer some more than six foot high

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pp.166-168

Poem Title:

Tale XXVI. Fifty Pounds Saved.

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An honest man in wane of life

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pp.168-169

Poem Title:

Tale XXVII. The Excuse.

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Whoever has at London been

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pp.169-174

Poem Title:

Tale XXVIII. The Adventure.

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