The gentleman's miscellany in verse and prose [2nd ed] [T98887]

DMI number:

16

Publication Date:

1730

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T098887

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW124901435

Shelfmark:

BL 12314.h.15

Full Title:

THE | [i]Gentleman's Miscellany:[/i] | In VERSE and PROSE. | Serious, Jocose, Satyrical, Humorous, | and Diverting. | [rule] | CONTAINING. | [two columns] [column 1]I. ORPHEUS, a Poem. | II. On a Lady shifting herself. | III. Mr. [i]Prior[/i]'s Epitaph. | IV. The Answer. | V. [i]Dorinda[/i], in Imitation of [i]Ovid's | Corinnae Concubitus[/i]. | VI. Advice to the Hon. Lady [i]Mary[/i] | -. With the Character of | a Religious Gamster. | VII. The King and the Cobler, a | Tale. | VIII. The Spectre. A Tale. | XI. Thoughts on the Way to Pre- | ferment. | X. On Behaviour in Conversation. | XI. An Epitaph on [i]Mary Hart[/i], who | died by taking Physick from a | Quack Doctor. | XII. Another on a Tomb-stone at | [i]Edmonton, Latin[/i] and [i]English[/i]. | XIII. On a young Woman who di- | ed the Day she was marry'd. | XIV. Another. | XV. Another. | XVI. Another. | XVII. Another on [i]Jeremy Strong[/i]. | XVIII. Another, [i]Latin[/i] and [i]Engl.[/i] | XIX. Another, on [i]Jack Ketch[/i], who | was executed at [i]Tyburn[/i]. | XX. The Blacksmith's Recreation, | or Triumphant Maid.[/column 1] | [column 2]XXI. An Epitaph on Miss [i]N- | J-gs[/i]. | XXII. The Wish of the Hon. Miss | [i]M-n[/i]. | XXIII. Answer'd by [i]T. H-[/i], 2d | Son to the E. of [i]B-[i/]. | XXIV. A Riddle, on a Pudding | sent to some Ladies at [i]Bath[/i], in | a Hare's Belly. | XXV. On Col. [i]L-[/i]'s Lady. Oc- |casion'd by her wearing a [i]Rose[/i] | in her Bosom at [i]Christmas[/i]. | XXVI. The Members to their So- | vereign. | XXVII. Curious Maid. A Tale. | XXVIII. Epilogue, intended to | have been spoken by a Person | introducing an Ass on the Stage. | XXIX. Shocky and Towzer. | XXX. The Answer to the [i]Question[/i], | What is Woman? | XXXI. The Reply. | XXXII. The Rejoinder. | XXXIII. A Replication to the Re- | joinder. | XXXIV. [i]Stanhope[i]'s Petition to the | Rt. Hon. the Earl of [i]Chesterfield[/i], | and to the Rt. Hon. the Lord | [i]Harrington[/i]. | XXXV. The Thirty Marks of a | Fine Woman.[/column 2] | [rule] | Dedicated to the Most Fallibly Fallible [i]Pope Alexander[/i], or [i]Alexander Pope[/i]. | By Sir BUTTERFLY MAGGOT, Kt. | [rule] | [g]The Second Edition, with Additions.[/g] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed, and Sold by J. PURSER, in [i]White-Fryars[/i]; and | by the Booksellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. 1730.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 s

Pagination:

0

Bibliographic details:

HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | THE | GENTLEMAN's | MISCELLANY, | IN | VERSE and PROSE. | [ornamental rule] | (Price One Shilling.)

Comments:

CONTENTS: Prose pp. 23-30; Latin verse p. 30, 33.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATTER: Dedication 'to the Most Fallibly Fallible Pope Alexander, or Alexander Pope' signed 'Butterfly Maggot' (1pp.)

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The gentleman's miscellany in verse and prose [N30446] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1730

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N30446

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Title:

The gentleman's miscellany in verse and prose [T190419] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1730

ESTC No:

T190419

Volume:

1 of 1

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Unknown

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Dedicatee:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedicated 'To the Most Fallibly Fallible Pope ALEXANDER, OR, ALEXANDER POPE'

Editor:

Butterfly Maggot

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Pseudonym / fictitious character

Printer:

J Purser

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed and Sold by J. PURSER, in White-Fryars; and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster

Content/Publication

First Line:

Close by a stream which in a pleasing course

Page No:

pp.7-10

Poem Title:

Orpheus, a Poem.

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First Line:

So Venus looked when from her watry bed

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On a Lady shifting herself.

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First Line:

Good Matthew Prior by your leave

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

The Answer.

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First Line:

Twelve was the appointed hour a lonely grove

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pp.12-14

Poem Title:

Dorinda. In Imitation of Ovid's Corinnae Concubitus.

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First Line:

Courtiers and heralds by your leave

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p.12

Poem Title:

Mr. Prior's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Written by himself

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Thou beauteous creature innocent and young

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pp.14-15

Poem Title:

Advice to the Hon. Lady Mary ---. With the Character of a Religious Gamester.

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First Line:

In days of yore when bluff old Harry

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pp.15-18

Poem Title:

The King and the Cobler. A Tale.

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A bishop once whose crazy brain

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pp.18-22

Poem Title:

The Spectre. A Tale.

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First Line:

Here lies Molly Hart who was buxom and young

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p.30

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Mary Hart, who died by taking Physick from a Quack Doctor.

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First Line:

Here underneath lies ostler Will

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p.31

Poem Title:

[The following Epitaph is on a Tomb-Stone at Edmonton ('Hic jacet Osteler Will')] In plain English thus.

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First Line:

The morning sun saw me a bride

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p.31

Poem Title:

Epitaph. On a young Woman who died the Day she was Marry'd.

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First Line:

The two worst plagues tormented me in life

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p.31

Poem Title:

Another.

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All night my husband snored in bed

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p.32

Poem Title:

Another.

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To an hundred and one lived Jeremy Strong

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p.32

Poem Title:

On Jeremy Strong.

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Under this stone lies my wife Joan

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p.32

Poem Title:

Another.

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At Downpatrick in one tomb do lie

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p.33

Poem Title:

[Another. ('Hi tres in Duno tumulo tumulantur in uno')] Thus English'd by the Parish Priest.

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First Line:

Come hither ye maidens of country and town

Page No:

pp.33-35

Poem Title:

The Blacksmith's Recreation; or, Triumphant Maid. To the Tune of Twangdillo.

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First Line:

Hi tres in Duno tumulo tumulantur in uno

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p.33

Poem Title:

Another.

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In hemp was his faith and in Tyburn his hope

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p.33

Poem Title:

On Jack Ketch, who was executed at Tyburn.

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First Line:

Entombed here lies sweet smiling Nan

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p.36

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on N-y J-gs.

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First Line:

I ask not wit nor beauty do I crave

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p.36

Poem Title:

The Wish of Miss M-n, Daughter to the Lord L- M-n.

Attribution:

Miss M-n, Daughter to the Lord L- M-n.

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First Line:

Nature perversely to your wish has given

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p.37

Poem Title:

Answer.

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By T. H.-, second Son to the E- of B-.

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First Line:

To all you fair females who sometimes partake

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pp.37-39

Poem Title:

A Riddle. On a Pudding sent to some Ladies at the Bath, in a Hare's Belly.

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First Line:

Ask me not where the spring retires

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pp.40-41

Poem Title:

On Col. L-'s Lady. Occasion'd by her wearing a Rose in her Bosom at Christmas.

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By Mr. D--d

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First Line:

O thou designed by nature to control

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pp.41-45

Poem Title:

The Members to their Sovereign.

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By H-d J-'s, Esq;

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First Line:

Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

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pp.45-48

Poem Title:

The Curious Maid. A Tale.

Attribution:

'By the same Author' i.e. 'H-d J-'s, Esq;'

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First Line:

Well now gallants methinks you're all agog

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pp.48-50

Poem Title:

An Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a Person introducing an Ass on the Stage.

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First Line:

A nymph and a swain

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pp.50-54

Poem Title:

Shocky and Towzer.

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First Line:

A woman at best is a consummate evil

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p.54

Poem Title:

The Question. What is Woman?

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First Line:

Accept my good lords my most humble petition

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pp.55-59

Poem Title:

Stanhope's Petition to the Right. Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield, and to the Right Hon. the Lord Harrington.

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First Line:

Thirty sure marks point out each beauteous fair

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p.60

Poem Title:

The Thirty Marks of a Fine Woman.

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