The humours of a country election [T98706] [Reissue of T130616]
- DMI number:
- 505
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- ESTC number:
- T98706
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111727349
- Shelfmark:
- BL 11633.bbb.23
- Full Title:
- THE | HUMOURS | OF A | COUNTRY ELECTION. | [ornamental rule] | [epigraph] | [ornamental rule] | [i]To which are added the following[/i] SONGS. | SONG. I. The TRIMMER. | II. The [i]Cautious[/i] DRINKER. | III. The GOOD-FELLOW. | IV. The [i]Jovial[/i] DRINKER. | V. The [i]Coelestial[/i] BANQUET. | [ornamental rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, at the [i]Oxford-Arms[/i], | in [i]Warwick-Lane.[/i] M.DCC.XLI. | [Price One Shilling.]
- Epigraph:
- [i]Being mounted, in their[/i] Best Array, | [i]Upon a[/i] Steed, [i]and Who but They? | And follow'd with a World of Tall-Lads, | That merry[/i] Ditties [i]troll'd, and[/i] Ballads, | [i]Did Ride with many a Good-Morrow, | Crying,[/i] Hey for our Town, [i]thro' the[/i] Burrough. | HUDIBRASS. | [i]A Mottley Mixture! in long Wigs in Bags, | In Silks, in Crapes, in Garters, and in Rags; | From Drawing-Rooms, from Colleges, from Garrets, | On Horse, on Foot, in Hacks, and gilded Chariots.[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Topical miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Bibliographic details:
- PLATES: frontispiece. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Reissue of T130616
- Comments:
- MISCELLANY GENRE: topical miscellany; dominated by drinking songs.
- Title:
- The humours of a country election [2nd edition] [T189257] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- ESTC No:
- T189257
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The humours of a country election [T130616] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- ESTC No:
- T130616
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- James Roberts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- At the time of the year when the citizens wives
- Page No:
- pp.5-20
- Poem Title:
- The Humours of a Country Election.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With a bumper in my hand
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- The Clerk sings.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- The Careless Good-Fellow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pray lend me an ear if you've any to spare
- Page No:
- pp.23-26
- Poem Title:
- The Trimmer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My masters and friends who ever intends
- Page No:
- pp.27-30
- Poem Title:
- The Cautious Drinker.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All hail to the days that merit more praise
- Page No:
- pp.31-33
- Poem Title:
- The Good-Fellow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pox on those fools
- Page No:
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- The Jovial Drinker.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gods and the goddesses lately did feast
- Page No:
- pp.36-40
- Poem Title:
- The Coelestial Banquet. Or, The Gods and Goddesses drinking of Punch.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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