The merry droll or pleasing companion [T128769] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1095
- Publication Date:
- 1769
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T128769
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124593653
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | MERRY DROLL, | OR | PLEASING COMPANION. | CONSISTING OF A | VARIETY OF FACETIOUS AND | ENGAGING STORIES; | AND | FAMILIAR LETTERS. | IN WHICH | Several ENTERTAINING ADVENTURES | are truly related; | AND | Divers Instances of LOVE and GALLANTRY, | Elegantly displayed. | INCLUDING ALSO, SOME | POETICAL RECREATIONS; | Being a Collection of | MERRY TALES, DIVERTING FABLES, | PLEASING PASTORALS, | AND | Other SELECT PIECES. | THE WHOLE | MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for C. PARKER, the Upper Part of New- | Bond Street. M DCC LXIX.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Comments:
- Contents: Prose pp. 1-83.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents pp. iii-vii.
- Publisher:
- Charles Parker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Where Humber's streams divide the fruitful plain
- Page No:
- pp.84-90
- Poem Title:
- The Whimsical Legacy. In Imitation of the Summer's Tale in Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir John a country magistrate
- Page No:
- pp.91-93
- Poem Title:
- The Country Justice, and his Maid Betty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In southern climes there lies a village
- Page No:
- pp.93-97
- Poem Title:
- A Vicar's Progress through his Parish
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rhymes bless me doggrel I suppose
- Page No:
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- The Vicar's Reply.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Richard walked with Peggy hand in hand
- Page No:
- pp.100-101
- Poem Title:
- Poor Dick. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Remote from cities in a country town
- Page No:
- pp.101-105
- Poem Title:
- The Liar; an Heroic Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rotund or oval in whatever form
- Page No:
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- Pudding.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well of all plagues that ruffle man's repose
- Page No:
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Money. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let others view the lily's humble pride
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from Tom to Nell.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My better self my heaven my joy
- Page No:
- pp.110-111
- Poem Title:
- Alamode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One night plump Sue and coachman Ned
- Page No:
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- Women the best Politicians.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed
- Page No:
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Woman's Resolution.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A brow austere a circumspective eye
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- A Recipe to make a Man of Consequence.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In vain shall critics wits or beaus
- Page No:
- pp.113-117
- Poem Title:
- A modern Pastoral Courtship.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- For once I dare to touch the sounding harp
- Page No:
- pp.118-121
- Poem Title:
- The Caxon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- Giles and Joan.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As once returning from the chase
- Page No:
- pp.121-122
- Poem Title:
- The Knighthood of Sir Loin.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some husbands on a winter's day
- Page No:
- pp.122-129
- Poem Title:
- The Pig. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On the banks of that crystalline stream
- Page No:
- pp.129-133
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With frowning brow and aspect lowering
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- Mrs. Abigail and the dumb Waiter. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To pay my duty to sweet mrs Page
- Page No:
- pp.134-135
- Poem Title:
- The Stage-Coach.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Faint amorist what dost thou think
- Page No:
- pp.135-136
- Poem Title:
- Rules of Courtship
- Attribution:
- Philip Sidney.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Philip Sidney
- First Line:
- Madam to you this tale I send
- Page No:
- pp.136-140
- Poem Title:
- The Coquette and Time. A Tale. To a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever with curious eye has ranged
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- The Monkies. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Quidnunc believe that I'm your friend
- Page No:
- p.141-143
- Poem Title:
- The Athenian Harper. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Erst in Cythera's sacred shade
- Page No:
- pp.144-145
- Poem Title:
- Captain Cupid.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Time thou devourer of each space
- Page No:
- p.145
- Poem Title:
- On Time.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam | I hope you'll think it's true
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- A modern Love-Letter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once on a time as story goes
- Page No:
- pp.147-149
- Poem Title:
- The Monkey and Cat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Art thou fond youth a candidate for fame
- Page No:
- pp.149-150
- Poem Title:
- The modern Poet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The sun had raised above the mead
- Page No:
- pp.151-152
- Poem Title:
- The Country Squire, and the Mandrake. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How many ways deceit can find
- Page No:
- pp.153-154
- Poem Title:
- The Fortune-Teller. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Sally emblem of thy chop-house ware
- Page No:
- pp.154-155
- Poem Title:
- Verses left on the Table of a Chop-House, near the Change.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The fifth day of may
- Page No:
- pp.155-156
- Poem Title:
- A Will, made by a Student in the University, and stood good in Law.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Men are the world in small you say
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- The Female Microcosm. To a Lady who said, Man is a little World.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A little world I say again
- Page No:
- pp.157-158
- Poem Title:
- The Lady's Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The frost was sharp the snow was deep
- Page No:
- pp.158-160
- Poem Title:
- The Baker and Chimney-Sweeper's Boy. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A courtier dressed in all his tinselled pride
- Page No:
- pp.160-161
- Poem Title:
- The Courtier and the Ewe. A Fable. Occasioned by seeing an Act of Cruelty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ambition fiend of hellish parts
- Page No:
- pp.162-163
- Poem Title:
- Ambition. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Jack Freewill was a man of parts
- Page No:
- pp.163-165
- Poem Title:
- The Atheist. A Fable. The Fool hath said in his Heart, There is no God.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail to that sage renowned of old
- Page No:
- pp.165-167
- Poem Title:
- The Maggot and the Nut. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How often pride produces cares
- Page No:
- pp.167-168
- Poem Title:
- The Tinder-Box. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Descend from heaven propitious queen
- Page No:
- pp.168-170
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Content.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A cottage with a steeple nigh
- Page No:
- pp.170-171
- Poem Title:
- The Contented Pair.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fixed in a neat though humble cot
- Page No:
- pp.171-172
- Poem Title:
- The Happy Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah me how little knows the human heart
- Page No:
- pp.172-174
- Poem Title:
- Humanity.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Blessed is the man whose bosom glows
- Page No:
- p.175
- Poem Title:
- An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rosy fingered morn arise
- Page No:
- pp.176-177
- Poem Title:
- Ode, inscribed to his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, upon his Birth-day, August 12, 1766.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome thrice welcome Christmas day
- Page No:
- pp.177-179
- Poem Title:
- Christmas-Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since you dear sir have saved my life
- Page No:
- pp.179-181
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My fair's a flower that's seldom found
- Page No:
- pp.181-182
- Poem Title:
- To Celia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By nature formed of perfect shape
- Page No:
- pp.182-184
- Poem Title:
- A Character.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The curtain dropped my mimic life is past
- Page No:
- p.184
- Poem Title:
- Mrs. Pritchard's Farewell Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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