The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]

DMI number:

783

Publication Date:

1785

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T100480

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111507629

Shelfmark:

BL - 11600.b.7

Full Title:

THE | Muse in Good Humour | A | COLLECTION | OF | COMIC TALES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [double rule] | IN TWO VOLUMES. | [double rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | [i]THE EIGHTH EDITION.[/i] | [double rule] | LONDON. | Printed for F. NOBLE, HOLBORN. 1785. | [rule] | [Price Six Shillings, sewed in blue Paper; or Eight Shillings | bound in Calf, and lettered.]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

6 s. / 8 s.

Pagination:

[8], [1]-292pp.

Comments:

Miscellany contents: Prose pp.202-204.

Other matter:

Prefatory Material: 'Novels printed for F. Noble.' (2pp.); 'Books Printed for F. Noble, in Holborn.' (2pp.); 'Contents' (2pp.)

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Publication Date:

1785

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Volume:

1 of 2

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The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. II]

Publication Date:

1766

ESTC No:

T41632

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

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Publisher:

Francis Noble

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Tom Ramble a rake of true catholic hope

Page No:

pp.[1]-3

Poem Title:

The Confession. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The patten fan and petticoat

Page No:

pp.4-12

Poem Title:

The Bottle-Screw. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Amhurst.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Amhurst

First Line:

Whilom in Kent there lived a jolly swain

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

Warning to young married Men. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Amhurst.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Amhurst

First Line:

In Oxfordshire as stories go

Page No:

pp.14-17

Poem Title:

The Parson and Maid; Or, Collin in the Apple-Tree. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As John the sailor and his lass

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

The Captain and Sailor. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Do what you can a woman still

Page No:

pp.19-22

Poem Title:

The Midnight Student; Or, The Curate's Wife Serv'd. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Rochfoucault his maxims drew

Page No:

pp.22-35

Poem Title:

Swift's Verses on his own Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A man may lead a happy life

Page No:

pp.36-41

Poem Title:

Work For A Cooper. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

In new straw hats and cleanest gowns

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pp.42-53

Poem Title:

The Return from Windsor Fair. A Dialogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In days of yore as authors say

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pp.53-61

Poem Title:

The Spectacles. A Tale. From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

As truant cupid on the rake

Page No:

pp.62-65

Poem Title:

Love Disarm'd; Or, Blind-Man's Buff. A Tale.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The sages all are much divided

Page No:

pp.65-72

Poem Title:

A Cure for Love. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Concanen.

Attributed To:

Matthew Concanen

First Line:

With grief my friend as well as you

Page No:

pp.72-77

Poem Title:

The Involuntary Sinners A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail Raleigh venerable shade

Page No:

pp.78-82

Poem Title:

The Convert to Tobacco. A Tale.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

All you who Hymen's yoke would prove

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pp.83-85

Poem Title:

The Mistake. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Man was not made to live at home

Page No:

pp.85-90

Poem Title:

Cheshire Nell; Or, The Stage-Waggon. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Have you not seen to state the case

Page No:

pp.90-94

Poem Title:

The Widow's Wile. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Prithee Ralph bespoke a neighbour

Page No:

pp.94-100

Poem Title:

The Taming of the Shrew. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shakespeare's receipt to tame a shrew

Page No:

pp.101-105

Poem Title:

A New Receipt to tame a Shrew.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Let him who takes a beauty to his arms

Page No:

pp.105-108

Poem Title:

The Foolish Enquiry. A Tale.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Hodge held a farm and smiled content

Page No:

pp.108-110

Poem Title:

The Case is Alter'd. A Tale.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ye husbands who have gotten wives

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

On the same case what different lights are thrown

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

With temper that made Cato great

Page No:

pp.111-114

Poem Title:

The Case Re-Alter'd. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A farmer once to London went

Page No:

pp.114-118

Poem Title:

The Farmer's Blunder. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We argued Dick last night at drinking

Page No:

pp.118-122

Poem Title:

The Sussex Clown. A Tale.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A nun there was as primrose gay

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pp.123-124

Poem Title:

Dame Jane; Or, The Penitent Nun. A Tale. From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Roger with his Jug was walking

Page No:

pp.124-125

Poem Title:

The Kiss Repaid. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poker lost poor Susan stormed

Page No:

pp.125-126

Poem Title:

Where's The Poker? A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid

Page No:

pp.127-129

Poem Title:

Miss In Her Teens. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some husbands on a winter's day

Page No:

pp.129-136

Poem Title:

The Pig; Or, Conjugal Obedience. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

Page No:

pp.136-141

Poem Title:

The Billingsgate Contest. A Piscatory London Eclogue. In Imitation of the Third Eclogue of Virgil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Dolly and her favorite swain

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

The Disappointed Maid and Drowsy Swain. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pattison.

Attributed To:

William Pattison

First Line:

As Tom laid Moll beneath a shade

Page No:

pp.143-144

Poem Title:

The Unseasonable Surprise. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There was a reign as stories say

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

The Balls. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When good king Jemmy wore the British crown

Page No:

pp.146-149

Poem Title:

The Merry Monarch; Or, Knighthood A Jest. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your sage and moralist can show

Page No:

pp.149-159

Poem Title:

The Cobler. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. S. Wesley.

Attributed To:

Samuel Wesley

First Line:

Taught by long miseries we find

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

Moral

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Still crossed in love and vexed with spleen

Page No:

pp.159-161

Poem Title:

The Cow's Tale. Humbly inscribed to the Worshipful Society of Old Batchelors, at the **** in ****.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A country farmer saint or sinner

Page No:

pp.162-165

Poem Title:

The Artful Wife. A Tale.

Attribution:

By E. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

Page No:

p.166

Poem Title:

The Misfortune. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat

Page No:

pp.167-171

Poem Title:

The Espousal. A Sober Eclogue. Between two of the People called Quakers.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Ye nine of Hippocrenes streams

Page No:

pp.172-184

Poem Title:

Peter. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A fakeer a religious well known in the east

Page No:

pp.185-188

Poem Title:

The Fakeer. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever has a cause dependant

Page No:

pp.188-194

Poem Title:

Justice a la Mode, A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A genius once incog came down

Page No:

pp.194-199

Poem Title:

The New-River Head. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Robert Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

Miss Danae when fair and young

Page No:

pp.199-202

Poem Title:

An English Padlock.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

The very silliest things in life

Page No:

pp.202-205

Poem Title:

The Spirit of Contradiction. A Tale.

Attribution:

By R. Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

A virtuoso had a mind to see

Page No:

pp.205-208

Poem Title:

The Incurious. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Two nymphs of chaste Diana's train

Page No:

pp.208-213

Poem Title:

Holt Waters. A Tale. Extracted from the Natural History of Berkshire.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Mary Jones.

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

Two neighbours Clod and Jolt would married be

Page No:

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

The Skillet. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

There was a lad the unluckiest of his crew

Page No:

pp.216-217

Poem Title:

Hold Fast Below. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

A prude at morn and evening prayer

Page No:

pp.218-222

Poem Title:

The Mad Dog. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Dick served a widow of no mean esteem

Page No:

pp.223-225

Poem Title:

The Game of Put. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From public noise and factious strife

Page No:

pp.226-228

Poem Title:

The a Young Gentleman in Love. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Whilst men have these ambitious fancies

Page No:

p.228

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An aged cock who after chickens ran

Page No:

pp.229-231

Poem Title:

The Libidinous Old Cock, And Prudent Old Hen. A Duet. Inscribed to an old Debauchee.

Attribution:

By J. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe a Nymph divinely fair

Page No:

pp.232-235

Poem Title:

Chloe's Play-Thing. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature on all some gifts bestows

Page No:

pp.236-240

Poem Title:

The Longitude found out. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your deep observers of mankind

Page No:

pp.241-248

Poem Title:

The Mastiff. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas said by those of old beware

Page No:

pp.248-254

Poem Title:

A Case of Conscience. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Henry Baker.

Attributed To:

Henry Baker

First Line:

I often tried in vain to find

Page No:

pp.255-257

Poem Title:

A new Simile for the Ladies, &c.

Attribution:

By Dr. Sheridan.

Attributed To:

Thomas Sheridan

First Line:

Presumptuous bard how could you dare

Page No:

pp.258-263

Poem Title:

The Clouds Answer To the New Simile, &c.

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay

Page No:

pp.264-265

Poem Title:

Chloris in a Pig-Stye. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold the woes of matrimonial life

Page No:

pp.265-280

Poem Title:

The Wife of Bath's Tale. From Chaucer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

So when the cobbler's wife displayed her charms

Page No:

pp.283-292

Poem Title:

The Breeches. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed