The muse in good humour [T130695]
- DMI number:
- 797
- Publication Date:
- 1746
- Volume Number:
- None of 2
- ESTC number:
- T130695
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114508826
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Vet. A4 f.170
- Full Title:
- THE | Muse in Good Humour: | OR, A | COLLECTION | OF | COMIC TALES. | By the most Eminent POETS. | [rule] | In TWO PARTS. | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for F. and J. NOBLE, at [i]Otway's Head[/i] in St. [i]Martin[/i]'s [i]Court[/i], near [i]Leicester Fields[/i]. | [rule] | MDCCXLVI.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of comic verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [12], [1]-148, [149-151], 152-312
- Bibliographic details:
- The two parts of this volume have separate title pages, but the pagination and register are continuous. The 'l' 'Fields' in the imprint of the title page to the first volume is upside down.
- Comments:
- Plate before title page engraved by Jacob Bonneau. Separate title page for volume 1: THE | Muse in Good Humour : | OR, A | COLLECTION | OF | COMIC TALES, [i]&c[/i]. | FROM | CHAUCER, PRIOR, SWIFT, LA FONTAINE, | Dr. KING, and other eminent POETS. | Together with some ORIGINALS. | PART I. | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]The Country 'Squire and his Man | John. | The Curious Maid. | The Silent Flute ; or the Members | Speech to their Sovereign. | Hans Carvel's Ring ; or a Charm | against Cuckoldom. | The Lout looking for his Heifer. | Phyllis ; or the Progress of Love. | Little Mouths. | Paulo Purganti and his Wife. | Strephon and Chloe. | The Amorous Groom. | A Riddle upon * * * * | Kitty's Dream. | Cassinus and Peter ; or Caelia at | St--l | The Fair Nun. | A beautiful young Nymph going | to Bed. | The Ladle ; or the Triple Wish.[/column 1] [column 2]A Pastoral between two | Irish Lovers. | A Description of a Lady's Dres- | sing-Room. | A Medicine for the Ladies. | A Saddle. | The Furniture of a Woman's | Mind. | The Spinning Wheel. | The Dream. | A Pastoral Courtship. | Melesinda's Misfortune on the | burning her Smock. | Fulvia ; or Physic for the Ladies. | The Curious Wife. | The Magnifying Glass. | The Miller of Trompington. | The Glister. | A Riddle upon Some Thing. | A Match for the Devil. | Chloris in a Pig-stye. | A quiet Life and a good Name.[/column 2] | [rule] | THE FIFTH EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for F. and J. NOBLE, at [i]Otway's Head[/i] in [i]St. | Martin's Court[/i], near [i]Leicester Fields[/i]. 1746. Separate title page for volume 2: THE | Muse in Good Humour : | OR, A | COLLECTION | OF | COMIC TALES, [i]&c[/i]. | FROM | DRYDEN, CONGREVE, GAY, SEDLEY, COBB, | and other eminent POETS. | Together with some ORIGINALS. | Part II. | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]The Royal Cuckold. | Grace before and after Meat at a | Christening. | The Happy Night. | The School of Wit. | Daphnis and Chloe. | The Best in Christendom. | Et Caetera. | Sauntring Jack and Idle Joan. | The Impossible Thing. | The Parson's Daughter. | The Leaky Vessel. | The Credulous Husband. | They will do it. | The bad Bargain on both sides.[/column 1] [column 2]The Incurious. | The Equivocation. | The Journal of a modern Lady. | The Crab-Tree. | Work for a Cooper. | The Mad Dog. | The Game of Put. | To a young Gentleman in Love. | Chloe's Play-thing. | The Longitude found out. | Arbor Vitae, or the Tree of Life. | The Mastiff. | A Case of Conscience. | A New Simile for the Ladies. | An Answer to the New Simile.[/column 2] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for F. and J. NOBLE, at [i]Dryden's Head[/i] in [i]St. | Martin's Court[/i], near [i]Leicester Fields[/i]. 1746.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory material: Preface (4pp.); Contents (4pp.)
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [ESTC T41629]
- Publication Date:
- 1745
- ESTC No:
- T41629
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [part 1] [T198535]
- Publication Date:
- 1745
- ESTC No:
- T198535
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [part 2] [T198536]
- Publication Date:
- 1745
- ESTC No:
- T198536
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]
- Publication Date:
- 1785
- ESTC No:
- T100480
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol. I]
- Publication Date:
- 1785
- ESTC No:
- T100480
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour. Or, a collection of comic tales [T197901] [ECCO Cambridge University Library]
- Publication Date:
- 1744
- ESTC No:
- T197901
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour: or a collection of comic tales (vol. 2) [T41631]
- Publication Date:
- 1757
- ESTC No:
- T41631
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. 1]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T41632
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. II]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T41632
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Francis Noble
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A man of wisdom may disguise
- Page No:
- pp.1-5
- Poem Title:
- The Country Squire and his Man John. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Savage.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Savage
- First Line:
- Beauty's a gaudy sign no more
- Page No:
- pp.5-7
- Poem Title:
- The Curious Maid.
- Attribution:
- By Hildebrand Jacob, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- O thou designed by nature to control
- Page No:
- pp.8-11
- Poem Title:
- The Silent Flute: or the Members Speech to their Sovereign.
- Attribution:
- By the Same.
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- Hans Carvel impotent and old
- Page No:
- pp.11-16
- Poem Title:
- Hans Carvel's Ring, or a Charm against Cuckoldom. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- It so befell a silly swain
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- The Lout looking for his Heifer. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Desponding Phyllis was endued
- Page No:
- pp.17-21
- Poem Title:
- Phyllis ; or the Progress of Love.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- From London Paul the carrier coming down
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- Little-Mouths.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. King.
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Beyond the fixed and settled rules
- Page No:
- pp.22-28
- Poem Title:
- Paulo Purganti and his Wife. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Of Chloe all the town has rung
- Page No:
- pp.28-39
- Poem Title:
- Strephon and Chloe. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- A king in youthful charms arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.39-48
- Poem Title:
- The Amorous Groom. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Because I am by nature blind
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- A Riddde upon * * * * *
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- On her couch one summer's day
- Page No:
- pp.50-53
- Poem Title:
- Kitty's Dream.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Baker.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Baker
- First Line:
- Two college sophs of Cambridge growth
- Page No:
- pp.53-57
- Poem Title:
- Cassinus and Peter ; or Caelia at St---l. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- We sage Cartesians who profess
- Page No:
- pp.57-63
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Nun. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton.
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- The sceptics think 'twas long ago
- Page No:
- pp.63-68
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle, or the Triple Wish.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- This commoner has worth and parts
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- Moral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Corinna pride of Drury Lane
- Page No:
- pp.69-72
- Poem Title:
- A beautiful young Nymph going to Bed.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- A nymph and swain Sheelah and Dermot hight
- Page No:
- pp.72-74
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Dialogue between two Irish Lovers.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Five hours and who can do it less in
- Page No:
- pp.74-79
- Poem Title:
- A Description of a Lady's Dressing-Room.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Miss Molly a famed toast was fair and young
- Page No:
- pp.79-83
- Poem Title:
- A Medicine for the Ladies. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Italy as authors tell us
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- The Saddle. A Tale. From La Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A set of phrases learnt by rote
- Page No:
- pp.85-87
- Poem Title:
- The Furniture of a Woman's Mind.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
- Page No:
- pp.87-95
- Poem Title:
- The Spinning-Wheel. An Epistolary Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Baker.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Baker
- First Line:
- Late on my bed as I reposing lay
- Page No:
- pp.95-98
- Poem Title:
- The Dream.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Oldham.
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Behold these woods and mark my sweet
- Page No:
- pp.98-105
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Courtship.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tired with the business of the day
- Page No:
- pp.105-109
- Poem Title:
- Melesinda's Misfortune, on the burning her Smock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why pines my dear to Fulvia his young bride
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- Fulvia: Or Physick for the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lansdowne.
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- There lived in Derby near the Peak
- Page No:
- pp.110-116
- Poem Title:
- The Curious Wife. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two virgins in the prime of life
- Page No:
- pp.116-118
- Poem Title:
- The Magnifying Glass. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood
- Page No:
- pp.119-131
- Poem Title:
- The Miller of Trompington. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What days so lewd as these our own
- Page No:
- pp.131-135
- Poem Title:
- The Glister. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
- Page No:
- pp.135-136
- Poem Title:
- A Riddle upon Something.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While others idle tales relate
- Page No:
- pp.137-144
- Poem Title:
- A Match for the Devil.
- Attribution:
- By T. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brown
- First Line:
- Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
- Page No:
- pp.145-146
- Poem Title:
- Chloris in Pig-stye.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nell scolded in so loud a din
- Page No:
- pp.146-148
- Poem Title:
- A Quiet Life and a Good Name. To a Friend who married a Shrew.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- In fruitful Lombardy of yore
- Page No:
- pp.151-167
- Poem Title:
- The Royal Cuckold. A Tale. From La Fontaine,
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Topham.
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Topham
- First Line:
- Bless the good ladies and good food
- Page No:
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- Grace before Meat at a Christening.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our hearty thanks we humbly pay
- Page No:
- pp.168-169
- Poem Title:
- Grace after Meat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since now my Sylvia is as kind as fair
- Page No:
- pp.169-174
- Poem Title:
- The Happy Night.
- Attribution:
- By the Duke of Buckingham.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- First Line:
- There is a game which learned with care
- Page No:
- pp.175-179
- Poem Title:
- The School of Wit. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By a Young Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The shepherd Paris bore the Spartan bride
- Page No:
- pp.180-183
- Poem Title:
- Daphnis and Chloe. A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Musing one day on this and that
- Page No:
- pp.184-185
- Poem Title:
- The Best in Christendom. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In a dark silent shady grove
- Page No:
- pp.185-186
- Poem Title:
- Et Caetera.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Interred beneath this marble stone
- Page No:
- pp.186-188
- Poem Title:
- Sauntring Jack and idle Joan.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- A goblin of a merry kind
- Page No:
- pp.189-195
- Poem Title:
- The Impossible Thing. A Tale. From La Fontaine,
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Chloe a country vicar's daughter
- Page No:
- pp.196-202
- Poem Title:
- The Parson's Daughter. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hirco an old but amorous blade
- Page No:
- pp.202-209
- Poem Title:
- The Leaky Vessel. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilom in Oxford an old chuff did dwell
- Page No:
- pp.209-236
- Poem Title:
- The Credulous Husband. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cobb.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- How much in vain is all our art
- Page No:
- pp.236-241
- Poem Title:
- They will do it. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two welshmen partners in a cow
- Page No:
- pp.241-243
- Poem Title:
- The Bad Bargain on both Sides. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A virtuoso had a mind to see
- Page No:
- pp.243-245
- Poem Title:
- The Incurious. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. King.
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- An abbot rich whose taste was good
- Page No:
- pp.245-247
- Poem Title:
- The Equivocation. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- It was a most unfriendly part
- Page No:
- pp.247-257
- Poem Title:
- The Journal of a modern lady. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- The moon was pendulous above
- Page No:
- pp.257-259
- Poem Title:
- The Crab-Tree. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A man may lead a happy life
- Page No:
- pp.259-264
- Poem Title:
- Work for a Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- A prude at morn and evening prayer
- Page No:
- pp.265-270
- 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.270-272
- Poem Title:
- The Game of Put. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From public noise and factious strife
- Page No:
- pp.273-275
- Poem Title:
- To 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.275
- Poem Title:
- Moral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Chloe a Nymph divinely fair
- Page No:
- pp.276-280
- Poem Title:
- Chloe's Play-Thing. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature on all some gifts bestows
- Page No:
- pp.280-284
- Poem Title:
- The Longitude found out. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The tree of which I fain would sing
- Page No:
- pp.285-289
- Poem Title:
- Arbor Vitae, or the Tree of Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Mother D'Acier in her notes
- Page No:
- pp.289-291
- Poem Title:
- The Names and Virtues.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your deep observers of mankind
- Page No:
- pp.291-297
- Poem Title:
- The Mastiff. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas said by those of old beware
- Page No:
- pp.298-304
- 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.304-307
- 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.307-312
- Poem Title:
- An Answer to the New Simile, &c.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
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