The muse in good humour: or a collection of comic tales (vol. 2) [T41631]

DMI number:

725

Publication Date:

1757

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T41631

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111544590

Shelfmark:

BL 1346.a.34

Full Title:

THE | Muse in Good Humour: | OR, A | COLLECTION | OF | COMIC TALES. | By the EDITOR of the First Volume. | [rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for FRANCES NOBLE, at [i]Otway's Head[/i], | in [i]King-Street, Covent-Garden[/i]; | AND | JOHN NOBLE, at [i]Dryden's Head[/i], in [i]St. Martin's | Court, near [i]Leicester-Square[/i]. | M.DCC.LVII.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[2], [v]-viii, [1]-230, [2].

Bibliographic details:

Contains bookplate of H. S. Ashbee (1894).

Comments:

6th edition, 2nd volume.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Advertisement for 1st vol (1p.); 'Advertisement' warning of pirated 2nd vol. (1p.); Contents (pp.vi-viii). END MATTER: Books lately Printed for F. and J. Noble. (2pp.)

References:

Case 450 (2) (b) [see note below entry]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

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Publication Date:

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Volume:

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Relationship:

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Comments:

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Publication Date:

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ESTC No:

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Volume:

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Relationship:

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Comments:

Title:

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Publication Date:

1745

ESTC No:

T198536

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Title:

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Publication Date:

1785

ESTC No:

T100480

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

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Publication Date:

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ESTC No:

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Volume:

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Relationship:

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Comments:

Title:

The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. 1]

Publication Date:

1766

ESTC No:

T41632

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Title:

The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. II]

Publication Date:

1766

ESTC No:

T41632

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Francis Noble

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

John Noble

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Tom Ramble a rake of true catholic hope

Page No:

p.[1]-4

Poem Title:

The Confession. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. T---s R---l---s.

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.12-14

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 the 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:

Says envy to fortune soft soft madam flirt

Page No:

pp.19-24

Poem Title:

Envy and Fortune. A Tale. To Mrs. Garrick.

Attribution:

By Mr. Moore.

Attributed To:

Edward Moore

First Line:

The prisoner was at large indicted

Page No:

pp.25-33

Poem Title:

The Trial of Sarah ***, alias Slim Sal, for privately stealing.

Attribution:

By Mr. Moore.

Attributed To:

Edward Moore

First Line:

Do what you can a woman still

Page No:

pp.33-36

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.36-49

Poem Title:

Swift's Verses on his own Death.

Attribution:

Swift's Verses...

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

In new straw hats and cleanest gown

Page No:

pp.49-61

Poem Title:

The Return from Windsor Fair. A Dialogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In days of yore as authors say

Page No:

pp.61-69

Poem Title:

The Spectacles. A Tale. From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As truant cupid on the rake

Page No:

pp.70-73

Poem Title:

Love disarm'd: Or, Blind-Man's Buff. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sages all are much divided

Page No:

pp.74-80

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.81-86

Poem Title:

The Involuntary Sinners. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail Raleigh venerable shade

Page No:

pp.86-90

Poem Title:

The Convert to Tabacco. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now gaping lacqueys wait their master's knock

Page No:

pp.91-94

Poem Title:

A Modern Eclogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All you who Hymen's yoke would prove

Page No:

pp.95-97

Poem Title:

The Mistake. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Man was not made to live at home

Page No:

pp.98-102

Poem Title:

Cheshire Nell; or, the Stage-Waggon. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Maggot pretends to some discerning

Page No:

pp.103-105

Poem Title:

The Splenatick Doctor. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Have you not seen to state the case

Page No:

pp.105-109

Poem Title:

The Widow's Wile. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Prithee Ralph bespoke a neighbour

Page No:

pp.109-115

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.116-120

Poem Title:

A new Receipt to tame a Shrew.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let him who takes a beauty to his arms

Page No:

pp.120-123

Poem Title:

The Foolish Inquiry. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye husbands who have gotten wives

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

The Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hodge held a farm and smiled content

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

The Case is alter'd. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On the same case what different lights are thrown

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

The Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With temper that made Cato great

Page No:

pp.126-129

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.130-133

Poem Title:

The Farmer's Blunder. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We argued Dick last night in drinking

Page No:

pp.134-138

Poem Title:

The Sussex Clown. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A nun there was as primrose gay

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

Dame Jane; or, the Penitent Nun. A Tale. From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Arra dear joy save all your faces

Page No:

pp.140-142

Poem Title:

Teague's Speech.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two men one Yorkshire t'other Scot

Page No:

pp.143-148

Poem Title:

Sauney the Scot. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sir John to large estate the only heir

Page No:

pp.148-149

Poem Title:

The Broom. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let modern Sadducees declaim on

Page No:

pp.150-159

Poem Title:

The Frighted Farmer. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Roger with his Jug was walking

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

The Kiss repay'd. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Just after you've dined take a dish that is large

Page No:

pp.161-163

Poem Title:

The Maw-Wallop. Being, A rare Receipt, quite scalding new, To make a Mess of French Ragou.

Attribution:

By the D---- of N--c----'s Cook.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poker lost poor Susan stormed

Page No:

pp.163-164

Poem Title:

Where's the Poker? A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thyrsis the darling of the fair

Page No:

pp.165-167

Poem Title:

Thyrsis and Daphne. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Nymph of fifteen that had often been chid

Page No:

pp.167-169

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.170-177

Poem Title:

The Pig; or, Conjugal Obedience. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath a tun whose vast capacious sides

Page No:

pp.177-182

Poem Title:

The Contest. A London Eclogue, In Imitation of the Seventh Pastoral of Virgil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ho Nan whose fish are those that look so dry

Page No:

pp.182-187

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.187-188

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.188-189

Poem Title:

The Unseasonable Surprize. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The worst of ills admit a cure

Page No:

pp.189-192

Poem Title:

The Two Thousand Pound Bond; or, a necessary Settlement. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There was a reign as stories say

Page No:

pp.193-195

Poem Title:

The Balls. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When good king Jemmy wore the British crown

Page No:

pp.195-198

Poem Title:

The Merry Monarch; or Knighthood a Jest. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alexis walking in the park

Page No:

pp.198-199

Poem Title:

The Absent-Lover. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your sage and moralist can show

Page No:

pp.199-209

Poem Title:

The Cobler. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Wesley.

Attributed To:

Samuel Wesley

First Line:

I dreamt my dear quoth Ralph to Jane

Page No:

pp.209-210

Poem Title:

A true Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Taught by long miseries we find

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

The Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lesbia the fair the gay the young

Page No:

pp.210-219

Poem Title:

Lesbia. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Still crossed in love and vexed with spleen

Page No:

pp.220-222

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Cupid God of whining speeches

Page No:

pp.222-230

Poem Title:

Sir Amorous Whimsie; or, the Desperate Lover. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dodsley.

Attributed To:

Robert Dodsley