The new year's gift: or, advice to a nephew about his choice in marriage [ESTC T179162]
- DMI number:
- 535
- Publication Date:
- 1730
- ESTC number:
- T179162
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115633445
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding C 2221
- Full Title:
- THE | New Year's Gift: | OR, | ADVICE to a NEPHEW | ABOUT HIS | Choice in MARRIAGE. | Containing the following Heads. | [2 columns] [column 1] 1. A Prefatory Epistle to the | Reader and Bookseller; | in which the Author gives | some Account of himself, | his Nephew Mr. [i]William | Tully[/i], and Mrs. [i]Marga- | ret Jewel[/i], a young Lady | of [i]Brumpton[/i], whom the | Nephew is inclined, thro' | the Uncle's Advice, to | marry, which occasion'd | the Writing and Publish-| ing the following Pieces | in Prose and Verse. | II. The Character of a Good | Mistress of a Family, | from the Proverbs of [i]So- | lomon[/i], with the Commen- | dation thereof by the Au- [/column 1] | [column 2] thors of the [i]Guardian.[/i] | III. The same Character | made into a Song, which | was fashionable in the | Days of Queen [i]Elizabeth[/i], | and sung by the Maids of | Honour; but not publish- | ed by the Writer till the | Year 1612. | VI. The same done in mo- | dern [i]English[/i] Verse. By | Mr. [i]Horace Tully[/i], of | [i]Gray's Inn[/i], for the Use | of his Nephew. | [i]Lastly[/i], [i]Margaret[/i] and [i]Willi- | am:[/i] Or, The Choice; | being a Meditation on | Marriage. A Ballad. By | Mr. [i]William Tully.[/i] [/column 2] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]P. Meighan[/i] under [i]Gray's-Inn[/i] Gate [i]Holbourn[/i]; [i]J. | Wilford[/i] behind the [i]Chapter-House[/i] near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s; [i]J. Brindley[/i] | in [i]Bond-Street[/i]; [i]J. Jackson[/i] in [i]Pall-Mall[/i] near St. [i]James[/i]'s; | [i]N. Blandford[/i] near [i]Old Man[/i]'s Coffee-house [i]Charing-Cross[/i]; | [i]T. Corbet[/i] at [i]Addison's Head[/i] near [i]Temple-Bar[/i], and [i]R. Francklyn[/i] | in [i]Covent-Garden.[/i] [Price [i]6 d.[/i]]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 6 d.
- Pagination:
- [2] [iii]-viii, 9-39 [1]
- Comments:
- DATE: ESTC suggests 1730 as possible date. CONTENTS: Prose letter to the Guardian titled [The Character Of A Mistress of a Family] pp.21-23 (quotes Proverbs 31.10-25). MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of poems about marriage.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATERIAL: Dedicatory epistle to Mrs Jernegan signed The Editor pp. [iii]-viii (includes quotation from poem titled 'The Character of a Mistress of a Family' p.29 below); Prefatory letter to the Bookseller and the Reader signed Horace Tully pp.9-20.
- Dedicatee:
- Mrs Jernegan
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J Wilford
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for... J. Wilford behind the Chapter-House near St. Paul's'
- Publisher:
- J. Jackson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for... J. Jackson in Pall-Mall near St. James's'
- Publisher:
- John Brindley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for... J. Brindley in Bond-Street'
- Publisher:
- Nicholas Blandford
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for... N. Blandford near Old Man's Coffee-House Charing-Cross'
- Publisher:
- Patrick Meighan
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for P. Meighan under Gray's-Inn Gate Holbourn'
- Publisher:
- R. Franklin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for.... R. Francklyn in Covent-Garden.'
- Publisher:
- Thomas Corbet
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for... T. Corbet at Addison's Head near Temple-Bar'
- First Line:
- Shall my own sovereign's praise enrich my lines
- Page No:
- p.vii
- Poem Title:
- Northern Star
- Attribution:
- Mr Hill's Northern Star
- Attributed To:
- Aaron Hill
- First Line:
- If any find of womankind
- Page No:
- p.24-28
- Poem Title:
- The Diligent and Industrious Governess of a Family
- Attribution:
- Done into ancient English Metre, by the Reverend Dr. Robert Allen.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Allen
- First Line:
- Try look seek find among the fair female race
- Page No:
- p.29-32
- Poem Title:
- The same in modern English. The Character of a Mistress of a Family.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Horatio Tully, late of Gray's-Inn.
- Attributed To:
- Horatio Tully
- First Line:
- Fair Margaret prudent temperate just
- Page No:
- p.33-39
- Poem Title:
- Margaret and William: Or, The Choice. Being A Meditation on Marriage. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. William Tully.
- Attributed To:
- William Tully
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