The Poetical Tell-Tale; or, Muses in Merry Story. T174482 [ECCO]

DMI number:

1126

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC number:

T174482

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116151242

Shelfmark:

ECCO (Bodleian Library)

Full Title:

THE | POETICAL TELL-TALE; | OR, | MUSES in MERRY STORY. | BY | [2 columns] [column 1] PRIOR, | POPE, | GAY, | SWIFT,| [/column 1] | [column 2] PARNELL | WESLEY, | FONTAINE, | [/column 2] | And other celebrated POETS, both French and English. | [rule] | [Epigraph] | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. FLETCHER, in St. Paul's | Church-Yard, MDCCLXIII. [Pr. 1s. 6d.]

Epigraph:

___ ___ ___ ___ These | Can never fail to please. Addison. | Life's like a Tale that is told. King David. |

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse and Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1s. 6d.

Comments:

Contents i-ii: Table of Contents iii-iv: Prose Preface

Other matter:

i-ii: Table of Contents iii-iv: Prose Preface

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Poetical Tell-Tale; or, Muses in Merry Story. T124523 [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1764

ESTC No:

T124523

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

James I Fletcher

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Unclear whether publisher of this volume is James I or James II.

Publisher:

James II Fletcher

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Unclear whether publisher of this volume is James I or James II.

Content/Publication

First Line:

Some husbands on a winter day

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pp.1-7

Poem Title:

The Pig.

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Cupid the errantest knave alive

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pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Cupid turn'd Thief. A Tale. In Imitation of the 20th Idyllion of Theocritus.

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A good repute a virtuous name

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pp.9-11

Poem Title:

A Tale of the Travellers.

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Still crossed in love and vexed with spleen

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pp.12-14

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The Lover's Dilemma. A Tale.

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Let him who takes a beauty to his arms

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pp.14-16

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The Foolish Inquiry. A Tale.

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As Colin sauntered with his bride

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pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Kiss for Kiss. A Tale.

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Poor Strephon's aspect and his air

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pp.17-18

Poem Title:

The Looking-Glass.

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The doleful dumps I sing and tearful woes

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pp.18-23

Poem Title:

The Child Birth: A Tale. In the Manner of Gay.

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Actaeon as old stories show

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pp.23-25

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Actaeon. A Tale.

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How poorly your projectors fair

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

The Disappointed Milk-Maid.

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Young Hodge a poor but a contented swain

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pp.28-30

Poem Title:

The Contented Clown. A Tale.

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These precepts how divinely great

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pp.31-36

Poem Title:

True Heroism. A Tale.

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A farmer once to London went

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pp.37-40

Poem Title:

The Farmer's Blunder. A Tale.

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Retrop. Bajulus.

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Do what you can a woman still

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pp.41-44

Poem Title:

The Midnight-Student; or, The Curate's Wife Serv'd.

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Spring hoary winter's lovely child

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pp.44-46

Poem Title:

The Ant's Philosophy.

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Avaro lived a private life

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pp.47-49

Poem Title:

The Father. A Tale.

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Virtue and vice two mighty powers

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pp.49-52

Poem Title:

The Experiment. A Tale.

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Woman with contradiction fraught

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pp.52-54

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On Tobacco. A Tale. In Imitation of Prior.

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When summer decked each silvan scene

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pp.55-57

Poem Title:

The Beau and the Butterfly. A Fable.

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Two turtles once a gentle kind

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pp.57-60

Poem Title:

The Two Doves. A Fable.

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Though down the bed where Miro lay

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pp.61-64

Poem Title:

The Fatal Inquisitor. A Tale.

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Hodge held a farm and smiled content

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pp. 64-66

Poem Title:

Insulted Poverty: or, The Case is Altered. A Tale.

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With temper that made Cato great

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pp.66-69

Poem Title:

Poverty Rewarded: or, The Case Re-Altered.

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A northern pair we'll waive the name

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pp.69-72

Poem Title:

The Power of Innocence. A Tale.

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Far in a wild unknown to public view

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pp.72-80

Poem Title:

The Hermit. A Tale.

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At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood

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pp.80-90

Poem Title:

The Miller of Trompington; or, The Reve's [sic] Tale from Chaucer.

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An ass once left his master's home

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pp.91-92

Poem Title:

The Countryman and his Ass. A Tale.

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Britanic.

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Old Care with industry and art

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pp.92-94

Poem Title:

Care and Generosity. A Fable.

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Your deep observers of mankind

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pp.94-100

Poem Title:

The Mastiff. A Tale.

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If you mind but the moral my tale does unfold

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

The Fool. A Tale.

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There flourished in a market town

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pp.102-109

Poem Title:

The Basket. A Tale.

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Maggot pretends to some discerning

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pp.110-112

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The Hyp-Doctor; or, the Chamber-Maid Discarded. A Tale.

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Miss Molly a famed toast was fair and young

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p.112-115

Poem Title:

The Specifick; or, A Cordial for the Ladies. A Tale.

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Two college sophs of Cambridge growth

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pp.116-119

Poem Title:

The Hyp-Lover: or, The Fatal Discovery.

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From London Paul the carrier coming down

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pp.120-121

Poem Title:

The Whimsical Proclamation; or, The Maiden's Wish. A Tale.

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Desponding Phyllis was endued

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p.121-124

Poem Title:

Marriage A-La-Mode; or, The Penitent Prude. A Tale.

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It so befell a silly swain

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pp.125-126

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The Ecstatic Vision; or, The Je Ne Scay Quoi. A Tale.

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Celia and I the other day

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pp.126-127

Poem Title:

The Lady's Looking-Glass.

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In Italy as authors tell us

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pp.128-129

Poem Title:

The Rival Painters; or, The Unlucky Blunder.

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Happy the lot to view with ravished eyes

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pp.129-131

Poem Title:

Orpheus and Eurydice. A Tale.

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Stilpo of Stoic cast who first

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pp.131-132

Poem Title:

True Riches; or, Virtue Its Own Reward. A Tale.

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A band of cupids the other day

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p.133

Poem Title:

Cupid and Chloe: or, The Lucky Fall. A Tale.

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Two welshmen partners in a cow

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pp.134-135

Poem Title:

Bad on Both Sides; or, The Whimsical Contract.

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First Line:

A virtuoso had a mind to see

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pp.136-138

Poem Title:

Just As You Please, or, The Incurious. A Tale.

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An abbot rich whose taste was good

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pp.138-139

Poem Title:

The Canonical Quibler; or, The Prevarication. A Tale.

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Hans Carvel impotent and old

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pp.140-144

Poem Title:

Hans Carvel.

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First Line:

Miss Danae when fair and young

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pp.145-147

Poem Title:

An English Padlock.

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From public noise and factious strife

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pp.148-150

Poem Title:

To a young Gentleman in Love. A Tale.

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Beyond the fixed and settled rules

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pp.150-156

Poem Title:

Paulo Purganti, and his Wife: An Honest, but a Simple Pair.

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Sceptics whose strength of argument makes out

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pp.156-160

Poem Title:

A true Story of An Apparition.

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The sceptics think 'twas long ago

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pp.161-166

Poem Title:

The Ladle.

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First Line:

Sly Merry Andrew the last Southwark fair

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pp.166-167

Poem Title:

Merry Andrew. A Tale.

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In vain with weeping eyes the queen of love

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pp.168-169

Poem Title:

Cupid Turn'd Tipstaff: An Heroic-Comic Tale.

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First Line:

Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

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pp.170-171

Poem Title:

Simple Simon: or, Who Was to Blame? A Tale.

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A modern painter had no peer

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pp.171-175

Poem Title:

The Modern Judge: A Tale.

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As shopmen notes in day book first

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pp.175-178

Poem Title:

Poetical Knighthood. To an Old School-Fellow.

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In cot of mud instead of brick

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pp.179-182

Poem Title:

The Cruel Squire; or, Home is Home however Homely.

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All plagues are jokes the learned tell us

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pp.182-201

Poem Title:

The Inchanted Cup. A Tale.

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Tis strange what different thoughts inspire

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pp.202-203

Poem Title:

Desire and Possession. A Tale.

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Folks that are wickedly inclined

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pp.204-206

Poem Title:

The Elbow-Chair. A Tale.

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Interred beneath this marble stone

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pp.207-208

Poem Title:

Sauntring Jack and Idle Joan.

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