The potent ally: or succours from Merryland [T139066]
- DMI number:
- 672
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T139066
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115511155
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding C2450
- Full Title:
- THE | POTENT ALLY: | OR, | SUCCOURS from MERRYLAND. | WITH | THREE ESSAYS in PRAISE of the | CLOATHING of That COUNTRY ; | AND THE | STORY of PANDORA'S BOX. | [epigraph] | | To which is added, | [Greek] | THE | Present State of BETTYLAND. | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [i]PARIS[/i], | Printed by Direction of the Author, and sold by the | Booksellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i]. 1741.
- Epigraph:
- Epigraph 1: [i]Cunnus teterrima Belli | Causa[/i].---- HOR. Epigraph 2: Lucina, useful Goddess, lend thine Aid, | Thine is the Warehouse of the World's chief Trade, | On thy soft Surface all Mankind were made. | FISHBOURNE.
- Place of Publication:
- 'Paris'
- Genres:
- Subscription Miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s. 6d.
- Pagination:
- [12],[1]-28, [1]-31, [5]pp. Pagination re-starts after p.28.
- Bibliographic details:
- HALF TITLE: THE | POTENT ALLY: | OR, | SUCCOURS from MERRYLAND. | Price 1 [i]s[/i]. 6[i]d.[/i].
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Miscellaneous verse [28pp.]; Prose essay, 'Of the Sitation of Bettyland' [31pp.]. PLACE: 'Paris' [i.e, London], ESTC.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Advertisment [1p.]; Dedicatory epistle 'To the Right Honourable Humphrey Parsons, Esq', by 'Philo-Britanniae' [7pp.] END MATTER: 'A Catalogue of Books' printed for Edmund Curll [4pp.]
- Title:
- The potent ally: or succours from Merryland [T124068]
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- ESTC No:
- T124068
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- Humphrey Parsons
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedicatory epistled signed by 'Philo-Britanniae', T139066
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Contains catalogue of books printed for Curll.
- First Line:
- O all ye nymphs in lawless love's disport
- Page No:
- pp.[1]-8
- Poem Title:
- Armour. An Imitation of the Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By the Reverend Mr. Kennet, Son of the late Bishop of Peterborough.
- Attributed To:
- Basil Kennet
- First Line:
- For arms to shield the Phrygian knight
- Page No:
- pp.9-16
- Poem Title:
- [Greek]. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When first this infant world its form put on
- Page No:
- pp.[17]-26
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Pandora, Translated from the Latin Original of Claudius Quilletus,
- Attribution:
- By Nicholas Rowe, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- The man dear friend who wears a C--m
- Page No:
- pp.[27]-28
- Poem Title:
- Horace's Integer Vitae, &c. Imitated and Applied to the Rakes of Drury. To Richard Thornhill, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Rowe.
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
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