The Quack's Miscellany in Prose and Verse [N21916] [ecco]

DMI number:

1504

Publication Date:

1732

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N21916

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116907994

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL

Full Title:

THE | [i]Quack[/i]'s [i]Miscellany[/i] | IN | PROSE and VERSE: | CONTAINING | [two columns] [col 1] I. The Author's Birth, Pa-| rentage and Education. | II. His Cure of a Bookseller's | Son near Temple-Bar, with | his Love-verses to [i]Dulcinea[/i] | III. A Letter from a Lady, | with her Case at large. | IV. His Wonderful Cure | perform'd on Her, and an | Epithalamium on her Mar- | riage. | V. A Poem on the Tombs | of Sir GODFREY KNELLER | and W. CONGREVE, Esq; | VI. Verses on a Company | of Strollers. | VII. Remarks on the Daily | Papers, and Advertisements. [/col 1] | [col 2] VIII. A Cure on an Oxford | Student, with several of his | Love Performances; par- | ticularly, A Cure for Cuck- | oldom; or, The Miseries of | Matrimony. | IX. A Print of the Orator, | with an Explanation of the | Piece. | X. Verses to our Poet Lau-| reat. | XI. The Forsaken Maid. | XII. To DULCINEA, by a | C--r. | XIII. An Invitation to Hap- | piness, by the same Hand. | XIV. The Will of a Virt- | uoso at ABINGTON. [/col 2] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for S. SLOW, and Sold next [i]E. Lynn[/i]'s, | a Whipmaker, over-against [i]Devereux-Court,[/i] | without [i]Temple-Bar[/i]. Price One Shilling, 1736.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection and Collection including prose

Format:

Octavo

Price:

One shilling

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece. Reissue with cancel title page of N31630. Query: pp. iv-v missing from ECCO copy?

Comments:

Date: ESTC gives '1732'; title-page of ECCO copy, possibly amended by hand, reads '1736'. Contents: Miscellany is dominated by prose (pp. [1]-66) with verse interspersed throughout.

Other matter:

Front matter: Dedication 'To The Right Honourable James L--sl--y Esq;' signed 'J. M.' pp. iii-vi.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Doctor's Miscellany [ESTC N31630]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

N31630

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

S. Slow

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for S. SLOW, and Sold next E. Lynn's, a Whipmaker, over-against Devereux-Court, without Temple-Bar. '

Content/Publication

First Line:

As timorous sailors when from sea they spy

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

To the most Excellent of her Sex, the lovely Dulcinea, on her Recovery from the Small-Pox.

Attribution:

'a Bookseller's Son near Temple-Bar'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tossed between hope and fear I daily mourn

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

'a Bookseller's Son near Temple-Bar'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since heaven ordained that thou shouldst be a bride

Page No:

pp.16-18

Poem Title:

An Epithalamium on the Nuptials of Mrs. A-Z.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great architect immortalize thy name

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

To Mr. J. Bird, on the Monuments erected to the Memories of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bart. and William Congreve Esq;

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

High stomached Hector dines upon one stake

Page No:

pp.19-20

Poem Title:

A Burlesque upon a Company of Stroling-Players.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come lovely Phillis sit thee down

Page No:

pp.26-28

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Dialogue.

Attribution:

'A Gentleman Student of the University of Oxford'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Billy thou art a beau not only one

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Mart. Lib. 3. Epig. 54.

Attribution:

'A Gentleman Student of the University of Oxford'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas my Lydia do you think

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Hor. Lib. I. Ode 13.

Attribution:

'A Gentleman Student of the University of Oxford'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wedlock oh cursed uncomfortable state

Page No:

pp.32-46

Poem Title:

A Cure for Cuckoldom; or, the Miseries of Matrimony.

Attribution:

'wrote by a Friend of the Warrior's'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An hog an head nay a brazen head too

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

A Key to the Plate affixed to the Royal Remarks, &c.

Attribution:

A. B. Secretary to Ouka, King of the Cherokee.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Report did amuse us as if that a duck

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

Verses, Sacred to the Memory of our Present Poet-Laureat.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst you're cutting and carving

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

To Doctor Mercurius.

Attribution:

The Barber-Surgeon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since Georgee in trimming all trimmers excel

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

To the intended Author of the Barber-Surgeon's Miscellany

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When winter with her silver hue

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

The Forsaken Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fairest of thy sex and best

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

To Dulcinea.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The pains which absence does create

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

An Invitation to Happiness.

Attribution:

By the same hand. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My son the precepts of thy father hear

Page No:

pp.57-59

Poem Title:

Proverbs, Chap. V.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of body weak and mind decaying

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

The Will of a Virtuoso.

Attribution:

Jos. Bawble.

Attributed To:

Not attributed