The repository, or general review [T196123] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 907
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T196123
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW117057252
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | REPOSITORY, | OR | GENERAL REVIEW: | CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF A | Select Collection of Literary Compositions, | EXTRACTED | From all the celebrated PERIODICAL PRODUCTIONS | now Publishing: | WITH | OCCASIONAL REMARKS. | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for C. CORBETT, in [i]Fleet-street[/i], and Sold by all the Book- | sellers, Printers, and News-carriers in [i]Great-Britain[/i] and [i]Ireland[/i]. | MDCCLVI.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Fanorum opimis Spoliis Sociorum ditata.[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Periodical miscellany and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Frontispiece. Originally sold in parts (each 48 p. long) and subsequently bound as a collection. Parts are dated: Numb. II 'From Saturday, March the 13th, to Saturday, March the 27th, 1756'. Numb. III 'From Saturday, March the 27th, to Saturday, April the 10th, 1756'. No. IV 'From Saturday, April the 10th, to Saturday, April the 24th, 1756'. Nimb. V. 'From Saturday, April the 24th, to Saturday, May the 15th, 1756'.
- Comments:
- Contents: Contains prose and verse taken from contemporary magazines. Prose contains some verse quotations: only those 4 lines or longer have been indexed.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Introduction [8pp.]
- References:
- c. f. ESTC P3122 - is there any difference between this and T196123?
- Publisher:
- Sir Charles Corbett
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Accept my fair this humble lay
- Page No:
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- Damon to Sylvia. A Pastoral Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lady's heart on Marlborough Downs
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- A Description of a Heart, lately lost on Marlborough Downs-Plain.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What's the spring or the sweet smelling rose
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- Verses ... on the Liberties of the Nation
- Attribution:
- wrote by a young Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Through Tyrrhene seas we cut the liquid way
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- A short Tempest described, on the Coast of Sicily, August 31, 1740.
- Attribution:
- I. Walsh.
- Attributed To:
- I. Walsh
- First Line:
- To the most callous amongst hardened hearts
- Page No:
- pp.28-30
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from Fenestra to Lanario. Founded on a real Incident.
- Attribution:
- P. O. N.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All hail th' almighty's justest ire
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Extempore Lines, spoken on the late melancholy Event of Lisbon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our father's have been worse than theirs
- Page No:
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Roscommon.
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- First Line:
- If only little stains do spot my soul
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- First Line:
- Cupid who long had vainly strove
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- To a young Lady, on her having the Small-Pox.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To warn the sons of freedom to be wise
- Page No:
- pp.84-85
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Tragedy of Athelstan, written by the Author of the Tragedy, and by Mr. Holland in the Character of the Genius of Britain.
- Attribution:
- written by the Author of the Tragedy,
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To speak ten words again I've fetched my breath
- Page No:
- pp.85-86
- Poem Title:
- The Epilogue ... spoken by Mrs. Cibber.
- Attribution:
- written by Mr. Garrick
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Titles and ermine fall behind
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- An ode, to the Memory of Shakespear,
- Attribution:
- written by Mr. Havard.
- Attributed To:
- William Havard [Harvard or Haverd]
- First Line:
- Mother of wisdom thou whose sway
- Page No:
- pp.88-89
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Memory
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Peace to the public cries rejoice
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here dwelt in happier times
- Page No:
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll live no more single but get me a wife
- Page No:
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- On Variety.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To these lone shades where peace delights to dwell
- Page No:
- pp.117-121
- Poem Title:
- The Arbour, or the rural Philosopher, a Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail thought inspiring plant thou balm of life
- Page No:
- pp.121-1222
- Poem Title:
- Tobacco, a Poem.
- Attribution:
- By John Lacy, of London, Merchant.
- Attributed To:
- John Lacy
- First Line:
- Buxom nymph all nymphs excelling
- Page No:
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- To Health.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh king of terrors whose unbounded sway
- Page No:
- p.124
- Poem Title:
- To Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The maid who modestly conceals
- Page No:
- p.125
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I have heard both French and Phrygian Aesop say
- Page No:
- pp.159-160
- Poem Title:
- Fable. The Sun and the Wind.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- View Delia's toilet see the borrowed plumes
- Page No:
- p.167
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say Chloe why with pearls you deck
- Page No:
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- Verses addressed to a modern fine Lady.
- Attribution:
- W. W.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Inspired by love of thee I sing
- Page No:
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- Ode. To Florella.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From folly to vice and from vice to the grave
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- The Dying Rake's Soliloquy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In scenes where Hallet's genius has combined
- Page No:
- p.170-172
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy written in an empty Assembly-Room.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While gay illusive forms surprise
- Page No:
- pp.172-174
- Poem Title:
- An Ode on Beauty. To Stella.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O Lucifer thou orient star
- Page No:
- p.175
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Through this lone valley let me stray
- Page No:
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- After matrimony's over
- Page No:
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Marriage is but a beast some say
- Page No:
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of damask cheeks and radiant eyes
- Page No:
- p.192
- Poem Title:
- On Sweetness, to --.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O turn not those dear lips away
- Page No:
- p.217
- Poem Title:
- Verses to a Lady, who refused the Kisses of her Lover. Partly from Catullus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh beauty smiling cherub of the sky
- Page No:
- pp.226-227
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A tawdry teapot a la mode
- Page No:
- pp.227-228
- Poem Title:
- The Tea-Pot and Scrubbing-Brush. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come cheerful industry along
- Page No:
- pp.229-230
- Poem Title:
- Hymn to Industry.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail source of transport ever new
- Page No:
- pp.230-231
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn to Benevolence.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Hence restless care and low design
- Page No:
- pp.231-232
- Poem Title:
- On Punch: An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Blacklock]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Sir G-- put off that strange disguise
- Page No:
- pp.232-234
- Poem Title:
- The Converts.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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