The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol 1] [T144397] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1040
- Publication Date:
- 1777
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T144397
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115420447
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | REPOSITORY: | A SELECT COLLECTION | OF | FUGITIVE PIECES | OF | WIT AND HUMOUR, | IN | PROSE AND VERSE. | BY THE MOST EMINENT WRITERS. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for EDWARD and CHARLES DILLY. | [short rule] | M.DCC.LXXVII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of comic verse, Collection of literary verse, and Miscellaneous collection
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: THE | REPOSITORY. | VOLUME THE FIRST. Many items have separate title pages.
- Comments:
- Contents: prose items pp. 43-62, 97-120, 159-169, 189-207.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Preface pp. v-viii. Back matter: Contents pp. 247-8.
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol 1] [T202072]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- T202072
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol II] [T144397] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1777
- ESTC No:
- T144397
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol III] [T144397] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- T144397
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- The repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour in prose and verse [vol IV] [T144397] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- T144397
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Charles Dilly
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Edward Dilly
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Isaac Reed
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- See ODNB.
- First Line:
- O you round whom at virtue's shrine
- Page No:
- pp.3-42
- Poem Title:
- Ver-vert: or the Nunnery Parrot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To what blessed genius of the isle | Shall gratitude her tribute pay
- Page No:
- pp.64-90
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Shakespaare.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To what blessed genius of the isle | Shall gluttony her tribute pay
- Page No:
- pp.65-91
- Poem Title:
- The Ode on Le Stue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of care and strife
- Page No:
- pp.123-128
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Phillips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- First Line:
- Happy the maid who from green sickness free
- Page No:
- pp.129-135
- Poem Title:
- The Crooked Sixpence.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Bramston.
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- Happy the boy who dwells remote from school
- Page No:
- pp.136-141
- Poem Title:
- The Copper Farthing.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Pennington.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Pennington
- First Line:
- Thrice happy he whose hours the cheering smiles
- Page No:
- pp.142-150
- Poem Title:
- The School-Boy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lo where beside yon verdant plain
- Page No:
- pp.153-157
- Poem Title:
- Ode On An Evening View, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long have I heard your favourite theme
- Page No:
- pp.173-181
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue Between A Member of Parliament and his Servant. In Imitation of Horace, Sat. II. vii. First printed in 1752.
- Attribution:
- By R. O. C. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A certain free familiar spark
- Page No:
- pp.182-188
- Poem Title:
- The Intruder. In Imitation of Horace, Sat. I. ix. First printed in 1754.
- Attribution:
- By R. O. C. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye western winds for ocean's bosom rise
- Page No:
- pp.211-230
- Poem Title:
- An Heroic Epistle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Awake my muse whatever thy name may be
- Page No:
- pp.233-246
- Poem Title:
- The Battiad.
- Attribution:
- 'the production of Moses Mendez, Esq; assisted by Paul Whitehead and Dr. Schomberg'. Query: this needs to be linked to Schomberg as author too!
- Attributed To:
- Paul WhiteheadMoses Mendez
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