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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.
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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:
Related People
Editor:
Isaac Reed
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
See ODNB.
Publisher:
Charles Dilly
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Edward Dilly
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
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 Whitehead
Moses Mendez