The Theatre of Wit [ESTC T116740] [ECCO]

DMI number:

759

Publication Date:

1746

Volume Number:

None of 1

ESTC number:

T116740

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113601873

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

FULL TITLE: THE | [i]Theatre of Wit,[/i] | [i]OR A[/i] | [g]Banquet[/g] of the [g]Muses.[/g] | [i]A COLLECTION | Of choice & Entertaining Pieces[/i] | in Verse and Prose. | [i]Selected from the most eminent Authors.[/i] | Embellish’d w.th one Hundred Copper-plate Cuts, | [i]Applicable to their respective Subjects.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | LONDON.| [i]Printed for Iacob: Bickerstaff, & Sold by I. Wakelin - | in Little Bretain, & all ye Booksellers in Town & Country [/i] | MDCCXLVI.

Epigraph:

[i]Things in deep Sense we may in Prose unfold, | But they move more in lofty Numbers told.[/i] Waller.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Quarto

Pagination:

1-49

Bibliographic details:

The titlepage is engraved. On leaf 49: "The end of the first part". The top third of each half is an engraving; text is printed below in two columns.

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. 15-17, 21, 24-25, 28-29, 36-37,

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A banquet of the muses: or, the miscellany of miscellanies. [T116738]

Publication Date:

1746

ESTC No:

T116738

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Sold by:

J. Wakelin

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Jacob Bickerstaff

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

It must be so Plato thou reasonst well

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

The Soliloquy Of Cato

Attribution:

Wrote by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

How shall I now the nine invoke

Page No:

pp.2-4

Poem Title:

The Broken Mug. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

As John the sailor and his lass

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

The Kiss Return'd

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young Slouch the farmer had a jolly wife

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

The Old Cheese, Or, Slouch's Request.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

The Espousal. A Dialogue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Interred beneath this marble stone

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on a Careless Couple

Attribution:

Epigraph: Stet quicunque volet potens | Aulae culmine lubrico, &c. Senec.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Friar Paul in his cell made his exit of late

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

The Disappointed Friar

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now frowning winter knits his awful brow

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

Winter. A Poem.

Attribution:

By Mr. Philips.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One of the contradicting sex

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

The Dispute Ended, Or, Contradiction Rewarded. A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young Strephon working hard all day

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

The Double Entendre. An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Freeman and Wild two hot young gallants

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

The two Friends, a Tale, from de la Fontain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sir Fopling crossed in love and stripped at play

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

The Freethinker converted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A poor man once a judge besought

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Law a bottomless Pit, or, the Folly of feeing Counsel. Where Two claim the same Right. An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Deaf giddy helpless left alone

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

An Epigram Said to be written by D. Swift, on his own Deafness

Attribution:

Said to be written by D. Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Now hardly here and there an hackney coach

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

A humourous Descrption [sic.] of a Morning in London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Richard over the green grown old and very poor

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Resignation a Virtue

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O gentle muse my artless theme inspire

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

The Tea-Table. Imitated from Dean Swift.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Miss Danae when fair and young

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

The English Padlock. An Address to the Ladies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fortune makes wretched human things her sport

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tom Ramble a rake of true catholic hope

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

The Penitent Rake. A Tale.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of Oxford

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two country louts tired of a single life

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

The Skillet: Or, Beauty is the best Prize

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Curse on all cowards say I why bless my eyes

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

The Female Volunteer. An Epilogue, Design'd to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington, in the Character of a Volunteer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When at our house the servants brawl

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

A Simile.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I tell thee Dick where I have been

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

The City Wedding

Attribution:

By Sir John Suckling

Attributed To:

Sir John Suckling

First Line:

By birth I'm a slave yet can give you a crown

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

Aenigma.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

One day an honest farmer went

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

The Farmer and the Monkey. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celia and I the other day

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

A Simile For The Ladies

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient times as story tells

Page No:

pp.30-32

Poem Title:

The Two Hermets Progress; or, The Metamorphes of Baucis, and Philemon.

Attribution:

By D. Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

As Chloe came into the room the other day

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

A Receipt to appease an Angry Husband. To the Ladies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

Advice to Married Men.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now the keen rigour of the winter's over

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Corydon And Phillis. A Town Eclogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Damon I am come alone

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

A Dialogue between Celia and Damon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tremendous louse who can withstand thy power

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

A Comical Panegyrick on that familar Animal, by the Vulgar call'd a Louse.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

A Satire on Marriage.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

While from the skies the ruddy sun descends

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Love and Friendship; A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I strolled one day into a room

Page No:

pp.39-40

Poem Title:

A Description of a College Room, in Imitation of the Ladies Dressing Room

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When real blessings are to men denied

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

The Poets Wish.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of Oxford.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas one may morning when the clouds undrawn

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

The Wedding-Day: Or, The Happy Couple.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A priest there was who with a silver sound

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Deceit Discovered; Or, To Say and Do are Two Things

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As on a bank where violets blow

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

To Melissa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While I remain the darling of your heart

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

A Dialogue between Horatio and Lydia.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In days of yore when beasts could prate

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

The Parallel; Or, Briton's Alarm: A Fable from Aesop. Apply'd to the most factious People of this Nation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A set of phrases learnt by rote

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

The Furniture of a Woman's Mind.

Attribution:

Written by Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Fair spring assumes again her early sway

Page No:

pp.46-49

Poem Title:

A Description of the Spring. With the various Employments and Pleasures of a Country Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The advancing summer now demands my lay

Page No:

pp.48-49

Poem Title:

Summer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed