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] | Embellishd 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,
- 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:
- Publisher:
- Jacob Bickerstaff
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- J. Wakelin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
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