The theatrical bouquet: containing prologues and epilogues from Colley Cibber to the present year. [T70688] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1345

Publication Date:

1780

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T70688

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110259867

Full Title:

THE | THEATRICAL BOUQUET: | CONTAINING AN | ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT | OF THE | PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES, | Which have been Published by | DISTINGUISHED WITS, | FROM | The Time that COLLEY CIBBER first came on the | STAGE, to the present Year. | [Rule] | [Epigraph] | [Rule] | [Ornament] | [Double Rule] | LONDON: | Printed for T. LOWNDES, No. 77, in Fleet-Street. | [Short rule] | M DCC LXXX.

Epigraph:

Epigraph: Extrema cum primis; | Lilia Amarynthis.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Other matter:

Prefatory address to Mr. Garrick, 2pp.

Related People

Author:

T. Lowndes

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

As when some ancient hospitable seat

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Intriguing Chamber - Maid. Spoken By Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An old trite proverb let me quote

Page No:

pp.2-3

Poem Title:

Prologue upon Prologues. By Mr. Garrick, Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

All all shall out all that I know and feel

Page No:

pp.3-5

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Desert Island ... In the Character of a Drunken Poet.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

A skilful cook this useful art will boast

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Prologue to Daphne and Amyntor.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A grecian bard two thousand years ago

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Prologue To Hecuba ... Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

As it is proved by scholars of great fame

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Sethona [...] Spoken by Mrs. Barry.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

As I'm an artist can my skill do better

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Choleric Man [...] Spoken by Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

A tragic tale from Norman William's age

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

Prologue to Matilda.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A female doctor sirs and pray why not

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Spleen. Spoken by Mrs. King, In the Character of Dr. Anodyne.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A female bard far from her native land

Page No:

pp.12-14

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Almida... Spoken by Mrs. Barry.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

And what becomes of your poor servant Shift

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

The Concluding Speech To The Minor. Shift, addressing himself to Sir George Wealthy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An epilogue methinks I heard you cry

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

An Epilogue upon Prologues.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A very pretty bill as I'm alive

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Apprentice. Spoken by Mrs. Clive. Enters reading the Play-Bill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length I'm freed from tragical parade

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Creusa. Spoken by Miss Haughton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Among the arts to make a piece go down

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Englishman Returned From Paris. Spoken by Mrs. Bellamy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A female culprit at your bar appears

Page No:

pp.19-20

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Discovery.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

An epilogue I asked but not one word

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Douglas. Spoken by Mr. Barry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An epilogue through custom is your right

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

An Historical Epilogue to the Brothers.

Attribution:

By the Author.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Against such odds if Edward could succeed

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Edward the Black Prince. Spoken by Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As the success of authors is uncertain

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Gil Blas [...] Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Are you all ready here's your music here

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Prologue to the same. Spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A moment stop your tuneful fingers pray

Page No:

pp.25-27

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Fairies.

Attribution:

Written and spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

As heroes states and kingdoms rise and fall

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

Occasional Prologue: At the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A mischief on it though I'm again alive

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Caius Marius. Spoken by Mrs. Barry, who acted Lavinia.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britons this night presents a state distressed

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

Prologue to Gustavus Vasa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bold is the man who in this nicer age

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Prologue to Tancred and Sigismunda.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Before this court I Peter Puff appear

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Prologue to Taste. [...] And spoken by him in the Character of an Auctioneer.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Bold was the man and fenced in every part

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Prologue To No One's Enemy But His Own.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold a conjuror that's something new

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

Prologue to Lilliput. [...] Spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Behold ye critics of this classic age

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

Prologue to An Hour Before Marriage. Spoken by Mr. Woodward in the Character of Harlequin.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Beside his native Thames our poet long

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

Prologue to Boadicia. Spoken by Mr. Mossop.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britons tonight in native pomp we come

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Roman Father. Spoken by Mr. Barry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold the prodigal returned quite tame

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

Prologue [...] on his first Appearance on Covent Garden Theatre, October 5, in the Character of Marplot, after having been Manager at Dublin four Years.

Attribution:

written and spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attributed To:

Henry Woodward

First Line:

Curse on all cowards say I why bless my eyes

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

An Epilogue, Designed to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington, in the Character of a Volunteer, in the Year 1746.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Confiding in the justice of the place

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Maid of Bath. [...] Spoken by Mrs. Jewell.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Cumberland.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

Critics whenever I write in every scene

Page No:

pp.42-44

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Capuchin [...] Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attribution:

Written by George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Can it be thought ye wives this scribbling fool

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Epilogue to School for Wives. Spoken by Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Critics hark forward noble game and new

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

Prologue to the West Indian. Spoken by Mr. Reddish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Critics be dumb tonight a lady sues

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Prologue to Almida...Spoken by Mr. Reddish.

Attribution:

Written by William Whitehead, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Could those who never tried conceive the sweat

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Double Gallant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Critics your favour is our author's right

Page No:

pp.48-49

Poem Title:

Prologue, At the Revival of Every Man in his Humour. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Conquest and freedom are at length our own

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Careless Husband.

Attribution:

Written by Colley Cibber, Esq.

Attributed To:

Colley Cibber

First Line:

Critics I come your favour to implore

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Prologue to Semiramis [...] Spoken by Mr. Reddish.

Attribution:

Written by G. E. Ayscough, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Edward Ayscough

First Line:

Deaf to the bar the pulpit and the throne

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

Prollgue to the Duellist. [...] Spoken by Mr. Smith.

Attribution:

Writtne by the Author.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Disheveled still like Asia's bleeding queen

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Semiramis [...] Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Written by R. B. Sheridan, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

Exhausted quite with prisons racks and death

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Earl of Warwick [...] Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Written by David Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Escaped from my guardian's tyrannical sway

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Englishman in Paris. Spoken by Miss Macklin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Enough of Greece and Rome the exhausted store

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Orphan Of China.

Attribution:

Written by William Whitehead, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

From Otway's and immortal Shakespeare's page

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Clementina...Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

For wit's keen satire and this laughing stage

Page No:

pp.61-62

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Bankrupt.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Oxonian In Town. Spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From Stratford arrived piping hot gentlefolks

Page No:

pp.63-65

Poem Title:

Scrub's Stratford Jubilee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From London your honours to Stratford I'm come

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Jubilee. Spoken in the Character of a Waiter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fashion in every thing bears sovereign sway

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

Prologue to Bon Ton [...] Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Written by George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Fond of your praise the praise which most I love

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

An Occasional Prologue to Miss in her Teens. [...] Spoken by Master and Miss Simson.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Havard.

Attributed To:

William Havard [Harvard or Haverd]

First Line:

From Fletcher's great original today

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Inconstant [...] Spoken by Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

Written by Nathaniel Rowe, Esq.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Rowe

First Line:

Good folks I'm come at my young lady's bidding

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Miss in her Teens. Spoken By Mrs. Pritchard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go on prepare my bounty for my friends

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

Prologue to A Christmas Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gallants behold before your eyes the wight

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Refusal. [...] Spoken by the Author.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Cibber.

Attributed To:

Colley Cibber

First Line:

Hip music music have you more to play

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Grecian Daughter. Spoken By Mr. Weston.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hold sir | Our plot concluded and strict justice done

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Lyar. Between Miss Grantham and Old Wilding.

Attribution:

Written by a Man of Fashion.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hard is the task to trace the poet's life

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Word to the Wise. [...] Spoken by Mrs. Bulkeley.

Attribution:

Written by a Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ha ha poor creature how you trembling stand

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Matilda. [...] Spoken by Miss Younge.

Attribution:

By the Author of the Tragedy.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here they are ladies should these charming packs

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Oxonian in Town. Spoken By Mrs. Mattocks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How sweet are the banks upon Tweed

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Butiad. Spoken by a Scotchman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hither in days of yore from Spain or France

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

Prologue To Polly Honeycombe. Spoken By Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy my muse had she first turned her art

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Knights.

Attribution:

Written And Spoken By Mr. Foote.

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

Hush such a scene enough to make one split

Page No:

pp.83-84

Poem Title:

Prologue [...] and Spoken by Mrs. [sic] Hamilton, on his first Appearance, as a Player, in the Character of Othello, at Covent-Garden.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Murphy,

Attributed To:

Arthur Murphy

First Line:

How do you all good folks in tears for certain

Page No:

pp.84-86

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Zenobia. [...] Spoken by Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

Written by David Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Here take a surfeit sirs of being jealous

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Zara. Spoken by Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'll hear no more thou wretch attend to reason

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

Prologue to the English Merchant.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

I'm sent good folks to speak the epilogue

Page No:

pp.87-88

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Zingis. [...] Spoken by Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

I speak a prologue what strange whim I wonder

Page No:

pp.91-92

Poem Title:

Prologue to Perplexities.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I who was late so volatile and gay

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the School For Scandal. [...] And spoken by Mrs. Abington, in the Character of Lady Teazel.

Attribution:

Written by George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

In parliament whenever a question comes

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Maid of the Oaks. [...] Spoken by Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

In classic times as learned authors say

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

Prologue to Sethona. [...] Spoken by Mr. Reddish.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Cumberland.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

Instead of an epilogue round smart and terse

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

An Address to the Town, by way of Epilogue to 'Tis Well It's No Worse. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm vexed quite vexed and you'll be vexed that's worse

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

Prologue To False Delicacy...Spoken By Mr. King

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Is not my master here among you pray

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

Prologue to Barbarossa.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick, and spoken by him in the Character of a Country Boy.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

In these our moral and religious days

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

Prologue to Clementina...Spoken by Mr. Bensley.

Attribution:

Written by George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Is the stage clear bless me I've such a dread

Page No:

pp.102-103

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Cymon...Spoken By Mrs. Abington.

Attribution:

Written By George Keate, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

I come obedient at my brethren's call

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Same. For New Year's Day. Spoken By Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm right your servant sirs the address is plain

Page No:

pp.104-106

Poem Title:

The Occasional Prologue, Spoken by Mr. King, At the Opening of Drury-Lane Theatre

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am a devil so please you and must hoof

Page No:

pp.106-107

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Fashionable Lover. Spoken by Mr. Weston, in the Character of a Printer's Devil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In those bad times when learning's sons explore

Page No:

pp.107-108

Poem Title:

Prologue To Zobedie.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I know you all expect from seeing me

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Foundling...Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

In these distracted times when each man dreads

Page No:

pp.109-110

Poem Title:

Prologue To Venice Preserv'd: Or, a Plot Discover'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ages past when will those times renew

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

Prologue to Caius Marius. Spoken by Mr. Betterton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In arms renowned for arts of peace adored

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

Prologue To Alfred...Spoken By Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Written by John, Earl of Corke.

Attributed To:

John Boyle

First Line:

In this grave age when comedies are few

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

Prologue to Drummer, Or, the Haunted-House.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient times when Britain's trade was arms

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

Prologue to Douglas...Spoken by Mr. Sparks.

Attribution:

Written by Nicholas Rowe, Esq.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

If to our play your judgment can't be kind

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Beaux Stratagem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If any here are Britons but in name

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Earl of Essex...Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard, in the Character of Queen Elizabeth.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

I had an epilogue to speak tonight

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Double Mistake. Spoken by Miss Wilford, in the Character of Lady Louisa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm glad with all my heart I've scaped my wedding

Page No:

pp.118-119

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Merope. Spoken By Mrs. Pritchard

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In Athens once as classic story runs

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Choleric Man...Spoken by Mr. Smith.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Cumberland.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

Ladies by me our courteous author sends

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Roman Father. Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ladies I've had a squabble with the poet

Page No:

pp.122-123

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Jealous Wife...Spoken by Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

Ladies and gentlemen tis so ill bred

Page No:

pp.123-125

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Elvira...Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ladies and gentlemen they've sent me out

Page No:

pp.125-126

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Doctor Last in his Chariot. Spoken by a Little Girl of Five Years old.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Like famed La Mancha's knight who lance in hand

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

Prologue To Moore's Gamester.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ladies with leave | pass | pass | you must do more

Page No:

pp.127-131

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Clandestine Marriage.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ladies methinks I hear you all complain

Page No:

pp.131-132

Poem Title:

Epilogue To The Dupe...Spoken By Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Written By A Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ladies your country's ornament and pride

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Fashionable Lover. Spoken by Mrs. Barry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ladies I'm come if not engaged elsewhere

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Careless Husband. Acted privately by a Person of Quality.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My poor papa's in woeful agitation

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Polly Honeycombe...Spoken By Miss Pope.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

My conduct now will every mind employ

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Gamesters...And Spoken By Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written By A Friend,

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My jewels I'm come to spake in the behalf

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Countess of Salisbury, Spoken by Mr. Weston, in the Character of a Teague.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mr Weston Mr Weston

Page No:

pp.138-140

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Trip to Portsmouth.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Methinks tonight I cast my eyes around

Page No:

pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Prologue, Spoken at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden, on Occasion of a Monument to be erected by Contribution to Shakespear...Spoken by Mr. Ryan.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Theobald.

Attributed To:

Lewis Theobald

First Line:

Marry a Turk a haughty tyrant king

Page No:

pp.141-142

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Irene.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Methinks I hear some powdered critics say

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Provok'd Husband, Or, A Journey to London; Spoken by Mrs. Oldfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mongst all the rules the ancients had in vogue

Page No:

pp.143-144

Poem Title:

Epilogue to She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not,

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now we have shown the fatal fruits of strife

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Boadicea, Spoken by Mr. Harvard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Near the mad mansions of Moorfields I'll bawl

Page No:

pp.145-146

Poem Title:

Mr. Foot in the Character of Dr. Squintum.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

News news good folks rare news and you shall know it

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Jones's Earl of Essex. Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No coward he who in this critic age

Page No:

pp.147-149

Poem Title:

Prologue to the School for Wives. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now gallants for the author first to you

Page No:

pp.149-150

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Love's Last Shift: Or, the Lady in Fashion. Spoken by Miss Cross in the Character of Cupid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nay but I must I must indeed papa

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

Epilogue, Spoken at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, April 30, 1765, by Miss. Hopkins, a Child of six Years old, at the Benefit of Mr. Hopkins, Prompter, and Mrs. Hopkins.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our author's sore bewitched the senseless rogue

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Miser...Spoken by Mrs. Raftor.

Attribution:

Written by Colly Cibber, Esq.

Attributed To:

Colley Cibber

First Line:

Oh George George George it is such rakes as you

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Citizen. Spoken by Mr. Shuter and Mr. Woodward, in the Characters of Old Philpot and Young Philpot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Once more from Ludgate hill behold Paul Prig

Page No:

pp.153-154

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Spanish Barber...Spoken by Mr. Parsons.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Old times old fashions and the fairies gone

Page No:

pp.155-156

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Edgar and Emmeline...Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

On every gamester in the Arabian nation

Page No:

pp.156-157

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Moore's Gamester. Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our authors as I'm told is not to seek

Page No:

pp.157-158

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Siege of Aquileia. Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh such a sight I've been upon the course

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Note of Hand: or, the Trip to Newmarket.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh there ye are before one word I utter

Page No:

pp.159-160

Poem Title:

Prologue To 'Tis Well It's No Worse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our play thus over now swells each throbbing breast

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Alzuma. Spoken by Mrs. Heartley.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of old when Greece in a declining age

Page No:

pp.161-162

Poem Title:

Prologue To Zenobia. Spoken By Mr. Holland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all men those have reason least to care

Page No:

pp.162-163

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Chances.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the various vices of the age

Page No:

pp.163-164

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Careless Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our desperate bard our bold excursion tries

Page No:

p.164

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Earl of Essex. Spoken by Mr. Barry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the passion that possess mankind

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Englishman Return'd to Paris. Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pride by a thousand arts vain honours claims

Page No:

pp.166-167

Poem Title:

Prologue, On the Opening of the Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket, May 15, 1777...Spoken by Mr. Palmer.

Attribution:

Written by George Colman, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Pray let me see if what France says be true

Page No:

pp.167-168

Poem Title:

Prologue to All the World's a Stage. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Post haste from Italy arrives my lover

Page No:

pp.168-169

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Runaway...Spoken by Miss Younge.

Attribution:

Written by David Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Pressed by the load of life the weary mind

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Good Natured Man.

Attribution:

Written by Dr. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Poets and painters who from nature draw

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Clandestine Marriage.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse

Page No:

pp.172-173

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Apprentice. Spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pshaw damn your epilogue and hold your tongue

Page No:

pp.173-174

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Barbarossa...Spoken by Mr. Woodward, In the Character of a fine Gentleman.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Prologues of old the learned in language say

Page No:

pp.174-175

Poem Title:

Prologue to Creusa, Spoken by Mr. Ross.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Prologues like compliments are loss of time

Page No:

pp.175-176

Poem Title:

Prologue to Virginia,

Attribution:

Written and Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Perhaps you gentlemen expect today

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Chances.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor I tossed up and down from shore to shore

Page No:

pp.178-179

Poem Title:

Mr. Macklin's Farewell Epilogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Somebody says but I forgot his name

Page No:

pp.179-180

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Romance of an Hour...Spoken by Mrs. Bulkley.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Kelly.

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

See here good folks how genius is abused

Page No:

pp.181-182

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Man of Business. Spoken by Mr. Woodward.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since your old taste for laughing is come back

Page No:

pp.182-183

Poem Title:

Prologue to Albumazar. Spoken by Mr. King. At the Revival in 1773.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since my good friends though late are pleased at last

Page No:

pp.183-184

Poem Title:

Mr. Garrick's Address to the Town, In the Character of the Busy Body.

Attribution:

Mr. Garrick's

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Stripped of my tragic weeds and raised from death

Page No:

pp.184-185

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Hecuba...Spoken by Miss. Bride.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Severe their task who in this critic age

Page No:

pp.185-187

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Author.

Attribution:

Written and spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

Success makes people vain the maxim's true

Page No:

pp.187-188

Poem Title:

Prologue To The School For Lovers. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some strange caprice forever rules the stage

Page No:

pp.188-189

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Citizen...And spoken by Mr. Obrien.

Attribution:

Written by A. Murphy, Esq.

Attributed To:

Arthur Murphy

First Line:

Severe each poet's lot but sure most hard

Page No:

pp.189-190

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Earl of Warwick.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Since plays are but a kind of public feasts

Page No:

pp.190-191

Poem Title:

Prologue to Love makes a Man: or, the Fop's Fortune.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since plays are but the mirrors of our lives

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

Prologue, to the Lady's Last Stake: Or, the Wife's Resentment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though lately dead a princess and of Spain

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

Epilogue, to Alonzo, Spoken by Mrs. Barry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The law of custom is the law of fools

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Sister ... Spoken by Mrs. Mattocks.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

The bard whose hopes on comedy depend

Page No:

pp.195-196

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Register Office. Spoken By Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The grecian daughter's compliments to all

Page No:

pp.196-198

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Grecian Daughter...Spoken By Miss Younge.

Attribution:

Written by a Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Too long has farce neglecting nature's laws

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

Prologue to Miss in her Teens,

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis strange excuse my gravity tis passing strange

Page No:

pp.199-200

Poem Title:

Mr. Woodward's Prologue to Every Man in his Humour, (Perform'd March 15, 1763, for his Benefit at Covent-Garden.

Attribution:

Mr. Woodward.

Attributed To:

Henry Woodward

First Line:

To warn the sons of freedom to be wise

Page No:

pp.200-201

Poem Title:

Prologue to Athelstan. Spoken by Mr. Holland, in the Character of the Genius of Britain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Too much the Greek and Roman chiefs engage

Page No:

pp.201-202

Poem Title:

Prologue to Zingis. Spoken by Mr. Holland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The world's a stage great Shakespeare says

Page No:

pp.202-203

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Butiad. Spoken By Any Body.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That I'm a lying rogue you all agree

Page No:

pp.103[i.e. 203]-204

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Lying Valet. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tonight be it known to box galleries and pit

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

Prologue To All In The Wrong.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

Tonight good folks though led a little dance

Page No:

pp.206-207

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Romance of an Hour... Spoken by Mr. Lee.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Kelly,

Attributed To:

John Kelly

First Line:

Though the young smarts I see begin to sneer

Page No:

pp.207-208

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Suspicious Husband,

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

This night we add some heroes to our store

Page No:

pp.209-210

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Taylors. Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poet's pen can like a conjurer's wand

Page No:

pp.210-211

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Virginia...Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick,

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

This night presents a play which public rage

Page No:

pp.211-212

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Word to the Wise. For the Benefit of Mrs. Kelly and her Children...And spoken by Mr. Hull.

Attribution:

Written for the Occasion by Dr. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Too long the muse attached to regal show

Page No:

pp.212-213

Poem Title:

Prologue to Sir Thomas Overbury... Spoken by Mr. Hull.

Attribution:

Written by R. B. Sheridan, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

Through the wide tracts of life in every trade

Page No:

pp.213-214

Poem Title:

Prologue to Know Your Own Mind...Spoken by Mr. Lewis.

Attribution:

Written by Arthur Murphy, Esq.

Attributed To:

Arthur Murphy

First Line:

To various things the stage has been compared

Page No:

pp.214-216

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Winter's Tale, (Altered from Shakespeare,)...And spoken by Mr. Jefferson, at the Theatre Royal, Richmond.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

The French however Mercurial they may seem

Page No:

pp.216-217

Poem Title:

Prologue to Zara...Spoken by Mr. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written by C. Cibber, Esq.

Attributed To:

Colley Cibber

First Line:

To contradict me blockhead idiot fool sot

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Englishman in Paris. Between Mr. Macklin and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art

Page No:

pp.219-220

Poem Title:

Prologue To Cato...Spoken by Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Though prologues now as blackberries are plenty

Page No:

pp.220-221

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Spleen, or Islington Spa...Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

To speak ten words again I've fetched my breath

Page No:

pp.221-223

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Athalstan...Spoken by Mrs. Cibber.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

To hear with candour ere we judge a cause

Page No:

pp.223-224

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Hotel: Or, the Double Valet. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The fifth act past you'll think it strange to find

Page No:

pp.224-225

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Alzira. Spoken by Mrs. Giffard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The text is done and now for application

Page No:

pp.225-226

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Venice Preserv'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The play is at an end but where's the plot

Page No:

p.227

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Rehearsal.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The time is come the Roman bard foretold

Page No:

pp.227-228

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Refusal: Or, the Ladies Philosophy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through five long acts I've wore my sighing face

Page No:

pp.229-230

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Orphan of China. Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not a birth to titles pomp or state

Page No:

pp.230-231

Poem Title:

An Epilogue On the Birth-Day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.

Attribution:

Written by a person stiling himself the Farmer. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To speak with freedom dignity and ease

Page No:

pp.231-232

Poem Title:

Prologue to Cato. Spoken by Prince George, When his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Children perform'd the above Tragedy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The prologue's filled with such fine phrases

Page No:

pp.232-233

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Cato. Spoken by Lady Augusta, and Prince Edward.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Touched be your generous hearts to spare this play

Page No:

pp.234-235

Poem Title:

Prologue to Merope. Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The many various objects that amuse

Page No:

pp.235-236

Poem Title:

An Occasional Prologue...And spoken by Mr. Foote, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

This night let busy man no pleasure spare

Page No:

pp.236-237

Poem Title:

Prologue to Amphitryon, Reviv'd with alterations, 1756.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas once the mode inglorious war to wage

Page No:

pp.237-238

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Cleone...Spoken by Mr. Ross.

Attribution:

Written by Wm. Melmoth, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Melmoth

First Line:

To damn or not that is the question now

Page No:

pp.238-239

Poem Title:

Prologue to Eugenia.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

The tragic muse revolving many a page

Page No:

p.240

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Brothers...Spoken by Mr. Harvard.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Dodsley.

Attributed To:

Robert Dodsley

First Line:

The sons of genius search through every age

Page No:

pp.241-242

Poem Title:

Prologue to Edward, the Black Prince. Spoken by Mr. Harvard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The great the good the wise in every age

Page No:

pp.242-243

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Honest Yorkshireman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The deuce is in him what the deuce

Page No:

pp.243-244

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Deuce Is In Him. Spoken By Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The paths of truth with fancy's flowers to strow

Page No:

pp.244-245

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Dupe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This night your tributary tears we claim

Page No:

pp.245-246

Poem Title:

Prologue to Oroonoko.

Attribution:

Alter'd by Dr. Hawksworth.

Attributed To:

John Hawkesworth

First Line:

This play took birth from principles of truth

Page No:

pp.246-247

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Provok'd Husband: Or, a Journey to London. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To you great judges in this writing age

Page No:

pp.247-248

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Orphan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To win your hearts and to secure your praise

Page No:

p.248

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Conscious Lovers...Spoken by Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Welstead.

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

To gain the public ear our man of rhymes

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Widow'd Wife. Spoken by Mr. Holland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The jealous wife a comedy poor man

Page No:

pp.250-251

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Jealous Wife...Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

Unlike to ancient fame all eyes tongues ears

Page No:

pp.251-252

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Maid of the Oaks. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Various the shifts of authors nowadays

Page No:

pp.252-253

Poem Title:

Prologue To the Comedy of the Brothers. Spoken by Mr. Smith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ventre bleu vere is dis dam poet vere

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Sir Harry Wildair, Being the Sequel of the Trip to the Jubilee.

Attribution:

By a Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When some raw paddler from the waded shore

Page No:

pp.254-255

Poem Title:

Prologue to Alzira. Spoken by Mr. Giffard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While other culprits brave it to the last

Page No:

pp.255-256

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Suspicious Husband.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Well now all's ended and my comrades gone

Page No:

pp.256-257

Poem Title:

Epilogue. To be Spoken in the Character of Tony Lumpkin.

Attribution:

Written By J. Craddock, Esq.

Attributed To:

J. Craddock

First Line:

When first Columbus left the spanish shore

Page No:

pp.257-258

Poem Title:

Prologue to Alzuma. Spoken by Mr. Bensley.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst ardent zeal for India's reformation

Page No:

pp.258-259

Poem Title:

Prologue to Alonzo. Spoken by Mr. Palmer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wherever commerce spreads the swelling sail

Page No:

pp.259-260

Poem Title:

Prologue. On the Opening of the new Theatre-Royal in Liverpool, on Friday the 5th of June, 1772. ...Spoken by Mr. Younger.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Well fare the man peace to his gentle shade

Page No:

pp.260-261

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Zobedie.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What odd fantastic things we women do

Page No:

pp.261-262

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Cato...Spoken By Mr. Porter.

Attribution:

By Dr. Garth.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

What five long acts and all to make us wiser

Page No:

pp.262-263

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Sister...Spoken by Mrs. Bukley.

Attribution:

Written by Dr. Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

Whenever the wits of France take pen in hand

Page No:

pp.264-265

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Gamesters.

Attribution:

Written And Spoken By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Well if thou art my boy a little mellow

Page No:

pp.265-266

Poem Title:

Prologue To Britannia, a Masque. Spoken by Mr. Garrick. In the Character of a Sailor, fuddled and talking to himself. He enters, singing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

When with the comic muse a bard hath dealing

Page No:

pp.266-267

Poem Title:

Epilogue to False Delicacy...Spoken by Mrs. Dancer.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Well ladies so much for the tragic style

Page No:

pp.268-269

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Cleone.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

What horrors fill the tragic poet's brain

Page No:

pp.269-270

Poem Title:

Epilogue upon Prologues.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Colman.

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

Who but has read if you have read at all

Page No:

pp.270-271

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Maid of Bath.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Who but has seen the celebrated strife

Page No:

pp.271-272

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Brothers...Spoken by Mrs. Yates.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Cumberland.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

What various revolutions in our art

Page No:

pp.272-273

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Lyar.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever physicians wrangle with each other

Page No:

pp.273-274

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Widow'd Wife

Attribution:

By a Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well sirs I know not how the play may pass

Page No:

p.275

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Double Gallant, Or, The Sick Lady's Cure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well she has had her frolic and has made

Page No:

pp.276-277

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Wishes. Spoken by Miss Elliot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What strange odd maggots fill an author's pate

Page No:

pp.277-278

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Discovery.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well thank my stars that I have done my task

Page No:

pp.278-279

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Author...Spoken by Mrs. Clive.

Attribution:

Written by a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well well I'll do your business honest friend

Page No:

pp.279-280

Poem Title:

Epilogue...for the Tragedy of the Earl of Essex.

Attribution:

Design'd by Mr. Foote,

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

While our grave hermit busy above stairs

Page No:

pp.280-281

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Alfred.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well ladies am I right or am I not

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the School for Lovers. Spoken before the Dance, by Mrs. Yates and Mr. Palmer, in the Characters of Araminta and Modely.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever begot thee has no cause to blush

Page No:

pp.282-283

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Conscious Lovers. Spoken by Mr. Shuter, in the Character of a Man-Midwife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well now we've done I'll feed my sex's failing

Page No:

pp.283-285

Poem Title:

Dialogue-Epilogue to the Careless Husband. Spoken by Lady B. Modish, and Ld. Foppington.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What various modes prevail in various parts

Page No:

pp.285-286

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Spanish Barber...Spoken by Miss Farren.

Attribution:

Said to be Written by D. Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

When Philip's son led forth his warlike band

Page No:

pp.286-287

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Siege of Aquilea.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While modern tragedy by rule exact

Page No:

pp.287-288

Poem Title:

Prologue to Philaster. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wit bears so thin a crop this duller age

Page No:

pp.288-289

Poem Title:

Prologue to Love's Last Shift, or, the Fool in Fashion...Spoken by Mr. Verbruggen.

Attribution:

Written by a Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

War is no more those thunders cease to roll

Page No:

pp.289-290

Poem Title:

Prologue To Elvira.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why to this farce this title given

Page No:

pp.290-291

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Male-Coquet.

Attribution:

Written and Spoken by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age

Page No:

pp.291-292

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Beaux Stratagem. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever the brave the generous and the just

Page No:

pp.294-295

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Earl of Essex...Spoken by Mr. Sheridan.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Murphy.

Attributed To:

Arthur Murphy

First Line:

When learning's triumph over her barbarous foes

Page No:

pp.300-301

Poem Title:

Prologue At the opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane, 1747... Spoken By Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. S. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Ye wedded critics who have marked our tale

Page No:

pp.301-302

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Edward and Eleonora...Spoken by Mrs. Mattocks.

Attribution:

Written by R. Sheridan, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

Ye glittering train whom lace and velvet bless

Page No:

p.303

Poem Title:

Prologue to Irene.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye social friends of claret and of wit

Page No:

pp.304-305

Poem Title:

The Picture of a Playhouse; Or, Bucks Have At Ye All.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your servants kind masters from bottom to top

Page No:

pp.305-306

Poem Title:

Prologue to Dr. Last in his Chariot...Spoken by Mr. Foote.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ye belles ye beaux of whatsoever degree

Page No:

pp.306-307

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Trip to Scotland. Spoken by Cupid, in the Habit of a Postilion.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You've seen one orphan ruined here and I

Page No:

pp.307-308

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Orphan; or, the Unhappy Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You see the tripping dame could find no favour

Page No:

pp.308-309

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Fair Penitent. Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle, who played Lavinia.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though I'm a female and the rule is ever

Page No:

pp.309-310

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Tragedy of Percy...Spoken by Mrs. Bulkeley.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

I must will speak I hope my dress and air

Page No:

pp.310-311

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Tragedy of Percy...Spoken by Mr. Lee Lewis.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

To Holy Land in superstition's day

Page No:

pp.312-313

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Battle of Hastings...Spoken by Mr. Henderson.

Attribution:

Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

From ancient Thespis to the present age

Page No:

pp.313-314

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Battle of Hastings...Spoken by Miss Young.

Attribution:

Written by Richard Cumberland, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

To furnish a new prologue for each play

Page No:

pp.314-315

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Tragedy of Alfred...Spoken by Mr. Wroughton.

Attribution:

Written by the Author.

Attributed To:

John Home

First Line:

Our bards of late so tragic in their calling

Page No:

pp.315-316

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Same...Spoken by Mrs. Barry.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Tis now the reigning taste with belle and beau

Page No:

pp.316-317

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Comedy of the Suicide. Spoken by Mr. Palmer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The critics say and constantly repeat

Page No:

pp.318-319

Poem Title:

Epilogue...Spoken by Miss Farren.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

When from the world departs a son of fame

Page No:

pp.319-321

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Comedy of the Fathers...And spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Prologues and epilogues to speak the phrase

Page No:

pp.321-322

Poem Title:

Epilogue. To the Same...And spoken by Miss Young.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Hard is the task in modern days to choose

Page No:

pp.322-323

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Law of Lombardy...Spoken by Mr. Farren.

Attribution:

Written by the Author.

Attributed To:

Robert Jephson

First Line:

Of all the Gothic laws I ever heard

Page No:

pp.324-325

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Law of Lombardy...Spoken by Miss Younge.

Attribution:

Written by the Author.

Attributed To:

Robert Jephson

First Line:

A school for scandal tell me I beseech you

Page No:

pp.325-326

Poem Title:

Prologue to the School for Scandal.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To glow with ardour and attempt with zeal

Page No:

pp.326-327

Poem Title:

Prologue to The Times. Spoken by Mr. King.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While grave paced tragedy with oh's and starts

Page No:

pp.327-328

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Same. Spoken by Miss Farren.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our modern poets scarce know how to choose

Page No:

pp.328-329

Poem Title:

Prologue to Fatal Falshood, A Tragedy by the Author of Percy...And spoken by Mr. Hull.

Attribution:

Written by the Author.

Attributed To:

Hannah More

First Line:

Unhand me gentlemen by heaven I say

Page No:

pp.329-330

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Same...And Spoken by Mr. Lee Lewis.

Attribution:

Written by R. B. Sheridan, Esq.

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

Make way make way good folks I must appear

Page No:

pp.331-332

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Belle's Stratagem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nay cease and hear me I am come to scold

Page No:

pp.332-333

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed