The toper's delight or a pipe of the best [ESTC T124884]

DMI number:

733

Publication Date:

1744

ESTC number:

T124884

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110174349

Shelfmark:

Harding C 3012

Full Title:

THE | TOPER'S DELIGHT; | OR, A | Pipe [i]of the[/i] Best. | Poetically Delineated | In IMITATION of | [2 columns] [column 1] Mr. POPE, | Dean SWIFT, | Mr. PHILLIPS, [/column 1] | [column 2] Mr. THOMPSON, | Dr. YOUNG, [i]and[/i] | COLLEY CIBBER. [/column 2] | Extracted from the | MAGAZINES, &c. | To which is Added | A great Variety of merry Catches in Praise | of Good-Eating and Much-Drinking. | CONCLUDING | With an [i]humourous Description[/i] of a [i]Modern | Midnight-Revelry.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for and sold by [i]J. Stevens[/i] in [i]Al- | dersgate-Street, G. Spavan,[/i] over-against St. | [i]Clement's Church[/i] in the [i]Strand, R. Motte,[/i] at | the [i]Hole[/i] in the [i]Wall[/i] at [i]Islington[/i], and at most | Publick-Houses. 1744. [Price Six-pence.

Epigraph:

[i]Come, jovial Pipe, and bring along | Midnight-Revelry, and Song.[/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

6 pence

Pagination:

[2] 5-71 pp. (49 mispaginated as 46)

Comments:

CONTENTS: Prose section on The Natural History of Tobacco pp. 7-12.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedication addressed to the Shakesperian Club signed by the editor pp. 5-6

Related People

Publisher:

George Spavan

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

Printed for and sold by

Publisher:

J. Stevens

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for and sold by

Publisher:

R. Motte

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for and sold by

Content/Publication

First Line:

Hail thought inspiring plant thou balm of life

Page No:

pp.13-15

Poem Title:

Tobacco; A Poem.

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First Line:

Blessed leaf whose aromatic gales dispense

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p.16

Poem Title:

Six Other Encomiums on Tobacco, In Imitation of Six of our most celebrated English Poets. Imitation I

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First Line:

Boy bring an ounce of Weekley's best

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p.17

Poem Title:

Imitation II.

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First Line:

Little tube of mighty power

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p.18

Poem Title:

Imitation III.

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First Line:

O thou matured by glad Hesperian suns

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p.19.00

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Imitation IV.

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First Line:

Critics avaunt tobacco is my theme

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p.20

Poem Title:

Imitation V.

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First Line:

Old battle array big with horror is fled

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pp.21-22

Poem Title:

Imitation VI. A New-Year's Ode.

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First Line:

Tobacco's but an Indian weed

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pp.23-24

Poem Title:

A Serious Admonition To all Smoakers of Tobacco.

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First Line:

Old Adam it is true

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p.25

Poem Title:

A Choice Collection of Drinking Songs. Song I. Old Adam, it is true.

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First Line:

Of all occupations

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

Song II. I am a jolly Toper.

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First Line:

Wine wine in a morning

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pp.27-28

Poem Title:

Song III. Wine, Wine in a Morning.

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First Line:

Come cheer up your hearts

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pp.28-31

Poem Title:

Song V. Come chear up your Hearts.

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The Macedon youth

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p.28

Poem Title:

Song IV. Come let us prepare.

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First Line:

When I visit proud Celia just come from my glass

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p.31

Poem Title:

Song VI. There liv'd long ago in a Country Place.

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First Line:

Here's to thee my Damon let's drink and be merry

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p.32

Poem Title:

Song VII. On, on, my dear Brethren.

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First Line:

Come fill me a glass fill it high

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pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Song IX. Come fill me a Glass.

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First Line:

Say good Master Bacchus astride on your butt

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p.33

Poem Title:

Song VIII. If Love's a sweet Passion.

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First Line:

Busy curious thirsty fly

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p.34

Poem Title:

Song X. Busy, curious, thirsty Fly.

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If I live to be old for I find I grow down

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pp.35-39

Poem Title:

Song XI. If I live to be old.

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Two gods of great honour Bacchus and Apollo

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pp.39-40

Poem Title:

Song XII. Two Gods of great Honour

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Young Bacchus when merry bestriding his tun

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pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Song XIII. Young Bacchus, when merry, bestriding.

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First Line:

The doctor is feed for a dangerous draught

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p.43

Poem Title:

Song XIV. Lillibulero.

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First Line:

The man that is drunk is void of all care

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pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Song XV. The Man that is drunk.

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Come let us drink and drown all sorrow

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p.45

Poem Title:

Song XVI. Come let us drink.

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First Line:

Jolly souls that are generous and free

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Song XVII. Hark, away, 'tis the merry tun'd Horn.

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As soon as the chaos was made into form

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p.47

Poem Title:

Song XVIII. As soon as the Chaos.

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Ring ring the bar bell of the world

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pp.48-46[ie.49]

Poem Title:

Song XIX. Ring, ring the Bar-Bell.

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First Line:

The gods and the goddesses lately did feast

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pp.46[ie. 49]-51

Poem Title:

Song XX. The Gods and the Goddesses.

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As swift as time put round the glass

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pp.51-52

Poem Title:

Song XXI. My Goddess Celia, heavenly Fair.

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First Line:

When humming brown beer was the Englishman's taste

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pp.52-53

Poem Title:

Song XXII. When mighty Roast Beef.

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What class in life though never so great

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pp.53-54

Poem Title:

Song XXIII. What Class in Life, tho' ne'er so great?

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If the glasses they are empty

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pp.54-55

Poem Title:

Song XXV. If the Glasses they are empty.

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Wine does wonders every day

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p.54

Poem Title:

Song XXIV. Wine does Wonders.

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First Line:

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

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pp.55-56

Poem Title:

Song XXV. I wish my Love were in a Mire.

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First Line:

A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine

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pp.56-57

Poem Title:

Song XXVII. The Jovial Drinker.

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First Line:

Jolly mortals fill your glasses

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p.56

Poem Title:

Song XXVI. Let's be jovial, fill our Glasses.

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Whilst the town's brim full of folly

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p.57

Poem Title:

Song XXVIII. Whilst the Town's brim-full.

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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food

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pp.58-59

Poem Title:

Songs in Praise of Good-Eating. Song I. Roast-Beef.

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First Line:

Ye sons of the platter give ear

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pp.60-62

Poem Title:

An Excellent New Eating Song. Set by Dr. Greene

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A merchant there was an arch merry blade

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pp.63-66

Poem Title:

The Facetious Tobacconist; or, the Book-Worm out-witted. To the Tune of A Cobler there was, and he liv'd in a Stall.

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First Line:

Sacred to thee permit this lay

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pp.67-71

Poem Title:

The Conclusion. Being a Lively Representation of a Bacchanalian Revelry, in a familiar Epistle to the celebrated Mr. Hogath, on his well-known Print, Entitled, The Modern Midnight Conversation.

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