The Unhappy Lovers: Or, the History of James Welston, Gent [T70402]
- DMI number:
- 101
- Publication Date:
- 1732
- ESTC number:
- T70402
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124586326
- Shelfmark:
- BL 12316.bbb.38.(4)
- Full Title:
- THE | UNHAPPY LOVERS: | OR, THE | HISTORY | OF | [i]James Welston[/i], Gent. | Together with his | VOYAGES and TRAVELS. | To which is added, | Several CURIOUS PIECES, which he had, | with great Pains and Industry, collected toge- | ther, some of which were wrote Three Hundred | Years ago, and no-where else to be met with. | [double rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed by J. HUGHS in [i]High-Holborn[/i], | For, and sold by T. DORMER at the [i]Star and Garter[/i], over- | against the [i]Castle Tavern[/i] in [i]Fleetstreet[/i]; T. WARNER at the | [i]Black-Boy[/i] in [i]Pater-noster-Row[/i]; J. CHRICHLEY at [i]Charing-| Cross[/i]; W. HINTON at the [i]King's Arms[/i] in [i]High-Holborn[/i]; | and E. NUTT at the [i]Royal-Exchange.[/i] M,DCCXXXII. | [short rule] | [Price One Shilling]
- Epigraph:
- [i]Be warn'd, ye Youths, by my unhappy Fate! | Passion unpity'd, and successless Love, | Pant Daggars in my Heart, and aggravate | My other Griefs ------ | Love! --- what a God art thou? no Power divine | Enjoys an Empire uncontroul'd like thine; | O're Lands and Seas, extends thy boundless Sway, | And Kings on Earth, and Gods in Heav'n obey.[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Pagination:
- [2], [1]-52.
- Bibliographic details:
- HALF TITLE: [double rule] | THE | UNHAPPY LOVERS: | OR, THE | HISTORY | OF | [i]James Welston[/i], Gent. | [double rule]
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Prose Life and History of Welstone containing verse fragments (those under four lines have not been indexed), pp. 1-34. Verse section, pp. 35-52.
- Printer:
- J. Hughs
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- Publisher:
- T. Dormer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- Sold by:
- Elizabeth Nutt
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- Sold by:
- J. Chrichley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- Sold by:
- T. Warner
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- Sold by:
- W. Hinton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Hughs in High-Holborn, For, and sold by T. Dormer at the Star and Garter, over-against the Castle Tavern in Fleetstreet; T. Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-noster-Row; J. Chrichley at Charing-Cross; W. Hinton at the King's Arms in High-Holborn; and E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange.'
- First Line:
- Far nobler pleasures open to my view
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O Lyria Lyria in thy absence
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Take all the love a lover ever could claim
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At length I've acted my severest part
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There is a time when love no wish denies
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Woman is soft and of a tender heart
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Obedience first thy will to his must fit
- Page No:
- pp.35-42
- Poem Title:
- A Wives Behaviour.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Experienced nature in this latter age
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet I.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Whilst wandering thoughts unsettled in desire
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet II.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Once early as the ruddy bashful morn
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet III.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Hope makes the sea be plowed in furrows white
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet IV. Alluding to Hope.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Celia jealous lest I did
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet V.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- I can love and love entirely
- Page No:
- pp.46-48
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet VI.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Now do the birds in their warbling words
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet VII.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Whilst fortunes fondlings dandled in her lap
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet VIII.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- They fortune much do wrong that call her blind
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet IX.
- Attribution:
- Note, The following Sonnets were written by Patrick Hannay, some Hundred years ago, and Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Andrew Gray, Knt. Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, and General of the Artilery to the High and Mighty Prince Frederick, King of Bohemia.
- Attributed To:
- Patrick Hannay
- First Line:
- Nothing's more stupid than a modern play
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- Prologue...to a Play which has not yet made its Appearance.
- Attribution:
- Wrote by Mr. Welston
- Attributed To:
- James Welston
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