The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol III] [T143903]

DMI number:

1469

Aliases

Works of Boileau

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1714

Volume Number:

3 of 3

ESTC number:

T143903

EEBO/ECCO link:

N/A

Shelfmark:

BL 1065.h.26

Full Title:

THE | WORKS | Of Monsieur | BOILEAU | DEPSPREAUX. | [rule] | VOLUME III. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible[/i] | against [i]St. Dunstan's[/i] Church in [i]Fleet-street[/i]. M DCC XIV.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose and Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Octavo

Price:

3 s. 6 d.

Pagination:

[26], [1]-170, [2]

Bibliographic details:

Separate title page: POSTHUMOUS | WORKS | OF | Monsieur [i]BOILEAU. | VIZ[/i]. | I. A SATIRE upon EQUIVOCATION, | against the [i]Jesuits[/i]. | II. Seventeen [i]New[/i] EPIGRAMS. | III. The HEROES of [i]Romances[/i]. A Dialogue | after the Manner of LUCIAN. | IV. A Discourse upon the [i]Style[/i] of [i]Inscriptions[/i]. | V. LETTERS to M. RACINE, M. LE | VERRIER, [i]&c[/i]. | VI. Three New Reflections upon LONGINUS. | VII. A Critical Dispute between Monsieur BOILEAU, M. HUET Bishop of [i]Avranches[/i], | and M. LE CLERC; concerning the SUB- | LIMITY of this Passage in [i]Genesis[/i]; [i]And | God said, Let there be Light: and there was Light[/i]. Chap. I. Ver. 3. | VIII. M. LE VERRIER's Speech to the [i]French | Academy[/i], upon the Death of M. BOILEAU. | [rule] | Made [i]English[/i] by Several Hands. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]E. CURLL[/i], at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible[/i], against St. | [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleetstreet[/i]. 1713. Price 3 [i]s[/i]. 6 [i]d[/i]. Where | may be had, The Two former Volumes of M. [i]BOILEAU's | Works. Price 12 Shillings. Half-Title p.109: [ornamental rule] | [i]Les Heros de Roman[/i]. | THE | HEROES | OF | ROMANCES. | A | DIALOGUE | After the Manner of | LUCIAN. | Written in the Year 1664. | [ornamental rule]

Comments:

CONTENTS: Miscellany dominated by prose. Verse fragments of four lines and over have been recorded.

Other matter:

Prefatory: Dedication to Charles Lord Halifax (1pp.); Preface (4pp.); Valincourt's speech on death of Boileau (sigs.br-b6r); Advertisement Concerning the Tenth Reflection upon Longinus (sigs.b6v-b8v). End matter: Table (2pp.)

References:

From ESTC: 'A reissue of the edition of 1711-13 with cancel titlepages.'

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Title:

Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [T143905]

Publication Date:

1713

ESTC No:

T143905

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Title:

The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol I] [T143903]

Publication Date:

1714

ESTC No:

T143903

Volume:

1 of 3

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

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Title:

The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143903]

Publication Date:

1714

ESTC No:

T143903

Volume:

2 of 3

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Title:

Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [N36267]

Publication Date:

1736

ESTC No:

N36267

Volume:

1 of 1

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Another Edition of

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Related People

Publisher:

Edmund Curll

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Equivocation of infernal kind

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pp.[1]-20

Poem Title:

A Satire against Equivocation and Mental Reservation, wherein the Author attacks the loose Principles of the Jesuits.

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First Line:

Shake off the error that obscures your view

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p.58

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Mean while the father full of dreadful care

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p.62

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Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain

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pp.74-75

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He that can put a bridle on the waves

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p.77

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Mistake not fathers read it once again

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pp.81-82

Poem Title:

Epigram. On my Brother's Book, Intitled, Historia Flagellantium, sive de recto & perverso usu flagrorum apud Christianos; i.e. The History of Scourging, or an Account of the good and bad use of it among Christians.

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First Line:

To send me madam in this picture here

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p.82

Poem Title:

To the President * * * Lady, who sent me the Picture of Father Bourdaloue.

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First Line:

Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning

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p.83

Poem Title:

A Drinking Song made at 17 Years of Age, having just finish'd my Course of Philosophy.

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Brebeuf in well deserving lines

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p.84

Poem Title:

A Burlesque Parodie of the first Ode of Pindar, in Praise of M. Perrault.

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First Line:

The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call

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p.85

Poem Title:

On Homer.

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Epigraph: [Greek] | [i]Cantabam quidem Ego[/i]; [i]scribebat autem Dius[/i] HOMERUS.

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Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time

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p.86

Poem Title:

A Riddle.

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The pride and honour of the Gallic stage

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p.86

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Verses to put under the Picture of M. Racine.

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When with stiff air and awkward grace

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pp.86-87

Poem Title:

On the Poet S--- reciting his own Verses.

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Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

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p.87

Poem Title:

An Imitation of Martial.

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Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars

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pp.87-88

Poem Title:

On Monsieur Perrault.

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First Line:

In charming infancy's disguise

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pp.88-89

Poem Title:

Verses to put under the Picture of the Duke of Maine, as yet a Child, who had publish'd a Volume of Letters with his Effigies prefix'd, in the garb of Apollo, with a Crown on his head.

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When in the senate honest Paul

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p.89

Poem Title:

On the Speech of a Magistrate, who inveigh'd against Sollicitors at Law.

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Six clocks two watches to prepare

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p.90

Poem Title:

On One that delighted in Clock-work.

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The poet Boileau's picture here you see

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p.90

Poem Title:

Verses put under my Picture, that was ill Grav'd.

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My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call

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pp.91-92

Poem Title:

Upon my Picture. My Friend M. Le Verrier, wrote the Four following Verses under my Picture, engraven by M. Drevet, making me speak thus.

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Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure

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p.91

Poem Title:

On the Waters of Bourbon, which when the Author was drinking, an indifferent Poet shew'd him some of his Verses. He addresses himself to the Well.

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Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age

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p.92

Poem Title:

On a Marble Busto of the Author, made by Mons. Girardon chief Statuary to the King.

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And dost thou music think to charm

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pp.96-99

Poem Title:

Prologue. Poetry and Music.

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Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

A Complaint against the Tuileries.

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Or in cold couplets careless of the fair

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p.102

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Who acts sincerely as my laws require

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pp.106-107

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First Line:

How happy would it be to love

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p.130

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Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great

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pp.136-137

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For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

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p.138

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