The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands. [Vol II] [ECCO] [N25822]

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380

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Works of Boileau

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Publication Date:

1736

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

N25822

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CW3317261861

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ECCO - Nottingham UL; Huntington.

Full Title:

FULL TITLE 1: THE | WORKS |OF | Mons.[i]Boileau Despreaux[/i].| [rule] | VOLUME II. | [rule] | CONTAINING | I. LONGINUS's Treatise of the [i]SUBLIME[/i]. | With Critical Reflections on some Passage out of | [i]Longinus[/i] ; wherein Answer is occasionally made to | some Objections of Monsieur [i]Perault[/i] against [i]Homer[/i] | and [i]Pindar : [/i] Likewise further Remarks and Ob- | servations by [i]Dacier[/i], [i]Boivin[/i], &c. | II. MISCELLANIES, with a Discourse upon [i]Satire[/i]. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION.| [rule] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed and sold by W. SHROPSHIRE, against the Duke of [i]Grafton[/i]'s | in [i]New Bond-Street[/i] ; and EDWARD LITTLETON, at the [i]Mitre[/i] | against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-Street[/i]. M.DCC.XXXVI. FULL TITLE 2: POSTHUMOUS | WORKS | OF | Monsieur [i]Boileau[/i], | [i]VIZ[/i] | [column 1] I. A SATIRE upon EQUIVOCA- | TION, against the [i]Jesuits[/i]. | II. Seventeen New EPIGRAMS. | III. The HEROES [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, &c. | VI. Three New Reflections up- | on LONGINUS. [/column1] | [column 2] VII. A Critical Dispute be- | tween Monsieur BOILEAU, | M. HUET, Bp. Of [i]Avranches[/i], | and M. LE CLERC ; concern- | ing the SUBLIMITY of this | Passage in [i]Genesis[/i] ; [i]And God | said, Let there be Light[/i] : [i]And | there was Light[/i]. Chap. i. 3. | VIII. M. LE VERRIER�s Speech | to the [i]French[/i] Academy, upon | the Death of M. BOILEAU[/column 2]. | [rule] | Made [i]English[/i] by Several Hands. | [rule] | THE SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed and sold by W. SHROPSHIRE, against the Duke | of [i]Grafton[/i]�s in [i]New[/i] [i]Bond-Street[/i] ; and EDWARD | LITTLETON, at the [i]Mitre[/i] against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]�s | Church in [i]Fleet-Street[/i]. M. DCC.XXXVI.

Place of Publication:

London

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Collection of translations/imitations

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Octavo

Pagination:

640pp.

Bibliographic details:

Reissue of 1714 (2nd edition); 2 vols; Pagination restarts after �Remarks upon M. Boileau�s Tenth Reflections upon Longinus�(p.170). Pagination and signatures restart at �A Treatise of the Sublime� . Pages 203-236 omitted. Mispagination (pp.243-251 printed as 143-151). Engraved plate on frontispiece.

Comments:

QUERY 1: check pagination QUERY 2: check contents description + contents include lots of quotations - do these need removing? Query 3: ought the Posthumous works of Boileau (i.e. the first section of this) to be bundled here? CONTENTS: (1) Posthumous Works of Monsieur Boileau (A Satire against Equivocation) pp. 1-20 (2) An Examination of the Opinion of Longinus upon this Passage in Genesis, Chap. 1. verse 3. And God said, let the light be made, and the light was made pp. 21-50 (Prose) (3) Three New Reflections on Longinus pp. 51-77 (Prose with some verse quotations) (4) A Discourse upon the Style of Inscriptions pp. 78-80 (Prose) (5) New Epigrams pp. 81-92 (Verse) (6) Advertisement concerning an opera; prologue pp. 93-99 (prose and verse) (7) Letters to Le Verrier and Racine pp. 100-108 (prose with verse quotations) (8) Les Heros de Roman. The Heroes of Romances. A Dialogue after the manner of Lucian. pp. 109-142 (prose introduction; dialogue) (separate title page, pp. ??) (9) Appendix pp. 143-153 (10) Remarks upon Boileau's Tenth Reflection pp. 154-170 (11) Verse epistles pp. 1-102 (12) New Epistles pp. 107-143 (separate title page p. ??; preface pp. ??) (13) Odes, Epigrams and other Miscellanies pp. 144-189 (separate title page p. ?? (14) A Treatise of the Sublime pp. 1-168 (separate title page p. ??) (prose with verse quotations) (15) Letters to Perrault pp. 169-202 (16) A Dialogue of the Dead pp. 237-256 (17) Letters between Boileau and Maucroix pp. 257-267.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Advertisement (1p); Frontispiece; title-page 1; dedication 'To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax' (1p); Preface (4pp); �Speech [...] Upon the Death of M. Boileau� (sig.b1-b6); Advertisement (sig.b6v-b8v); title-page 2. End matter: Contents pages (sig. M2r-v), (sig.R8v); Index (sig.S1-S8v).

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Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [T143905]

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The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol I] [T143904]

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The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143904]

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1711

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T143904

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Title:

The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25822]

Publication Date:

1736

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N25822

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1 of 2

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'Printed and sold by W. SHROPSHIRE, against the Duke of Grafton's in New Bond-Street ; and EDWARD LITTLETON, at the Mitre against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street.'

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Nicolas Boileau Despréaux

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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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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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Who to his mother with his little hand

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p.64

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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

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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 amongst Christians.

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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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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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The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call

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p.85

Poem Title:

On Homer.

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Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time

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p.86

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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

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

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Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

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p.87

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Musick.

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Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn

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pp.101-102

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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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Yet some grave doctorson their private word

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p.106

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Even Phaenicia does declare

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p.125

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How happy would it be to love

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p.130

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Oh let me the wonder of our days

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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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Verses taken out of M. P--- Poem of the Maid of Orleans.

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Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known

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p.138

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For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes

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p.138

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Young valiant hero thou whose sense sublime

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pp.1-11

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A Discourse to the King.

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In vain great sir keen satire I disown

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pp.11-24

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Epistle I. To the King.

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For what should I my sleeping muse awake

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pp.25-28

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Epistle II. To The Abbot Des Roches.

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Yes Arnauld thou dost easily perceive

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pp.29-36

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Epistle III. To Monsieur Arnauld. Doctor of the Sorbonne.

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In vain to praise thee is my muse prepared

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pp.37-48

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Epistle IV. To the King.

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Born for a court and versed in every art

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pp.49-60

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Epistle V. To Monsieur De Guilleragues. Secretary of the Cabinet.

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Yes yes Lamoignon with the town I'm tired

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pp.61-74

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Epistle VI. To Monsieur De Lamoignon, Attorney-General.

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Oh with what art Racine dost thou inspire

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pp.75-82

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Epistle VII. To Monsieur Racine.

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Cease sir to conquer or I cease to write

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pp.83-90

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Epistle VIII. To the King.

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Cowper how foolish would that author be

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pp.91-102

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Epistle IX. To the Marquis de Seignelai. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable The Lord Chancellor Cowper.

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In vain my muse I bid you hold in vain

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pp.107-116

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Epistle X. To my Book.

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Thou as laborious as thy master kind

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p.117-125

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Epistle XI. To my Gard'ner.

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Learned sir you're right for all engaged in sin

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pp.126-143

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Epistle XII. To the Abbot Renaudot. On the Love of God.

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What learned fury in my breast does reign

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pp.157-168

Poem Title:

An Ode On the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692.

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Made English by Samuel Cobb, M.A. Late of Trinity-College, Cambridge

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Samuel Cobb

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What fury what distraction blinds

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sigs.m*-[?m*2v?]

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An Ode, Written in the Year, 1656. On a Report, That Cromwell and the English were going to make War upon France.

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A poor old wretch beneath the weight

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pp.169-170

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A Fable out of AEsop. The Old Man and Death.

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In want and what's a greater curse

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p.170

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Epigram. The Grateful Debtor.

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Behold in peace and war a monarch great

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p.171

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Verses to be put under the King's Busto, (made by the Famous Statuary M. Girardon,) the Year the Germans took Belgrade.

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The holy maid whom in this piece you view

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p.172

Poem Title:

Verses to be put under Mademoiselle de Lamoignon's Picture.

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How doubly sweet is Baville's air

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pp.173-174

Poem Title:

A Catch made at Baville, when Father Bourdaloue was there.

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Ye partisans of Epicurus tribe

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p.174

Poem Title:

Verses to be put before an Allegorical Romance, wherein the whole Morality of the Stoics was explain'd.

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Come Pradon and you Bonnecorse

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pp.175-176

Poem Title:

To Messieurs Pradon and Bonnecorse, who both at the same time publish'd a Book of Scandal against me.

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Yes I have said an Aesculapian sot

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p.175

Poem Title:

Epigram. To a Physician.

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Three emperors as 'tis in story told

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p.176

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Epigram. To Monsieur Perrault. On his Books against the Ancients.

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Did Perrault the assassin ever give

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p.177

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On Monsieur Perrault the Physician.

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How comes it Perrault I would gladly know

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p.177

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Another on the same Subject.

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With young Orante from the cradle bred

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pp.178-179

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Sonnet, upon a Cousin of mine that died very young, in the Hands of a Quack.

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Clio complained upon a time

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pp.179-180

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Epigram. Occasion'd by some Verses that were read in the Academy against Homer and Virgil.

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Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

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p.180

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Epigram. Upon a Paultry Satire which the Abbot Cotin handed about under my Name.

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This traveller from Paris used to run

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p.181

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Verses to be put under the Picture of Monsieur Tavernier, the famous Traveller.

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Why so much pains that like a lasting brand

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p.181

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Another against the same.

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Let the self lover these strict lessons learn

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p.182

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Verses to put under the Picture of Monsieur de la Bruyere, before his Book, entitul'd, The Manners of the Age. The Author Speaks.

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With knowledge wit and eloquence adorned

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p.182

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Verses to be put under the Picture of the late Monsieur Hamon, Physician of Port-Royal.

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In vain a thousand jealous wits

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pp.183-184

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Stanzas. To Monsieur Moliere, upon his Comedy, call'd, L' Ecole de Femmes, or, The School of Women, which several carpt at.

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My friend Bilain as yesterday

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p.185

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Another.

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While in his double elbow chair

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p.185

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Epigram. Against an Atheist.

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Climene something has perplexed me

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p.186

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Epigram. To Climene.

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Hail king of horses noble Rosinante

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p.186

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A Tetrastic. On the Picture of Don Quixote's Horse Rosinante.

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While the fierce beadle's brat does loudly bawl

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p.187

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Upon a Young Lawyer, the Son of a Country Beadle.

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My friend Marullus I'm uneasy

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p.188

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On Marullus banter'd formerly in Phaleucian Verses.

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Curse on the wretch whose rage to be a wit

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p.189

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Verses in Chapelain's Style, to be put at the end of his Poem of the Maid (of Orleans.)

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