A collection of political and humorous letters, poems and articles of news, publish'd in the National Journal [T65]
- DMI number:
- 949
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T65
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW105393077
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Hope 8° 710
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | Of POLITICAL and HUMOROUS | LETTERS, POEMS, | AND | ARTICLES of NEWS, | Publishd in an [i]Evening Paper[/i], intitled, | The NATIONAL JOURNAL, | OR, | [i]COUNTRY GAZETTE[/i]. | Which began to be publishd on [i]Saturday, March[/i] | 22d, 1746, and was suppressd on [i]Thursday, | June[/i] the 12th following, by the [i]Printer[/i] and | [i]Author[/i]s being taken into Custody, and the | former confined in [i]Newgate[/i] till the 26th Day | of [i]Febrary[/i], 1746-7, when he was dischargd | by [i]Habeas Corpus[/i]; the [i]Suspension[/i] of that Act | being then [i]just expired[/i]. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. Clark in [i]Fleetstreet[/i], and to be sold at | the Pamphlet-Shops in Town and Country. 1748.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Newspaper spinoff and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [3p], iv, [1p], 6-118
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Title-page; preface [2p.]; prose essays and epistles from 'The National Journal' or 'The Country Gazette', with one stand-alone poem printed on pp.54-55.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Title-page; Preface [2p.] END MATTER: Postscript [1p.]
- Publisher:
- J. Clarke
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Old time who on thy rapid wing
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Time.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh at a lucky hour for Britain born
- Page No:
- pp.89-96
- Poem Title:
- The Guardian. An Imitation of the 5th Ode of the 4th Book of Horace.
- Attribution:
- by Dr. Free
- Attributed To:
- Dr. Free
- First Line:
- O reputation dearer far than life
- Page No:
- p.100
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'Tragedy of Sir Walter Rawleigh' [i.e., Sewell's play] printed on line beneath the verse.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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