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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, | Publish’d in an [i]Evening Paper[/i], intitled, | The NATIONAL JOURNAL, | OR, | [i]COUNTRY GAZETTE[/i]. | Which began to be publish’d on [i]Saturday, March[/i] | 22d, 1746, and was suppress’d 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 discharg’d | 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.]
Related People
Publisher:
J. Clarke
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
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