The yearly chonicle for M,DCC,LXI [T194997] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1358
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T194997
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW125959742
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- THE | Yearly Chronicle | For M,DCC,LXI. | OR, A | COLLECTION | OF | The most interesting and striking ESSAYS, | LETTERS, [i]&c.[/i] which appeared in the | ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE for that Year. | To which is added, | A Diary of the most remarkable Events. | The Whole serving as | A COMPLETE REGISTER of the POLITICS, NEWS, | LITERATURE, [i]&c.[/i] of that Period. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the T. BECKET and R. GRIFFITHS, in the [i]Strand[/i]; L. DAVIS | and C. REYMERS, in [i]Holborn[/i]; R. DAVIS, in [i]Piccadily[/i]; T. DAVIES, | in [i]Russel-Street[/i]; T. LOWNDS, in [i]Fleet-Street[/i]; and C. HENDERSON, | at the [i]Royal-Exchange.[/i] | M,DCC,LXII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Newspaper spinoff
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- Contents: collection contains a mix of prose and verse. Only verse quotations 4 lines or longer have been indexed. French verse p. 100.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: The Printer to the Reader signed Henry Baldwin pp. iii-x; Contents pp. xi-xvi. Back matter: A Diary of the most remarkable events, domestic and foreign, in the year 1761 pp. 1-62; advertisement p. 62.
- Editor:
- Henry Baldwin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Baldwin signs preface.
- Publisher:
- Charles Reymers
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Christopher Henderson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Lockyer Davis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Ralph Griffiths
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Robert Davis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- T. Davies
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- T. Lowndes
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Thomas Becket
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Virtue and fame the other day
- Page No:
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- Virtue and Fame.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttelton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Fame heard with pleasure straight replied
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- Addition, extempore.
- Attribution:
- By Earl Hardwicke.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Yorke
- First Line:
- Methought I saw before my feet
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- Lord Lyttelton's Letter to Earl Hardwicke, occasioned by the foregoing Addition.
- Attribution:
- Lord Lyttelton
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Heyday what's here pray what are these
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Triplet on Lord Hardwicke's Couplets.
- Attribution:
- By another Lord.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While every freeman in the nation
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- More than content with what my labours gain
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Garrick sent the following Lines to a Nobleman, who asked him if he did not intend being in Parliament.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Garrick
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- When peace shall on her downy wing
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- To the Duchess D'Aguillon
- Attribution:
- By Lord L--.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well gentlemen since you will needs have a song
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- The Free and Easy under the Rose. A New Song, sung at the Anniversary Meeting helf this Day at the Queen's-Arms Tavern, St. Paul's Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good heaven that fools and knaves should be so vain
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Now fie upon it quoth flattery
- Page No:
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- Truth at Court.
- Attribution:
- By a Reverend Dean.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sons of Bacchus come and join
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- Anacreontic, On the Death of Sir Harry Bellendine.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Middlesex.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Well now I think we shall be wiser
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- On reading a Poem called Truth in Rhyme.
- Attribution:
- By Soame Jenyns, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Soame Jenyns
- First Line:
- Connoisseur in pretence of the antique whose words ring
- Page No:
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Translation of the French Verses; Attempted in the same number of lines, and nearly in the same metre and words, with the original.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While rosy wreaths the goblet deck
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- Verses at Lord Melcombe's, at Hammersmith, ... from an Authentick Copy. Under the Busto of Comus in a Buffet. E. August, 1750.
- Attribution:
- (written by his Lordship) [i.e. Melcombe]
- Attributed To:
- George Bubb Dodington
- First Line:
- While all is feasting mirth illumination
- Page No:
- pp.144-145
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Garrick took his Leave of the Public, for the Season, on his Majesty's Birth-day, with the following Address.
- Attribution:
- Garrick
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Ladies in good Queen Bess's sober age
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Intended to have been spoken by Miss Ibbot, who was to have played the Character of Hamlet, for the Benefit of a Charity, at the Theatre of Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath the shadows of a gliding oak
- Page No:
- pp.161-162
- Poem Title:
- Exaltation: Or the Signature of Love. A Burlesque Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By a Person of Distinction.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In all professionary skill
- Page No:
- pp.178-181
- Poem Title:
- Genius, Envy, and Time. Addressed to William Hogarth, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Lloyd.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lloyd
- First Line:
- Ye foplings and prigs and ye would be smart things
- Page No:
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- A Song for the Mall. A Parody on Whitehead's Song for Ranelagh.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Chain up a fox and change his diet
- Page No:
- p.189
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Butler.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- Ye britons whom the lyric muse inspires
- Page No:
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- On Pindar.
- Attribution:
- H. P.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here punks and prigs of every age and class
- Page No:
- p.239
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Flavius did his love impart
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- To Myra, on her Birth-Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yes every hopeful son of rhyme
- Page No:
- pp.252-255
- Poem Title:
- Epistle to a Friend, On the Report of the King's intended Marriage, and the Prospect of a Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All travellers this heavy judgment hear
- Page No:
- p.275
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Bishop Corbet
- Attributed To:
- Richard Corbett
- First Line:
- Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned
- Page No:
- p.321
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Pride of Albion scourge of France
- Page No:
- p.328
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go boy go and carve this passion on the bark
- Page No:
- p.385
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Waller
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Yes ye must fall ye fathers of the wood
- Page No:
- pp.386-387
- Poem Title:
- Quercus loquitur. The Oak Speaks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou hast thy walks for health as well as sport
- Page No:
- p.386
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ben Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- God rest you merry gentlemen
- Page No:
- p.398
- Poem Title:
- Carrol I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The first good joy our Mary had
- Page No:
- pp.399-400
- Poem Title:
- Carrol III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The moon shines bright
- Page No:
- p.399
- Poem Title:
- Carrol II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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