Thoughts Moral and Divine [N26098]

DMI number:

1191

Publication Date:

1756

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N26098

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3320413782

Shelfmark:

BL 1560/1128

Full Title:

THOUGHTS | MORAL | AND | DIVINE; | Collected and intended for the better Instruc- | tion and Conduct of LIFE. | [Rule] | Dedicated by Permission | To the Right Hon. the Earl of POWIS, | BY | WELLINS CALCOTT, Gent. | [Rule] | [i]The righteous Man shall stand in great Boldness, before the Face | of such as have afflicted him.[/i] Wisdom of Solomon v. I. | [Epigraph: 4 lines] | [Double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for the AUTHOR, by E. OWEN, near | [i]Chancery-Lane, Holborn.[/i] | [Short rule] | M,DCC,LVI.

Epigraph:

[i]Aequam memento rebus in arduis | Servare mentem: Non secus in bonis | Ab insolenti temperatam | Laetitia.[/i] ---- HOR. lib. 2.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Contains bookplate of Thomas Fitzerherbert Esq. (1749) pp.xvii-xx (subscription list) are misbound.

Comments:

PAGINATION: [5], [vii]-xvi, xxi-xxiv, xvii-xx, [1]-289, [5] (pp.xvii-xx are misbound, pagination of p.22 and 23 swapped, pp.258-259 mispaginated 358-359). CONTENTS: Prose and verse arranged by subject.

Other matter:

Dedication 4pp. Subscription list pp.x-xxiv. Preface pp. vii-ix

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Author:

Wellins Calcott

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Absolute (100%)

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Printer:

Edward Owen

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Since some with barefaced impudence deny

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pp.10-26

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The Anatomy of Atheism.

Attribution:

Archbishop Dawes

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Sir William Dawes

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He that commits a sin shall quickly find

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p.37

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by Creech.

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Thomas Creech

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Content's the riches of the mind

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p.38

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Much will always wanting be

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p.38

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Hor. lib. 3 by Creech.

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Thomas Creech

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When we are touched with some important ill

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p.38

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Juv. by Harvey.

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Stephen Harvey

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Hence almost every crime nor do we find

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p.44

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Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

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p.46

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[no title]

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as Pope says,

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Alexander Pope

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Long night will over all its darkness spread

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pp.49-50

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Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly

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p.50

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If fate so ordain

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p.52

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Fate's dark recesses we can never find

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p.66

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Through all its ages the whole world pretends

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p.70

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In trouble to be troubled

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p.79

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For no man lives who always happy is

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p.81

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A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

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p.86

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our late celebrated Poet

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Alexander Pope

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast

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p.86

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Pope.

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Alexander Pope

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Alas his knowledge is not worth a pin

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p.89

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Now the declining sun did downward bend

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pp.89-91

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Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes

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p.112

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Great love thy empire over the world extends

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p.118

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The proverb holds that to be wise and love

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p.118

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But the false fruit

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p.122

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Milton.

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John Milton

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What signifies to man that he from heaven

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p.126

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Whilst all the mute creation downward bend

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p.127

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Dryden.

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John Dryden

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Climb at court for me that will

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p.136

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Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat

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pp.136-137

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[no title]

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Lord Lansdown

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George Granville

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Endeavours bear a value more or less

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p.138

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Fortune made up of toys and impudence

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pp.142-143

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[no title]

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Duke of Buckingham

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George Villiers

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A law eternal does decree

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p.146

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Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

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p.199

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[no title]

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Pope.

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Alexander Pope

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Long have I viewed long have I thought

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pp.227-228

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Cruel revenge which still we find

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p.241

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Among the worst of cowards let him be named

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p.254

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I shunned with caution the officious tale

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p.268

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If I am belied shall I turn pale for this

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p.269

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Let men of others to speak ill forbear

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p.269

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And must I go and must I be no more

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pp.273-275

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The Complaint of Adam turned out of Paradise.

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Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue

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pp.275-277

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Hail wedded love mysterious law true source

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pp.283-284

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The following Lines of Milton

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John Milton

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Wisdom's an evenness of soul

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p.286

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[no title]

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Oldh.

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John Oldham

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Consider man in every sphere

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p.289

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[no title]

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Gay's Fables.

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John Gay