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
- Author:
- Wellins Calcott
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- Edward Owen
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Since some with barefaced impudence deny
- Page No:
- pp.10-26
- Poem Title:
- The Anatomy of Atheism.
- Attribution:
- Archbishop Dawes
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Dawes
- First Line:
- He that commits a sin shall quickly find
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- First Line:
- Content's the riches of the mind
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Much will always wanting be
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hor. lib. 3 by Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- First Line:
- When we are touched with some important ill
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Juv. by Harvey.
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Harvey
- First Line:
- Hence almost every crime nor do we find
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- as Pope says,
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Long night will over all its darkness spread
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cold death my heart invades my life doth fly
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If fate so ordain
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fate's dark recesses we can never find
- Page No:
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Through all its ages the whole world pretends
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In trouble to be troubled
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- For no man lives who always happy is
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- our late celebrated Poet
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Hope springs eternal in the human breast
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Alas his knowledge is not worth a pin
- Page No:
- p.89
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now the declining sun did downward bend
- Page No:
- pp.89-91
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Death's steps are swift and yet no noise it makes
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great love thy empire over the world extends
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The proverb holds that to be wise and love
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- But the false fruit
- Page No:
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- What signifies to man that he from heaven
- Page No:
- p.126
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst all the mute creation downward bend
- Page No:
- p.127
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Climb at court for me that will
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Place me ye powers in some obscure retreat
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Lord Lansdown
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- Endeavours bear a value more or less
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fortune made up of toys and impudence
- Page No:
- pp.142-143
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Duke of Buckingham
- Attributed To:
- George Villiers
- First Line:
- A law eternal does decree
- Page No:
- p.146
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine
- Page No:
- p.199
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Long have I viewed long have I thought
- Page No:
- pp.227-228
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cruel revenge which still we find
- Page No:
- p.241
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Among the worst of cowards let him be named
- Page No:
- p.254
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I shunned with caution the officious tale
- Page No:
- p.268
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If I am belied shall I turn pale for this
- Page No:
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let men of others to speak ill forbear
- Page No:
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And must I go and must I be no more
- Page No:
- pp.273-275
- Poem Title:
- The Complaint of Adam turned out of Paradise.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
- Page No:
- pp.275-277
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail wedded love mysterious law true source
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- The following Lines of Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Wisdom's an evenness of soul
- Page No:
- p.286
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Oldh.
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Consider man in every sphere
- Page No:
- p.289
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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