Walking amusements for chearful christians [T80898] [ecco]

DMI number:

1225

Publication Date:

1775

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T80898

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111353472

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL

Full Title:

WALKING AMUSEMENTS | FOR | CHEARFUL CHRISTIANS. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | VARIOUS PIECES, | IN PROSE AND VERSE: | WITH A | MAP OF THE ROADS | TO HAPPINESS AND MISERY. | BY THE AUTHOR OF SOLITARY WALKS, &c. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BUCKLAND, No. 57, Pater-noster-Row; | W. OTRIDGE, behind the New Church in the Strand; | KITCHIN and Co. No. 59, Holborn-Hill; G. | KEITH, Grace-Church-Street; and S. | CHANDLER, No. 1, Holborn-Bars. | 1775.

Epigraph:

.....[i]Allegory[/i] taught many of the objects to | speak the language of [i]Virtue[/i], while [i]Imagination[/i] lent her | colouring to give the lessons an engaging air. | HERVEY's Meditations. | [i]I have used Similitudes.[/i] Hos. xii. 10.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of religious verse and Collection including prose

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece.

Comments:

Contents: miscellany is dominated by prose, pp. 3-122, 132-140, 144-145. Prose contains a number of verse quotations; only those four lines in length or longer have been indexed.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Advertisement [1p]; A General Hint To Ambulators [1p]; Preface signed 'G. W.' pp. [v]-viii; Contents pp. [ix]-x. Back matter: Advertisements.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Walking amusements for chearful christians [T176253] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1775

ESTC No:

T176253

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

George Wright

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Wright = Author of Solitary Walks. Preface signed 'G. W.'

Publisher:

George Keith

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

James Buckland

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Samuel Chandler

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

Thomas Kitchin

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

William Otridge

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Man hath his daily work of body or mind

Page No:

p.vi

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Thought outward bound

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p.5

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

My spirit looks to god alone

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p.10

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Lord I am vile conceived in sin

Page No:

p.11-12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

God in the nature of its being founds

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p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope's Essay on Man.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

O sons of earth attempt ye still to rise

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope's Essay on Man

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

In god alone I put my trust

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p.14

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

I will extol thee lord on high

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Tis pain indeed to curb those strong desires

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Trapp.

Attributed To:

Joseph Trapp

First Line:

On piety humanity is built

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p.33

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set

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p.35

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

O may your mind be ever clear from sin

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p.37

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

A dungeon horrible on all sides round

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p.42

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Fortune in men has some small difference made

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p.44

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope's Essay on Man.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

In all my troubles sharp and strong

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Anonymous

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Not attributed

First Line:

Wonder o heavens and give ear o earth

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Teach me what all believe but few possess

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Cooper.

Attributed To:

John Gilbert Cooper

First Line:

Thy heart o christian is the plate or seal

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Death's a destroyer of quotidian prey

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p.63

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Hail son of god saviour of men thy name

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p.65

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Uninjured from our praise can he escape

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p.67

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Good when he gives supremely good

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p.77

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Grace is a sacred plant of heavenly birth

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Watts.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Not happiness itself makes good her name

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Hast thou thy dearest Isaac sacrificed

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Brown's Sunday Thoughts.

Attributed To:

Moses Browne

First Line:

In vain the wretched human brood

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Brown

Attributed To:

Moses Browne

First Line:

Their hope and portion lie below

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

the pious Dr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Delightful task to rear the tender thought

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Thompson's Seasons.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Beware what earth calls happiness beware

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dr. Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

A watch may represent the mind of man

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sure tis a serious thing to die my soul

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Blair.

Attributed To:

Robert Blair

First Line:

Die to the world while living thoughts divine

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Trapp.

Attributed To:

Joseph Trapp

First Line:

Greatness alone in virtue's understood

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

The world shall burn and from her ashes spring

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Adored artificer what skill divine

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mrs. Rowe.

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

This short imperfect state to all mankind

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Trapp.

Attributed To:

Joseph Trapp

First Line:

One way let all thy words and actions tend

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Anonymous

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young man take heed this world's a dangerous sea

Page No:

pp.123-125

Poem Title:

The following Lines were addrest to a young Gentleman, on his goinf to Sea in the Character of a Midshipman. The Spiritual Sailor; Or The Voyage Of Life

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Not attributed

First Line:

This life's a warfare christian fighting die

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

The Spiritual Soldier; Or The Christian Warfare.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The king of kings and lord of lords on high

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

The Spiritual King; Or Rules for Self-Government.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We're all but travellers here on earth

Page No:

pp.130-131

Poem Title:

The Travellers; Or Journey Of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This life's a dream an empty show

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dr. Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Young man take heed your danger's great

Page No:

pp.141-143

Poem Title:

The Mirror; A Poem: Suitable to all Ages and Conditions in Life.

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