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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.
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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
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
James Buckland
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Samuel Chandler
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Thomas Kitchin
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
William Otridge
Confidence:
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]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Thought outward bound
Page No:
p.5
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
My spirit looks to god alone
Page No:
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
Page No:
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
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
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
Page No:
p.33
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Heaven | Is as the book of god before thee set
Page No:
p.35
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O may your mind be ever clear from sin
Page No:
p.37
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
A dungeon horrible on all sides round
Page No:
p.42
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Fortune in men has some small difference made
Page No:
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
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Wonder o heavens and give ear o earth
Page No:
pp.46-47
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
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]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Death's a destroyer of quotidian prey
Page No:
p.63
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Hail son of god saviour of men thy name
Page No:
p.65
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Uninjured from our praise can he escape
Page No:
p.67
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Good when he gives supremely good
Page No:
p.77
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Grace is a sacred plant of heavenly birth
Page No:
p.84
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Watts.
Attributed To:
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
Attribution:
Attributed To:
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.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed