A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T121928] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1363
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T121928
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW121653776
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | THOUGHTS, | MORAL and DIVINE, | UPON | VARIOUS SUBJECTS, | In PROSE and VERSE. | [rule] | Dedicated, by Permission, | To the RIGHT HONOURABLE | EARL of [i]POWIS[/i], | By [i]WELLINS CALCOTT[/i], Gent. | [rule] | The SIXTH EDITION, with Improvements. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for the AUTHOR, | 1766.
- Epigraph:
- "[i]Be[/i] satisfied [i]and[/i] pleas'd [i]with what thou art; | "Act[/i] chearfully [i]and[/i] well [i]th' allotted part. | "Improve[/i] the present Hour; [i]be thankful for the[/i] past; | " [i]And neither[/i] fear [i]nor[/i] wish [i]th' approaches of the[/i] last."
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of religious verse and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Reissue of T140912; variant of T228009 (which has imprint date in roman numerals).
- Comments:
- Contents: prose and verse, arranged under alphabetical headings. Only quotations 4 lines or longer have been recorded.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: dedication To the Right Honourable Henry Arthur Herbert, Earl of Powis signed Wellins Calcott pp. iii-vi; Preface pp. vii-viii; Subscription list pp. ix-xlvi; Errata [1p.] Back matter: Index pp. 438-439.
- Title:
- A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T140912] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1764
- ESTC No:
- T140912
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of thoughts, moral and divine, upon various subjects, in prose and verse [T228009] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1766
- ESTC No:
- T228009
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Wellins Calcott
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Not prudence can defend or virtue save
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- The Author of Night Thoughts observes,
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Underneath this stone doth lie
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- written by Ben Johnson
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- Yet not the more
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And thus the libertine who builds a name
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair as the dawning light auspicious guest
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- T. Fitzgerald.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Fitzgerald
- First Line:
- Whence but from heaven should men unskilled in arts
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah little think the gay licentious proud
- Page No:
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- He that commits a sin shall quickly find
- Page No:
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden's Juv. Sat. 13.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- When we are touched with some important ill
- Page No:
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden's Juv. Sat. 9.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Regard the world with cautious eye
- Page No:
- pp.50-51
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whose courage dwelt not in a troubled flood
- Page No:
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Here the lank sided miser worst of felons
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Blair, in his Poem entitled the Grave,
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- Hence almost every crime nor do we find
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryden's Juv. Sat. 14.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Few greatly live in wisdom's eye
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Delightful task to rear the tender thought
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When shepherds flourished in Eliza's reign
- Page No:
- pp.79-82
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- taken from Strada, by A. Phillips, Esqr.
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- Malicious envy rode
- Page No:
- pp.82-83
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Spencer, in Fairy Queen, gives the following description of Envy.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Spenser
- First Line:
- Deliberate on all things with thy friend
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Friends are to friends as lesser Gods while they
- Page No:
- p.96
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- These are thy glorious work parent of good
- Page No:
- pp.100-101
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- The lovely young Lavinia once had friends
- Page No:
- pp.102-105
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by Thompson
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Tis in virtue that alone can give
- Page No:
- p.124
- Poem Title:
- Honour, a poem, vide Dodsley's Col. Vol. 3d.
- Attribution:
- the Rev. Mr. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- War its thousands slays
- Page No:
- pp.129-130
- Poem Title:
- Death, a poetical Essay,
- Attribution:
- by B. Porteus, M. A. F. C. C. Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- Beilby Porteus
- First Line:
- Tis virtue only makes our bliss below
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- the late Mr. Pope, in his Essay on Man, and the Rev. Mr. Browne, in his Sunday Thoughts.
- Attributed To:
- John BrownAlexander Pope
- First Line:
- Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour
- Page No:
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young's Night Thoughts.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Tis not the coarser tie of human laws
- Page No:
- p.151
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Thompson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Oh man degenerate man offend no more
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Can wealth give happiness look round and see
- Page No:
- pp.165-166
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail wedded love mysterious law true source
- Page No:
- p.167
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- But fortune ever changing dame
- Page No:
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- [('Fortuna saevo laeta negotio, &')] English.
- Attribution:
- Francis.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Francis
- First Line:
- Blush not ye fair to own me but be wise
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- The Lady's Skull
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why start the case is yours or will be soon
- Page No:
- pp.179-180
- Poem Title:
- The Gentleman's Skull.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Then crowned again their golden harps they took
- Page No:
- p.187
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- The man that hath no music in himself
- Page No:
- p.188
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
- Page No:
- pp.188-193
- Poem Title:
- Mr Dryden's Alexander's Feast.
- Attribution:
- Mr Dryden's
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Soft moving sounds and heavenly airs
- Page No:
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Addison's sentiment upon the same subject
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Let high birth triumph what can be more great
- Page No:
- p.199
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young's Love of Fame.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Great minds like heaven are pleased with doing good
- Page No:
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Row's Tamerlane.
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- Panting half dead the conquered champion lies
- Page No:
- p.211
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Somerville
- Attributed To:
- William Somervile
- First Line:
- Reason's whole pleasure all the joys of sense
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Let libertines their boisterous pleasures boast
- Page No:
- p.241
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Essay on Immortality, in three parts, by Markham.
- Attributed To:
- Markham
- First Line:
- How many know the general rules of art
- Page No:
- p.243
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of folly vice disease men proud we see
- Page No:
- p.249
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Brethren by this my mind you'll know
- Page No:
- pp.259-260
- Poem Title:
- Rules for Preaching...to two young Gentlemen, to whom he taught short-hand.
- Attribution:
- wrote by Dr. Byram, of Manchester
- Attributed To:
- John Byrom
- First Line:
- Submit thy fate to heaven's indulgent care
- Page No:
- p.266
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Hig. Gen. Cong.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The ways of heaven are dark and intricate
- Page No:
- p.266
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Addison's Cato.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- But daughters sons alas thy weakness scan
- Page No:
- p.267
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see
- Page No:
- p.274
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr Pope...in his Essay on Criticism
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- On piety humanity is built
- Page No:
- p.280
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young's Night Thoughts.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Ye different sects who all declare
- Page No:
- p.284
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To prayer repentance and obedience due
- Page No:
- p.293
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Cruel revenge which still we find
- Page No:
- p.295
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Man's rich with little were his judgment true
- Page No:
- p.304
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- This day the deity to men has given
- Page No:
- p.309
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My God with grateful heart I'll raise
- Page No:
- pp.321-322
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Stonhouse's Friendly Advice to a Patient, 9th Edit. pa. 76.
- Attributed To:
- James Stonhouse
- First Line:
- Now all is calm and through the ambient air
- Page No:
- pp.322-325
- Poem Title:
- The Evening and the Night; with a beautiful description of the Aurora Borealis.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis slander | Whose edge is sharper than the sword whose tongue
- Page No:
- pp.332-333
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good name in man or woman
- Page No:
- p.332
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's Othello.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- With filthy locks about her scattered wide
- Page No:
- p.333
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Spencer in his Fairy Queen, Book IV. Cant. 8.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Spenser
- First Line:
- Shall I be tortured with unjust disgrace
- Page No:
- p.334
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Francis.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Francis
- First Line:
- I shunned with caution the officious tale
- Page No:
- p.335
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In that dread moment how the affrighted soul
- Page No:
- p.355
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Blair's Poem, the Grave.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- Whilst on the verge of life I stand
- Page No:
- pp.355-356
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by the late Rev. and Learned Dr. Dodderidge on his death-bed.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Doddridge
- First Line:
- Farewell vain world and thou its vainest part
- Page No:
- p.357
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sure tis a serious thing to die my soul
- Page No:
- pp.363-364
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Blair's Grave.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- But now the mantling flames in concourse join
- Page No:
- pp.367-368
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Ogilvie, in his poem upon the Day of Judgement.
- Attributed To:
- John Ogilvie
- First Line:
- Swiftly see each moment flies
- Page No:
- pp.372-373
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- composed by a lady for a gentleman's watch.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On all important time through every age
- Page No:
- p.373
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Young
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Riot and guilt and wasting care
- Page No:
- pp.379-380
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say mighty love and teach my song
- Page No:
- pp.402-403
- Poem Title:
- Few Happy Matches.
- Attribution:
- by the late Rev. Dr. Watts.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
- First Line:
- Consider man in every sphere
- Page No:
- p.407
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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