A companion for a leisure hour being a collection of fugitive pieces in prose and verse [ecco] [T76197]

DMI number:

1087

Publication Date:

1769

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T76197

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111093877

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A | COMPANION | FOR A | LEISURE HOUR: | BEING | A COLLECTION | OF | FUGITIVE PIECES, | IN PROSE AND VERSe. | BY SEVERAL GENTLEMEN. | LONDON: | Printed for J. ALMON, opposite [i]Burlington-House, | Piccadilly.[/i] MDCCLXIX.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece.

Comments:

Contents: prose items pp. 1-5, 63-88, 91-96, 117-121.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Contents pp. [v]-vi.

Related People

Publisher:

John Almon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

All travellers this heavy judgment hear

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Bishop Corbet

Attributed To:

Richard Corbett

First Line:

Deep in the grove where tends this devious way

Page No:

pp.6-9

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Boyce.

Attributed To:

Mr. Boyce

First Line:

Oh Albion famed for arts and in arms renowned

Page No:

pp.9-12

Poem Title:

The Complaint. An Elegy.

Attribution:

J- H-.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At dawn of day the farmer rose

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

The Captive Lark. A Fable.

Attribution:

J. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy influence love through every climate reigns

Page No:

pp.13-19

Poem Title:

The Anniversary of Neptune's Marriage. [Never Before Printed]

Attribution:

J. A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where wide Salopia's fertile plains extend

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pp.20-24

Poem Title:

Emma of Shrewsbury. A Fragment.

Attribution:

J. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On the banks of that crystalline stream

Page No:

pp.25-29

Poem Title:

Allen and Ella. A Fragment.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

See where the object of his filial love

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pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Lines on the Much Lamented Death of the Marquis of Tavistock.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A cottage with a steeple nigh

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

The Contented Pair.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Aspasia Laura lovely pair

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pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Verses, Occasioned By A Comparison Which Was Made Between A Young Lady Of Quality, Of Distinguished Beauty And Merit, And Miss Lawrence.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dear colonel you enjoined the task

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

The Naiad of Bath. To Colonel S-----

Attribution:

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First Line:

Through Moorfields at the peep of day

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pp.36-38

Poem Title:

A New Tale Grafted On An Old Story.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Would ye with faultless judgement learn to plan

Page No:

pp.38-40

Poem Title:

Rules For The Situation And Construction Of Country Seats.

Attribution:

By Richard Jago, M. A.

Attributed To:

Richard Jago

First Line:

My passion Sylvia to prove

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

On A Lady's Asking A Gentleman How Much He Loved Her. To Miss ----------.

Attribution:

D. M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the still night withdrew her sable shroud

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

An Elegy On The First Of September, When Partridges Are Allowed To Be Killed By Act Of Parliament.

Attribution:

H. P.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why start this case will yours be very soon

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

The Scull's Address, On Being Looked On.

Attribution:

Incog.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come thou indulgent friend to soft repose

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

The Easy Chair.

Attribution:

C. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed

Page No:

pp.46-49

Poem Title:

An Elegy.

Attribution:

by a young gentleman of fashion, upon the lost of a most amiable wife

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Sir Thomas Scot by name

Page No:

pp.49-52

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Shook from the purple wings of even

Page No:

pp.52-55

Poem Title:

Retirement. An Ode.

Attribution:

By James Beattie, A. M.

Attributed To:

James Beattie

First Line:

While some vain muse deluded with the zeal

Page No:

pp.56-62

Poem Title:

Ode For Lady -- ----'s Birth-Day.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Say cruel Iris pretty rake

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pp.88-99

Poem Title:

The Gift. To Iris, In Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.

Attribution:

By Dr. Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

Good people all with one accord

Page No:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

An Elegy On The Glory Of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Goldsmith]

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

Turn gentle hermit of the dale

Page No:

pp.96-102

Poem Title:

Edwin and Angelina. A Ballad.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Goldsmith]

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

As late by Thames's verdant side

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

The Fair Moralist.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Lycurgus of Bath

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

To Mr. Derrick, Upon His Recalling His Orders Against DAncing Minuets In Sacks.

Attribution:

By David Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ye sacred spirits while your friends distressed

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

An Epitaph By Mr. Pitt, And Inscribed On A Stone That Covers His Father, Mother, And Brother.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Grown old and grown stupid you just think me fit

Page No:

pp.105-106

Poem Title:

An Receipt How To Make L'Eau De Vie...Written At The Desire Of A Lady.

Attribution:

By The Late Mr. Charles King.

Attributed To:

Charles King

First Line:

When no one gave the cordial draught

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

Epitaph For An Infant, Whose Supposed Parents Were Vagrants.

Attribution:

By The Rev. Mr. O. Of Northamptonshire.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dress in the year fifty three that was worn

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

A-La-Mode, 1754.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Said beauty to fashion as they sat at the toilette

Page No:

pp.109-112

Poem Title:

Beauty and Fashion, A Repartee.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

At home when married Lydia sits

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

On A Certain Lady.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Hush let me search before I speak aloud

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

Mr. Foote's Address To The Public. After A Prosecution Against Him For A Libel.

Attribution:

Mr. Foote

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

The sun was hot the hay grew dry

Page No:

pp.115-117

Poem Title:

A Ballad.

Attribution:

W. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wealthy cit grown old in trade

Page No:

pp.122-126

Poem Title:

The Cit's Country Box, 1757.

Attribution:

By Robert Lloyd, A. M.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

By his hall chimney where in rusty grate

Page No:

pp.127-132

Poem Title:

The Squire And The Parson. An Eclogue.

Attribution:

By Soame Jenyns, Esq;

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

For quiet Yorke the sailor cries

Page No:

pp.132-134

Poem Title:

Horace, Book II. Ode XVI. Imitated. To The Hon. Philip Yorke, Esq; Soon After The General Election in 1747,

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Jenyns]

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

Sertorious drinks you say till morning light

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

On Jeffrey. From Martial. L. VII. Ep. 10.

Attribution:

J. Berrington.

Attributed To:

J. Berrington

First Line:

The open heart the polished mind

Page No:

pp.137-141

Poem Title:

Constantia. An Elegy.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Serene is the morn the lark leaves his nest

Page No:

pp.141-143

Poem Title:

The Violet.

Attribution:

By the Reverend Mr. Woty.

Attributed To:

William Woty

First Line:

Fiat justitia ruat coelum

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

The Campaign, 1768.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone lies Marshall Thomas

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

The Following Is The Inscription On The Tomb-Stone Of Marshall Thomas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Out with that cross from London's shield

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

Directions To The Heralds For New Painting The City Arms.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Would you wish to serve the state

Page No:

pp.145-146

Poem Title:

Imitation. Anacr. Od. 46. To John Wilkes, Esq.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So this is wisdom to insult the dead

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

To The Author Of The Following Lines On The Death Of Yorick.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks for this miracle it is no less

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

Grace After Dinner At A Miser's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Say gentle youth that treadst untouched with care

Page No:

pp.148-149

Poem Title:

Spring Gardens, Bath. The Hermite's Addresse To Youth.

Attribution:

The Olde Hermite.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Droop not my son thy laurels cannot fade

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

Lines Posted Up At The Sun Fire Office, In Cornhill, On Closing The Poll For The City Of London, March, 1768. Britannia to John Wilkes, Esq.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Hail glorious time

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

Ballad On The General Election, 1768.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Arbitrary power begot oppression

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

A Political Genealogy.

Attribution:

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First Line:

What hopes what terrors does thy gift create

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

Verses...At The Request Of A Gentleman To Whom A Lady Had Given A Sprig Of Myrtle.

Attribution:

By Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

The diamond's and the ruby's blaze

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

Real Beauty.

Attribution:

By Dr. Fordyce Author of Sermons to Young Women.

Attributed To:

James Fordyce

First Line:

In vain the corsicans to christians sue

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

Extempore, On Reading In The Papers That "The Ottoman Porte Pays Great Attention To The Representations Lately Sent By General Paoli."

Attribution:

W. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Euler go measure the sun

Page No:

pp.153-154

Poem Title:

A Drinking Song, From A Collection Published At Berlin.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Let Amherst fall corruption said

Page No:

pp.154-157

Poem Title:

To The Conqueror Of Louisbourg, Newfoundland, And Canada, On The Late Noble Reward For All Victories.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Let Amhurst go his sovereign said

Page No:

pp.157-159

Poem Title:

The Answer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Struck with religious awe and solemn dread

Page No:

pp.160-163

Poem Title:

Soliloquy In A Church-Yard.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Leaving the grammar for his play

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

Verses, On Seeing A Boy Walk On Stilts

Attribution:

By --- ---

Attributed To:

Not attributed