A new miscellany in prose and verse by Swift, Holles St John and other eminent hands [T67058]

DMI number:

718

Publication Date:

1742

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T67058

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110726104

Shelfmark:

BL 1486.b.11

Full Title:

A NEW | MISCELLANY | In PROSE and VERSE. | CONTAINING, | Several PIECES never before made public. | [rule] | [i]By the Reverend Dr. SWIFT[/i], DEAN [i]of St.[/i] | Patrick’s, | [i]The Hon. Mr. HOLLES St. JOHN[/i], | And other Eminent Hands. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. READ, in [i]Dogwell-Court, White- | Fryers, Fleet-Street[/i]. M D CC XLII. | (Price One Shilling.)

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection, Collection including prose, and Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1s.

Pagination:

[2], [1]-62pp.

Comments:

Contents: prose epistle pp. 1-5; prose epitaph pp. 45-6.

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Publisher:

T. Read

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

At eight in the morn from my pillow I rear

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pp.5-6

Poem Title:

The Diary of the late Ingenious and Honourable Mr. Holles St. John.

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Mr Holles St. John.

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Holles St. John

First Line:

Say dearest friend how roll thy hours away

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pp.6-12

Poem Title:

To the Reverend Dr. Ayscough, at Oxford. Writ from Paris in the Year 1728.

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First Line:

O thou whose friendship is my joy and pride

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pp.12-15

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pointz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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First Line:

I marched three miles through scorching sand

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p.16

Poem Title:

The Hard Duty of Dean Swift's Curate.

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While the first race of men with toil and sweat

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pp.17-20

Poem Title:

On the Gout.

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All you that ever tasted of Swatfal Hall beer

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pp.20-24

Poem Title:

The Country Wedding: Or, the Plough yoked to the Cupboard. To the Tune of, The Abbot of Canterbury.

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First Line:

Phillis has a gentle heart

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pp.24-25

Poem Title:

On Phillis.

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First Line:

Fly Strephon fly when beauty's dart

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p.25

Poem Title:

To Strephon. A Song.

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First Line:

Where gentle Kennet joins his friendly streams

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

Pulcheria. A Berkshire Pastoral.

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First Line:

So dull and insipid o why am I grown

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pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Rosalinda. A Song.

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First Line:

What means honest shepherd this cloud on thy brow

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pp.30-32

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Elegy, On the Death of a Young Gentleman.

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First Line:

Near streams which in musical murmurs repined

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pp.32-33

Poem Title:

The Nymph on the Hill. A Song.

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First Line:

Who say that Giles and Joan at discord live

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pp.33-34

Poem Title:

A North East Prospect Of Matrimony. Imitated from Ben Jonson.

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First Line:

My lord for your patient attention I sue

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pp.34-36

Poem Title:

The Indictment. A Ballad. Tune, King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.

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First Line:

If when the breast is rent with pain

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pp.36-38

Poem Title:

Verses to Miss Woffington.

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A soldier late of Britain's hardy brood

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pp.38-39

Poem Title:

On the Soldier who was drown'd in attempting to cross the Thames in the great Frost, and was afterwards found with his Piece fast held in his Hand.

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First Line:

As in the fair wide-spreading plain

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pp.39-40

Poem Title:

Extempore Stanza's On an Accident at the Opera.

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First Line:

Forbear my dear Strephon with fruitless desire

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pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode xi. Imitated.

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First Line:

In health and peace my friend to live

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pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Horace, Book II. Ode xvi. Imitated.

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To thee fair maid a dog I send

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pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Verses sent to a Lady with a Lap-Dog.

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Were I invited to a nectar feast

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p.43

Poem Title:

The Resolution.

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First Line:

Let others Venus and the graces place

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

To Celia, On a Snuff-Box, with a Looking-Glass in the Lid.

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First Line:

Ye fair injured nymphs and ye beaux who deceive 'em

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pp.47-49

Poem Title:

A King At Arms disarm'd at Law. A Ballad.

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First Line:

In Hebrew times when Israel's faith was strong

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p.49

Poem Title:

On Tate and Brady's Psalms.

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When the dear Flora on the stage appears

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p.50

Poem Title:

On Barbarini Dancing.

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The old Egyptians hid their wit

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pp.50-51

Poem Title:

On N---sh's Picture at full Length, between the Busts of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Pope, at Bath.

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By the E--- of C---d.

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Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

An Oxford scholar made a goose his prize

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pp.52-53

Poem Title:

A Translation, in modern English, of Mr. P's Imitation of Chaucer.

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Thus learned M---d to H--n--e spoke

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p.52

Poem Title:

An Inscription For the blank Scroll on Shakespear's Monument, before it was fill'd up.

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A gallant courting of a gamesome maid

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p.53

Poem Title:

Virtus in medio consistit. A Epigram.

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First Line:

To my dear wife

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pp.54-55

Poem Title:

The Humorous Last Will and Testament of Mr. Matthew A------, of Cambridge, in New-England.

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Mr. Matthew A------

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First Line:

In the name of God the king of kings

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pp.55-56

Poem Title:

The last Will of Mr. Edward Ward.

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Mr. Edward Ward.

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Edward Ward

First Line:

How oft ye Britons has your envied stage

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pp.57-59

Poem Title:

Prologue Spoke by Mr. Hale, To Othello Moor of Venice, Acted for the Benefit of Mr. Stephens, April the 26th 1742, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.

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First Line:

Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought

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p.59

Poem Title:

Betty. An Epigram.

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First Line:

Thomas in high-Dutch once did court a wench

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p.59

Poem Title:

Thomas. An Epigram.

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First Line:

Colin was married in all haste

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p.60

Poem Title:

Fast and Loose. An Epigram.

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First Line:

One prompt physician like a sculler plies

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p.60

Poem Title:

The Advantage of having two Physicians. An Epigram.

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My sledge and hammer lie reclined

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p.61

Poem Title:

On the Grave Stone of a Blacksmith, buried in Chester Church Yard.

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First Line:

Were I who am not of the Romish tribe

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p.61

Poem Title:

Marriage. An Epigram.

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First Line:

Are the guests of this house still doomed to be cheated

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p.62

Poem Title:

On the Dinners of Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's.

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