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A new miscellany: being a collection of pieces of poetry from Bath, Tunbridge, Oxford, Epsom [N20426]

DMI number:
563
Publication Date:
1725
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
N20426
EEBO/ECCO link:
Not in ECCO
Shelfmark:
BOD G Pamph. 1278 (38)
Full Title:
A NEW | MISCELLANY: | BEING A | COLLECTION | Of PIECES of | POETRY, | FROM | [i]BATH, TUNBRIDGE, OXFORD, EPSOM,[/i] | and other Places, in the Year 1725. | [rule] | Written chiefly by Persons of QUALITY. | [rule] | To which is added, | [i]Grongar Hill[/i], a POEM. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. WARNER, in [i]Pater-Noster-Row[/i]. | Price One Shilling.
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Octavo
Price:
1 s.
Pagination:
[6], 1-90.
Bibliographic details:
Octavo in fours.
Comments:
MISCELLANY GENRE: Provincial poetry.
Other matter:
PREFATORY MATERIAL: Preface (2pp.); Contents (2pp.)
References:
Case, 335.
Related People
Author:
T. Warner
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
Please muse presumptuous you attempt in vain
Page No:
pp.1-4
Poem Title:
The Court Ladies.
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While the fair circle heedless I surveyed
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pp.4-5
Poem Title:
Upon seeing the Honourable Mrs. M----y H----we at the Play-House.
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First Line:
As cupid tired with many a prank
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pp.5-8
Poem Title:
The Thief, on Miss J-l--na H--we.
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First Line:
When first the omnipotent did life bestow
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pp.9-12
Poem Title:
On the E-- of P-mbr--k's marrying Miss H---we.
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First Line:
While you in one continued scene of joy
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pp.12-13
Poem Title:
To Corinna.
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First Line:
Juno had grandeur but not easy grace
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p.14
Poem Title:
On the Countess of H-rtf-rd.
Attribution:
L.E.
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Not attributed
First Line:
Thus Sylla's country hall is crowned
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
On Sylla's Pictures at his Country Seat.
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First Line:
All hail propitious day whose wished return
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pp.15-16
Poem Title:
On the 26th of August, Sir R-b-t W-lp-le's Birth-Day.
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First Line:
To you my lord by whom that order's worn
Page No:
pp.16-17
Poem Title:
The Panegyric; at Tunbridge, 1724. On Citizens.
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First Line:
A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
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pp.18-19
Poem Title:
The Hern, a Tale, Oxon. 1725, &c. On Miss -----
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First Line:
Shall sister Hall then wedded be
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pp.20-28
Poem Title:
Belinda's Resolves, Oxon. 1725.
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First Line:
That hoary head in these few lines is sung
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pp.28-31
Poem Title:
On Dr. ----- Oxford, 1724.
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First Line:
A youth there was possessed with every charm
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pp.32-37
Poem Title:
The Story of Inkle and Yarico, taken out of the eleventh Spectator.
Attribution:
By a Lady
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Not attributed
First Line:
If yet thou any memory retain
Page No:
pp.38-41
Poem Title:
An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle, after he had sold her for a Slave.
Attribution:
By a Lady
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First Line:
Prometheus as old stories say
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pp.41-45
Poem Title:
China.
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First Line:
How have I heard the fair lament
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pp.45-47
Poem Title:
The Cause of Inconstancy.
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First Line:
Where storks unless the fates deceive appear
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pp.48-49
Poem Title:
The Arrival of the Storks: Or, the Overthrow of two Monarchies. Written at the Bath.
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First Line:
Latest thou came most perfect work of all
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pp.50-51
Poem Title:
To Miss M-reton, in Milton's Stile.
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First Line:
Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
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p.52
Poem Title:
On Lady R-ss, on Ship-board.
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First Line:
O fairest mass of every female grace
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pp.52-54
Poem Title:
To Lady R-s, long indispos'd at Bath.
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First Line:
Pride of thy sex and wonder of this spring
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pp.54-55
Poem Title:
To Lady S-dl-y at Bath, May 1725.
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First Line:
How various ways has beauty to surprise
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pp.55-56
Poem Title:
On Several Ladies.
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First Line:
Belinda with affected mien
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pp.56-57
Poem Title:
The two Rival Sisters. Miss J--s.
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First Line:
Unthinking swain dost thou pretend to tease
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p.57
Poem Title:
The Answer.
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First Line:
Fairest how little rational is he
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p.58
Poem Title:
On Mr. J--r--s denying Lady S-----ly a Breakfast.
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First Line:
Let other monarchs with laborious pain
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pp.59-60
Poem Title:
On Mr. N-sh at Bath.
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First Line:
Well for mankind had adam been so dull
Page No:
p.59
Poem Title:
Numps. --- Another of the same.
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First Line:
Enough of time I have now spent in vain
Page No:
p.61
Poem Title:
Farewel to the Bath, or the Dismission of Captain W-bb.
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First Line:
Save me ye powers from a high-flown wife
Page No:
pp.61-62
Poem Title:
The Prayer.
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First Line:
Here the stern patriot and the gentle bride
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p.62
Poem Title:
Found written on a Card at Harrison's.
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First Line:
Doting Silenus in decline of life
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pp.63-65
Poem Title:
Corydon's Advice to Julia. On Mrs. B-----.
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First Line:
Thrice happy toy whose gales delight the fair
Page No:
p.63
Poem Title:
On Miss P-n M-rt-n's Fan.
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First Line:
Restore sweet Amoret some pitying power
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pp.65-66
Poem Title:
On Lord ----- and a young Lady.
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First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
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pp.66-67
Poem Title:
Advice to Amando.
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First Line:
Whatever she does or wheresoever she moves
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pp.67-68
Poem Title:
Upon Miss Ell-n P--ce.
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First Line:
Emilia needs no art to make her shine
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p.68
Poem Title:
On Miss K--ty Ed---n.
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First Line:
To Bath Dorinda for her health repairs
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pp.68-65
Poem Title:
Dorinda, Or, The City Wife. On Mrs. J----
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First Line:
Stella and Flavia every hour
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p.70
Poem Title:
On the Dut----s of Q---- and her Sister.
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First Line:
I ask not wit nor beauty do I crave
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p.71
Poem Title:
The humble Wish
Attribution:
by Mrs. B-ll M-rt-n
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Not attributed
First Line:
Nature perversely to your wish has given
Page No:
pp.71-72
Poem Title:
The Answer
Attribution:
by Mr. H-rv-y, Son to the Lord B---
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First Line:
My very good coll I lost wife and child
Page No:
pp.72-73
Poem Title:
On Captain ---- The Country Knight.
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First Line:
Entombed here lies sweet smiling Nan
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p.72
Poem Title:
Epitaph on Mrs. A. J----s
Attribution:
by the same [i.e. Mr. H-rv-y]
Attributed To:
Thomas Hervey
First Line:
In vain long parchment pedigrees adorn
Page No:
pp.73-74
Poem Title:
The Resentment, or Triumvirate. Inscrib'd to a Lord and two Ladies, at Bath.
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First Line:
Ashamed indeed as who would not to pass
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p.75
Poem Title:
A Fable. To L--d H--, at Bath.
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First Line:
Lesbi the subject of my endless song
Page No:
pp.76-78
Poem Title:
On Mrs. M. B. at Bath.
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First Line:
Her face was so charming I looked and I loved
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p.78
Poem Title:
The Cause of Inconstancy.
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First Line:
Unhappy Bro--s curse the ball
Page No:
p.79-80
Poem Title:
On a Gentleman spilling a Dish of Chocolate. (Bath, 1725.)
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First Line:
Silent nymph with curious eye
Page No:
pp.80-90
Poem Title:
Grongar Hill. A Poem.
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