A Small but Choice Collection of Curious Pieces [T106284]
- DMI number:
- 951
- Publication Date:
- 1760
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T106284
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110702768
- Shelfmark:
- BL 1473.a.3
- Full Title:
- A SMALL but CHOICE | COLLECTION | OF | CURIOUS PIECES; | [i] VIZ. [/i] | I. THE HOURS of LOVE: in four ELEGIES: viz. | NIGHT, MORNING, NOON, and EVENING. | II. The PLEASURES of a SINGLE LIFE; or, the | MISERIES of MATRIMONY, by Sir [i] John Dillon. [/i] | III. An ODE to the Honourable [i] Hy Fx [/i], Esq; | on the MARRIAGE of the Ds of [i] Mr [/i] | to [i] Hssy[/i], Esq; by the late Sir C. H. W. | IV. HELOISA to ABELARD, by Mr. [i] Pope [/i], with | an ANSWER, by Mrs. [i] M. [/i] | V. ABELARD to ELOISA, by a Gentleman of | [i] Cambridge. [/i] | [rule] | [i] LONDON: [/i] | Printed, and publish'd this Week. | [i] (Price Two Shillings and Six-pence.) [/i]
- Epigraph:
- To Eloisa and Abelard poems: 'Omnia vincit Amor'.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Made-up miscellany
- Format:
- Quarto
- Price:
- Two Shillings and Six-pence
- Pagination:
- [1]-46; [i]-viii; [1]-24; [1] 42-48; 57-62pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- PAGINATION: A separately paginated and collated section with separate half-title and titlepage dated 1756: The unfortunate lovers; two admirable poems: extracted out of the celebrated letters of Abelard and Eloisa is inserted between sigs. G3 and [G4] (ESTC) Separate title, p.[1]: [ornament] | THE | HOURS of LOVE: | IN FOUR | ELEGIES: | [i] VIZ. [/i] | [column 1] NIGHT, | MORNING, | [/column 1] [column 2] NOON, | AND | EVENING. [/column 2] | [ornament] Separate title, p.[21]: [ornament] | THE | PLEASURES | OF A | SINGLE LIFE; | Or, the Miseries of | [i] MATRIMONY. [/i] | By Sir JOHN DILLON. | [ornament] Separate title page, p.[41]: ODE | TO THE | Honourable [i] Hy Fx [/i]. | ON THE MARRIAGE | OF THE | Dus of [i] Mr [/i] to [i] Hsy [/i], Esq; | By the late Sir C. H. W. | [ornament] Separate title, p.[?]: [ornament] | ELOISA | TO | ABELARD. | [ornament] Separate title page, p.[?]: THE | UNFORTUNATE LOVERS: | Two admirable | POEMS: | Extracted out of the celebrated LETTERS of | [i] ABELARD [/i] and [i] ELOISA [/i]. | Two of the most remarkable Persons of their Time, | For LEARNING, WIT, and GENIUS. | One Written by Mr. [i] POPE. [/i] | The other, in Answer to it | By LADY M. | With a PREFACE, giving a short Account of their | personal Characters, &c. | To which is added, A LETTER from | Fair [i] ROSAMOND [/i] to K. [i] HENRY [/i] II. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed and Sold at the Pamphlet-Shops. M.DCC.LVI. Separate title, p.[?]: [ornament] | ABELARD | TO | ELOISA. | [ornament] BL 1473.a.3 contains some marginalia
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: pp.3-5: 'To the Right Honourable Maria, Countess of Coventry' p.[6]: 'Advertisement' p.[v]: 'To the Readers' [of 'Eloisa to Abelard'] p.[vii]: 'The Argument' [of 'Eloisa to Abelard']
- First Line:
- Now Cynthia shone serene with silver light
- Page No:
- pp.7-9
- Poem Title:
- The Hours of Love...Night. The First Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wished morn is come a cheerful ray of light
- Page No:
- pp.9-12
- Poem Title:
- The Hours of Love...Morning. The Second Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now Phoebus vertically shoots his rays
- Page No:
- pp.12-16
- Poem Title:
- The Hours of Love...Noon. The Third Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How mild the evening how serene the sky
- Page No:
- pp.16-19
- Poem Title:
- The Hours of Love...Evening. The Fourth Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wedlock oh cursed uncomfortable state
- Page No:
- pp.23-40
- Poem Title:
- The Pleasures Of A Single Life
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Dillon
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Dillon
- First Line:
- Clio behold this charming day
- Page No:
- pp.43-46
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to the Honourable Hy Fx.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In these deep solitudes and awful cells
- Page No:
- pp.1-11
- Poem Title:
- Eloisa to Abelard
- Attribution:
- On separate title page (see Miscellany record): 'One Written by Mr. Pope'.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In my dark cell low prostrate on the ground
- Page No:
- pp.13-18
- Poem Title:
- Abelard to Eloisa. A Poem. By Lady M. In Answer to that wrote by Mr. Pope.
- Attribution:
- By Lady M.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- May all be hushed each ruder passion cease
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- A Dissuasive from Marriage. To Chloe.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Read over these lines the records of my shame
- Page No:
- pp.21-24
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from Fair Rosamond, while in Woodstock-Bower, to King Henry II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah why this boding start this sudden pain
- Page No:
- pp.41-62
- Poem Title:
- Abelard to Eloisa.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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