A View of the Town [2nd Ed] [T177281]
- DMI number:
- 65
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T177281
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW106889799
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding M. 90
- Full Title:
- A | View of the Town: | OR, | MEMOIRS | OF | [i]LONDON.[/i] | IN WHICH | Is contained a Diverting Account of | the [i]Humours, Follies, Vices,[/i] and what not? | of that famous [i]Metropolis:[/i] Where every | Offence meets with its due Correction; | Knaves are Scourg'd, Fools Jirk'd, and the | Ladies have a Stroke by the by. | In fine, not to pall your Appetite, by a tedious | List of Particulars, here is, in short, as much | Sing-Song as in the [i]Beggar's-Opera;[/i] and more | New Whims than in the [i]Orator[/i]'s [i]Advertisements.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for A. MOORE, near St. Paul's, and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country. 1731.
- Epigraph:
- [i]My Book a Salesman's Shop you'll find, | Where Civilly I'll treat ye; | To a Fool's-Coat of any kind, | You are Welcome, if it fit ye.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Pagination:
- 0
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: [rule] | A | View of the Town; | OR, | MEMOIRS of [i]LONDON.[/i] | [rule] | (Price One Shilling.)
- Comments:
- QUERY - possibly not a miscellany? Collection is predominantly prose, hence perhaps not technically a miscellany. Comprised of 'Letters', many of which contain poems. These poems are occasional and freestanding (i.e. not used for the advancement of the plot).
- Other matter:
- Preface pp. [v]-viii.
- Publisher:
- Arthur Moore
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printed for A. Moore, near St Paul's, and Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country.
- First Line:
- In play and in politics too
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Song
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hark the trumpet sounds to arms
- Page No:
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- Ode on the Battle of Blenheim
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come all who to be great desire
- Page No:
- pp.13-14
- Poem Title:
- The Advice: or, the Way to Preferment. To the tune of, Aim not too high
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How are we changed O Thames from what we were
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How altered now is London grown
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- Advice from the Dead; or, Gresham's Ghost. To the Tune of, When I was a Dame of Honour
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis gold bears universal sway
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Gold
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The jarring winds inconstant are
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Song. To the Tune of Catherine Ogie
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye subjects of Bacchus draw near
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- The Praise of Bacchus; or, Wine does all. To the Tune of, The Tippling Philosophers
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good folks all why d'ye stare
- Page No:
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- Song. Bite's the Word; or, Sharpers All. To the tune of, Gossip Joan
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis pleasure's the business of life
- Page No:
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- Song. To the Tune of, Tho' Cruel you seem to my Pain
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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