An asylum for fugitives. [T118927] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1282

Publication Date:

1776

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T118927

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113492378

Shelfmark:

ECCO - nearest copy is in Bodleian Library. ECCO copy missing pp. 13-22

Full Title:

AN | ASYLUM | FOR | FUGITIVES. PUBLISHED OCCASIONALLY. | [rule] | VOLUME I. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. ALMON, opposite Burlington-house, | in Piccadilly. | [rule] | M DCC LXXVI.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: 'Contents', 2 pages [unpaginated]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

An asylum for fugitives. Vol. II. [T118927] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1779

ESTC No:

T118927

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The works of art let others praise

Page No:

pp.5-8

Poem Title:

Verses Written in a Cottage at Park-Place, the Seat of the Right Honourable General Conway. By the Rev. Mr. Powys.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Powys.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Don't you cries Clio jeering now

Page No:

pp.8-11

Poem Title:

On being desired by Lady XCamden to write Verse on Bayham Abby, the Seat of Joh Pratt, Esq. near Tunbrodge Wells. By the same.

Attribution:

[By the Rev. Mr. Powys.]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Garrick whatever resembles thee

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Verses from Sir Thomas Mills to Mr. Garrick, On receiving his Portrait, painted by Mr. Dance.

Attribution:

Sir Thomas Mills

Attributed To:

Thomas Mills

First Line:

Crowned by the man with lasting praise

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

Verses By Soame Jenyns, Esq.

Attribution:

By Soame Jenyns, Esq.

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

Where the loveliest expression to features is joined

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

Verses to Mrs. Crew.

Attribution:

By the Hon. C. Fox.

Attributed To:

Charles James Fox

First Line:

What though thy plighted faith to one consigned

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

On Lady *******, who upon the Author's passing and looking into her Carriage, held up a Hat, which she was purchasing, before her Face.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Once on the way as fable tells

Page No:

pp.27-29

Poem Title:

A Tale.

Attribution:

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First Line:

That the style is superb every artist must own

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

An Epigram on the Alterations of Drury Lane Theatre, by Mrs. Garrick and Mr. Adam.

Attribution:

E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

Ye beaux esprits say what is grace

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Grace. By David Garrick, Esq.

Attribution:

By David Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

A monkey once of sober life

Page No:

pp.30-40

Poem Title:

The Decision: or the American Controversy settled. A Tale.

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First Line:

When now the hostile maid refused to yield

Page No:

pp.40-42

Poem Title:

A Fragment of an Epic Poem, By Miss Aikin. Sent by that Lady to Dr. Priestley, on the Morning succeeding the Evening's Loss of a Game at Chess.

Attribution:

By Miss Aikin.

Attributed To:

Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]

First Line:

With Devon's girl so blithe and gay

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

The Pleiades.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Advice that opposes a passion like thine

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pp.43-45

Poem Title:

To ---, On A Mistaken Attachment. By Mr. M---s.

Attribution:

By Mr. M---s.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thrice happy painter by such eyes inspired

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

An Impromptu, by the Same, on seeing a beautiful Lady sitting for her Picture at Mr. Sheriff's.

Attribution:

by the Same

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Not attributed

First Line:

Within this sculptured marble rests from war

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Sir Charles Saunders. By the Same.

Attribution:

By the Same.

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Not attributed

First Line:

On the white rocks which guard her coast

Page No:

p.54-55

Poem Title:

Ode for the Year 1776. By W. Whitehead, Poet Laureat.

Attribution:

By W. Whitehead, Poet Laureat.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

A public loss demands a public tear

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Cap. John Bentinck, who was a Native of Holland, a Commander in the English Navy, and Nephew to the Duke of Portland. By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

On the green banks which guard her strand

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

Another Ode for 1776.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Four shillings in the pound we see

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

An Impromptu on raising the Land-T. for 1776.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Of arms and wondrous tribes I sing

Page No:

pp.57-61

Poem Title:

A New Scheme To Raise A New Corps, And Supply The Loss Of A Scotch Militia. Addressed To Lord Barrington.

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First Line:

Yet then before the fatal sword be drawn

Page No:

pp.62-83

Poem Title:

An Epistle from a Martyr in the Shades, to Whom it may concern upon Earth.

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First Line:

The midnight orgies you reveal

Page No:

pp.84-86

Poem Title:

Ode, addressed to the Earl of S--nd--ch.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The colour of a Boston shilling

Page No:

pp.87-89

Poem Title:

A Familiar Ode to Lord North.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My lord your filly's hardly broke

Page No:

pp.89-90

Poem Title:

Ode, addressed to the Earl of Dartmouth.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My lord I hail your spotless fame

Page No:

pp.91-93

Poem Title:

Congratulatory Ode, Addressed to Lord G---ge G--r---n.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cursed be the pen by faction swayed

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

On Some Late Publications.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My lord you're hurt by foolish praise

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

An Ode of Condolence, Addressed to Lord G----e G--m-n'.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My lord to celebrate your praise

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

An Ode, addressed to Lord G----e G----n, on his approaching Dissolution.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Lord Bute his ambition and wisdom to show

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Scotchmen are virtual rebels their own way

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Scotch Loyalty, Always the Same, An Epigram.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Weep Scotia weep and thy hard fate deplore

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Epigram, Addressed to the Genius of Scotland.

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First Line:

Round ----'s chair in triple rows

Page No:

pp.99-101

Poem Title:

The Birth Day.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Urged to come down and pressed to stay

Page No:

pp.99-101

Poem Title:

A Monody in the House of Commons.

Attribution:

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First Line:

O bard whenever you rhyme again

Page No:

pp.101-103

Poem Title:

From St. Stephen's Chapel, Nov. 21. An Ode, Addressed to the Author of the Monody.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Courage my lord though Howe is fled

Page No:

pp.104-108

Poem Title:

The Retreat of the Ten Thousand: A Consolatory Ode, addressed to Lord G. G. By the Author of Lord Ch---m's Prophecy.

Attribution:

By the Author of Lord Ch---m's Prophecy.

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Not attributed

First Line:

When rarely now to public eyes confessed

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

To Mr. Garrick, on the Report of his leaving the Stage.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Henry stemmed Ierne's stormy flood

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Inscribed within a Tower which makes part of a ruined Castle, erected lately at Wimple, the Seat of the Earl of Hardwicke, in Cambridgeshire.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While some vain muse deluded with the zeal

Page No:

pp.111-118

Poem Title:

Ode (written in 1768) to Lady Isabella Stanhope, on her Birth-Day.

Attribution:

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First Line:

With charming Cholmondeley well one might

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

The Planets - a Companion to the Pleiades. (See page 42.)

Attribution:

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First Line:

In eastern realms tis oft the weakest man

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

To Pinchey.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Some mice deep entrenched in a rich Cheshire cheese

Page No:

pp.119120

Poem Title:

American Epigram.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Come and crown your lover's wishes

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

A modern Invocation to a Cook Maid, by Mr. K----, of K--- Col. C----E.

Attribution:

Mr. K----, of K--- Col. C----E.

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First Line:

Peace to thy royal shade illustrious king

Page No:

pp.121-123

Poem Title:

Elegy to the Memory of the late King.

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First Line:

Dark was the day the wind raged high

Page No:

pp.123-126

Poem Title:

A poetical Epistle to Lord Kelly, occasioned by his miraculous escape from Shipwreck, in the Passage from Calais to Dover, during the great Storm in November 1775.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dust's lighter than the wind than dust a feather

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

On the Ladies Feathers.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Of statemen's wiles I scorn to sing

Page No:

pp.128-133

Poem Title:

Omiah: An Ode. Addressed to Charlotte Hayes.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Twas the wish of thy heart to rivet the chain

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

The "First Wish of my Heart", &c.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The twenty-second day of May

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

By E. D-----x, Esq. on his Daughter's Birth Day.

Attribution:

By E. D-----x, Esq.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever the cruel hand of death

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

On breaking a China quart Mug belonging to the Society of Lincoln College, Oxford. By an Under Graduate. Ode.

Attribution:

By an Under Graduate.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The seaman from winds and the rage of wild seas

Page No:

pp.138-139

Poem Title:

Addressed to Mrs. R----n.

Attribution:

W. Pierce.

Attributed To:

W Pierce

First Line:

Must I Clorinda ever court

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

Sonnet.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Oh poverty of pale consumptive hue

Page No:

pp.139-140

Poem Title:

Invocation to Poverty. By the Hon. Charles Fox.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Charles Fox.

Attributed To:

Charles James Fox

First Line:

Cursed as the evil one is he

Page No:

pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Parody on the Fragment of Sappho to Lesbia; the English Translation of which begins thus, "Blest as the immortal Gods is he." On a Scold.

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First Line:

Swell the clarion sweep the string

Page No:

pp.141-144

Poem Title:

Madness. A Poem.

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First Line:

Come listen my cocks to a brother and friend

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

The Sailor's Address. To the Tune of Hearts of Oak.

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First Line:

When George shall over America succeed

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

An Extempore Epigrammatic Question: To which an Answer is desired.

Attribution:

By Q. in the corner.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye western gales whose genial breath

Page No:

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

Ode for his Majesty's Birth-day; written by William Whitehead, esq. Poet Laureat, and performed at St. James's on the 4th of June, 1776, by his Majesty's Band of Musicians.

Attribution:

By William Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Say no more of the breezes some wine and tobacco

Page No:

pp.148-149

Poem Title:

A Ballad, written, or rather spoken, by as Gentleman, at coming into a Coffee-House, from the above musical Entertainment.

Attribution:

A Gentleman

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Not attributed

First Line:

Oft to these walls the pilgrim grey

Page No:

pp.149-151

Poem Title:

Ode, written at Holland House, September, 1776.

Attribution:

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First Line:

To Lee I tune the heart-felt lays

Page No:

pp.151-154

Poem Title:

Ode, addressed to General Lee, written in September, 1776.

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First Line:

Bute loves arbitrary rule

Page No:

pp.154-155

Poem Title:

The Statesman; an irregular Ode.

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First Line:

Angels and ministers of grace proceed

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

Conversation.

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