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An entire set of the monitors [T78786]

DMI number:
346
Aliases
Monitor
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Publication Date:
1714
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
T78786
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW121764575
Shelfmark:
BOD Vet. A4 e.2052
Full Title:
An Entire SET | OF THE | MONITORS. | Intended for the Promoting of RELIGION | and VIRTUE, and suppressing of [g]VICE[/g] and [g]Immorality.[/g] | IN SEVERAL | POEMS | ON | [i]Divine SUBJECTS. | In Pursuance of Her[/i] MAJESTY's | [i]Most Gracious Directions.[/i] | [rule] | [i]Undertaken by[/i] M. SMITH, [i]Gent. with the Assist | ance of the[/i] Poet-Laureat, [i]and others. | [rule] | This UNDERTAKING was Encouraged by the Subscrip- | tion of the following Gentlemen of the CLERGY (besides | That of many of the NOBILITY, and great Numbers | of the GENTRY) His Grace my Lord Arch-Bishop of [i]York[/i], | My Lord Bishop of [i]Lincoln[/i], My Lord Bishop of [i]St. David's[/i], | My Lord Bishop of [i]Gloucester[/i], Dr. [i]Moss[/i], Dean of [i]Ely[/i], Dr. | [i]Brailsford[/i], Dean of [i]Wells[/i], Dr. [i]Williams[/i], Dr. [i]Bedfourd[/i], Dr. | [i]Brown[/i], Dr. [i]Fog[/i], Dr. [i]Pelling[/i], Dr. [i]Bray[/i], Dr. [i]Hoadly[/i], Dr. [i]Blake[/i], | Dr. [i]Hunt[/i], Dr. [i]King[/i], Dr. [i]Waugh[/i], Dr. [i]Wells[/i], Dr. [i]Only[/i], Dr. [i]Heath[/i], | with above Fifty more of that Reverend Order. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | PRINTED for the AUTHOR.
Epigraph:
n/a
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Newspaper spinoff, Periodical miscellany, and Subscription Miscellany
Format:
Octavo
Pagination:
[16], 1-93, [1] pp.
Comments:
Date: from ESTC. Query: unclear how/if this is different from P2466.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: Preface [2pp.]; 2 poems; list of subscribers [8pp.] Back matter: Index [1pp].
Related Miscellanies
Title:
An entire set of the monitors [N8002]
Publication Date:
1713
ESTC No:
N8002
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Another Edition of
Comments:
Related People
Editor:
Marshall Smith
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Undertaken by M. Smith'. See ESTC record.
Content/Publication
First Line:
Hail tuneful and seraphic bard all hail
Page No:
[2pp.]
Poem Title:
To the Most Ingenious and Well-Bred Gentleman, Mr. Smith, on his Publishing the Monitors.
Attribution:
T. Howard
Attributed To:
T. Howard
First Line:
What means my dear Menalcas this retreat
Page No:
[2pp.]
Poem Title:
To Mr. Smith. A Dialogue. Corodon, Menalcas.
Attribution:
G. Talbot
Attributed To:
G. Talbot
First Line:
Madam | Tis not the splendour of Great Britain's crown
Page No:
pp.1-5
Poem Title:
The Introduction to the Monitor. Humbly Address'd To Her Most Sacred Majesty.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Celestial dame adorned with every grace
Page No:
pp.6-10
Poem Title:
An Essay in Praise of Divine Poesie.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Auspicious youths since partly for your sake
Page No:
pp.11-14
Poem Title:
An Exhortation to the Youths of Great-Britain.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Many lewd lays ah woe is me the more
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
our Admirable Spencer
Attributed To:
Edmund Spenser
First Line:
Should loudest tempests and tremendous storms
Page No:
pp.15-17
Poem Title:
The Upright Man
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The youth that's touched with noble fire
Page No:
p.15
Poem Title:
The Expedient
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
See where Aurora does with blushes rise
Page No:
pp.17-19
Poem Title:
The Reverse
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Of all the nauseous complicated crimes
Page No:
pp.19-21
Poem Title:
The Swearer
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Who themselves with slavish toil
Page No:
p.19
Poem Title:
The Inference.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Now while thy blooming spring with balmy sweets
Page No:
pp.21-23
Poem Title:
Remember thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Content's a treasure sought by all mankind
Page No:
pp.23-25
Poem Title:
On Content.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Repine not pensive friend to meet
Page No:
pp.25-26
Poem Title:
Advice to a Disponding Friend, in Reference to the present State of Human Life.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Though vice at present does triumphant ride
Page No:
p.25
Poem Title:
Upon Virtue and Vice.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Renown with tedious toil obtained
Page No:
p.26
Poem Title:
Upon Fame and Infamy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
A virtuous daughter thus consoled
Page No:
p.27
Poem Title:
Upon Poverty and Infamy
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
In various courses busy mortals move
Page No:
pp.27-31
Poem Title:
A View of Humane Life
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
In vain we toss and turn our feverish will
Page No:
p.31
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Life have I worn out thrice thirty years
Page No:
p.31
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Spenser
Attributed To:
Edmund Spenser
First Line:
In dead of night when happy mortals take
Page No:
pp.32-34
Poem Title:
The Disconsolate Shepherd
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
This treasury of death survey
Page No:
p.34
Poem Title:
The Charnel-House
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
While calm the seas appear
Page No:
pp.34-35
Poem Title:
Extreams to be avoided
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Unbind that youth and you my guards withdraw
Page No:
pp.35-39
Poem Title:
Joseph's Discovery of Himself to his Brethren. Written in Latin by H. Grotius, imitated in Blank Verse. The Speakers Joseph and Judah.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Tis strange that they on whom kind heavens bestow
Page No:
pp.40-43
Poem Title:
The Gamester.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Here silent as its grave a body lies
Page No:
pp.43-46
Poem Title:
Upon Reading these Words on a Grave-Stone, As I am, so shall ye be.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
One year they who have reached extremest age
Page No:
pp.46-47
Poem Title:
The Caution
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
If to a cottage majesty resort
Page No:
pp.47-51
Poem Title:
Upon the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Thou who the mysteries of fate dost know
Page No:
pp.51-56
Poem Title:
The Witch of Endor
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Happy thrice happy is that sweet estate
Page No:
pp.56-58
Poem Title:
The Character of an Humble Contented Man, from an Ancient Manuscript, as appears by the Style and Versification; but 'tis hop'd the good Sense will be acceptable in this, or any Age.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Storms rage more fiercely on the hills than dales
Page No:
pp.58-59
Poem Title:
Another to the same Purpose ... concerning Humility
Attribution:
by the same Author,
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Prayer highest soars when she most prostrate lies
Page No:
pp.59-60
Poem Title:
An Epigram upon Prayer.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Tomorrow yes tomorrow you'll repent
Page No:
p.60
Poem Title:
Procrastination
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
While impious Pilate mounts the judgment seat
Page No:
pp.61-65
Poem Title:
Matthew XXVII. 19. Also when he was set down upon the Judgment Seat, his Wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that Just Man: for I have suffered many things this Day in a Dream by reason of him.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Too much already we have heard and yet
Page No:
pp.66-72
Poem Title:
Upon the Crucifiction of Our Blessed Saviour. A Dialogue between a Disciple and several Messengers. In Blank Verse.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Twixt Christ and death was once a mighty strife
Page No:
p.72
Poem Title:
An Epigram upon Christ and Death
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
You that with pious prayer and fast
Page No:
pp.73-76
Poem Title:
An Ode upon Easter-Day
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
They that enjoy and joy in their own love
Page No:
pp.76-77
Poem Title:
Upon Chast, Conjugal Love
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
From a tall precipice on the sea-side
Page No:
pp.77-78
Poem Title:
The Prospect
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Canst thou in dungeons smother up thy pelf
Page No:
pp.78-79
Poem Title:
Avarice. On a Miser that hoarded his Wealth in a Steel Chest.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
A prodigal's an ass
Page No:
p.79
Poem Title:
Epigram
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Whilst stemming life's uncertain tide
Page No:
pp.79-80
Poem Title:
The Voyagers
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Grant me indulgent heaven a rural seat
Page No:
p.80
Poem Title:
The Choice
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Ye bright angelic forms who stand
Page No:
pp.80-84
Poem Title:
A Paraphrase on the 148th Psalm
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
These startling omens shall themselves display
Page No:
pp.85-88
Poem Title:
The Day of Judgment
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Urania though thou art used to sing
Page No:
pp.88-93
Poem Title:
On Our Saviour's Passion. An Ode.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed