A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- DMI number:
- 1170
- Publication Date:
- 1771
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T85473
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124543211
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO BL
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | MODERN FABLES. | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | PRINTED IN THE YEAR MDCCLXXI. | [PRICE THREE SHILLINGS.]
- Place of Publication:
- London?
- Genres:
- Collection of fables
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Price:
- Three shillings
- Comments:
- Place: ESTC suggests [London?]
- Other matter:
- Contents: pp.[i]-viii
- First Line:
- Studious from differing tales to show
- Page No:
- pp.1-6
- Poem Title:
- Fable I. The Experimental Moralist.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gaudy peacock and the glossy dove
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- Fable II. The Lark.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On Thames where some fair Eden blows
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- Fable III. The Rose and the Lilly.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas on the border of a stream
- Page No:
- pp.10-12
- Poem Title:
- Fable IV. The Tulip and the Myrtle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Duty demands the parent's voice
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- Fable V. The Wolf, the Sheep, and the Lamb.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On Richmond Hill with doublet bare
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Fable VI. The Poet and Straw.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twere well my friend for human kind
- Page No:
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- Fable VII. The Two Beavers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A trout the plumpest in the tide
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Fable VIII. The Trout.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A tender miss whom mother's care
- Page No:
- pp.21-24
- Poem Title:
- Fable IX. Miss and the Butterfly.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A favourite cat that long in brewhouse dwelt
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Fable X. The Cat in Drink.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Early one summer's morn a thrush
- Page No:
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- Fable XI. The Thrush and Linnet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once Jupiter from out the skies
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Fable XII. Jupiter and Fortune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A brazen pot by scouring vexed
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIII. The Brass Pot and Stone Jugg.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two long had loved and now the nymph desired
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIV. There is no Tomorrow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The queen of birds to increase the regal stock
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- Fable XV. The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe
- Page No:
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVI. The Decision of Fortune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Where Nile the king of floods bestows
- Page No:
- pp.37-39
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVII. The Peasant and Mastiff.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou filthy beast thou worse than vermin
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- Fable XVIII. The Swine and Ermine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once on a time an honest clown
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Fable XIX. The Old Man, his Son, and his Ass.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A gardener once at early day
- Page No:
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- Fable XX. The Gardener and the Snail.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An ass a war horse envied sore
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXI. The Ass and Horse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In days of old Pilpay there flourished a bear
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXII. The Bear and Gardener.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As an ant of his talents superiorly vain
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIII. The Ant and Caterpillar.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two candles burning in a hall
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIV. The Two Candles.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In a wild heath a miser laid
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXV. The Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The nymph who walks the public streets
- Page No:
- pp.50-52
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVI. The Spider and the Bee.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lion whose blood thirsty reign
- Page No:
- pp.52-54
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVII. The Lion and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An eagle of majestic size
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXVIII. The Eagle and Dove.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once as sage Chaucer let us know
- Page No:
- pp.56-58
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIX. The Cock and the Fox.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A ship of war a second rate
- Page No:
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXX. The Ship and the Wind.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A cuckoo once as cuckoos use
- Page No:
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXI. The Chough and Cuckow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Upon a bank with moss yclad
- Page No:
- pp.62-64
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXII. The Snake and the Worm
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A gaudy rainbow vivid gay
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXIII. The Traveller and Rainbow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though Celia each delightful grace
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXIV. The Goldfinch and Raven.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How much the inward charms surpass
- Page No:
- pp.68-70
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXV. A Beauty and Time.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas on a day serene and fair
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXVI. The Butterfly and Boy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long on Golconda's shore a diamond lay
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXVII. The Diamond.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A loaden basket long an ass had bore
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXVIII. The Ass Overladen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Florella in the garden sat
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXXIX. Strephon, Florella, and her Cat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Through pride of heart or private grudge
- Page No:
- pp.76-77
- Poem Title:
- Fable XL. The Falcon and the Farmer's Hen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It happened once upon a time
- Page No:
- pp.78-79
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLI. Fame and his Companions.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To know the mistress' humour right
- Page No:
- pp.80-82
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLII. The Owl and the Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A stag unharboured by the hounds
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLIII. The Stag and the Oxen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lofty pines with tempest bow
- Page No:
- pp.84-85
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLIV. The Snail, the Butterfly, and Virtuoso.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Against an elm a sheep was tied
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLV. The Wild Boar and the Ram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The toilsome hours of day were spent
- Page No:
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLVI. The Philosopher And Glow-Worm.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lion who while vigorous strength remained
- Page No:
- pp.89-90
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLVII. The Old Lion.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A grumbler full of discontent
- Page No:
- pp.90-91
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLVIII. The Grumbler Corrected
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As farmers seeds in plenty sow
- Page No:
- pp.92-94
- Poem Title:
- Fable XLIX. The Gentleman and the Rat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That Jove who ever lives and reigns
- Page No:
- pp.95-99
- Poem Title:
- Fable L. The Malcontent Reformed.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The prudent nymph whose cheeks disclose
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- Fable LI. The Nightingale And Glow-Worm.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Is there no hope the sick man said
- Page No:
- pp.100-102
- Poem Title:
- Fable LII. The Sick Man And The Angel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man who seeks to win the fair
- Page No:
- pp.102-105
- Poem Title:
- Fable LIII. The Panther, The Horse, And Other Beasts.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Where art or power can prevail
- Page No:
- pp.106-109
- Poem Title:
- Fable LIV. The Two Emmets.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In other men we faults can spy
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- Fable LV. The Turkey And The Ant.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My waking dreams are best concealed
- Page No:
- pp.110-111
- Poem Title:
- Fable LVI. The Kite.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A rake by every passion ruled
- Page No:
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Fable LVII. The Universal Apparition.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Haply there met the other day
- Page No:
- pp.114-117
- Poem Title:
- Fable LVIII. The Eagle and the Dove.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Restrain your child you'll soon believe
- Page No:
- pp.117-119
- Poem Title:
- Fable LIX. The Old Hen and the Cock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though faithless men deny the creed
- Page No:
- pp.119-125
- Poem Title:
- Fable LX. The Rival Roses, and the Evergreen
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why Celia is your spreading waist
- Page No:
- pp.125-127
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXI. The Poet and his Patron.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A bag wig of a jaunty air
- Page No:
- pp.128-129
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXII. The Bag-Wig and the Tobacco Pipe.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The sage awaked at early day
- Page No:
- pp.130-131
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXIII. The Philosopher and the Pheasants.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A Grecian youth of talents rare
- Page No:
- pp.131-133
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXIV. The Youth and the Philosopher.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An owl of grave deport and mien
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXV. The Owl and the Farmer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam to you this tale I send
- Page No:
- pp.134-137
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXVI. The Coquet and Time. To a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whether on earth in air or main
- Page No:
- pp.138-139
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXVII. The Man and the Flea.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A paultry creeping ivy had
- Page No:
- pp.139-140
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXVIII. The Ivy and the Oak.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love thou divinest good below
- Page No:
- pp.140-143
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXIX. The Lawyer and Justice.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Aesop so famous was certainly right
- Page No:
- pp.144-145
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXX. Congress of Beasts for Chusing a King.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shepherd if near thy artless breast
- Page No:
- pp.146-148
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXI. The Violet and the Pansy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A spaniel bred with all the care
- Page No:
- pp.148-149
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXII. The Spaniel and the Cameleon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From a fine lady to her maid
- Page No:
- pp.149-151
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXIII. The Brocaded Gown and Linen Bag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Consider man in every sphere
- Page No:
- pp.152-155
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXIV. The Cook-Maid, the Turnspit, and the Ox.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A starling long had ranged the woods
- Page No:
- pp.155-157
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXV. The Starling, the Crows, the Fox and the Hawke.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lion tired with state affairs
- Page No:
- pp.158-159
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXVII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The miser starts and trembling stares
- Page No:
- p.158
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXVI. The Miser and Plutus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A tawdry teapot a la mode
- Page No:
- pp.160-162
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXIX. The Tea-Pot and Scrubbing-Brush
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Chloe with affected air
- Page No:
- p.160
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXVIII. The Lady and the Wasp.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As on the ground a persian lay
- Page No:
- p.163
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXX. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Those who in quarrels interpose
- Page No:
- pp.163-164
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXI. The Mastiffs.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How many saucy airs we meet
- Page No:
- pp.165-166
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXII. The Barley-Mow and the Dung-Hill
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why are those tears why droops your head
- Page No:
- pp.166-167
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXIII. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man to Jove did thus apply
- Page No:
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXIV. The Farmer and Jupiter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The doating parents grieve and fret
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXV. Miss Nancy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A poet once well pleased surveyed
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXVI. The Poet and the Rose.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A stag caught young and tamely bred
- Page No:
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXVII. The Tame Stag.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I hate the face however fair
- Page No:
- pp.172-174
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXVIII. The Goose and the Swans.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Impertinence at first is born
- Page No:
- pp.175-176
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXXIX. The Hound and the Huntsman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A restless crab in the ocean bred
- Page No:
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- Fable XC. The Crab and the Fox.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How fond are men of rule and place
- Page No:
- pp.177-178
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCI. The Lion and the Cub.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A fox and hare once Jove addressed
- Page No:
- p.178
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCII. The Fox and the Hare.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two formal owls together sat
- Page No:
- pp.179-180
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCIII. The Two Owls and the Sparrow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It was as learned traditions say
- Page No:
- pp.180-191
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCIV. The Sparrow and the Dove.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A fox half starved a vineyard spied
- Page No:
- p.192
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCV. The Fox and the Grapes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas in the famous Sabine grove
- Page No:
- pp.192-195
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCVI. Reason and Imagination.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Virtue and happiness we find
- Page No:
- pp.196-198
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCVII. The Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A critic with a phiz severe
- Page No:
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCVIII. The Critic and Bard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unknowing and unknown to fame
- Page No:
- pp.201-202
- Poem Title:
- Fable XCIX. The Fisherman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two boys at Christmas dinner placed
- Page No:
- pp.203-204
- Poem Title:
- Fable C. Plumb-Pudding
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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