Court whispers: or, a magazine of wit. [N3743]
- DMI number:
- 686
- Publication Date:
- 1743
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N3743
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW116116403
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding C 834
- Full Title:
- COURT WHISPERS: | OR, A | MAGAZINE of WIT. | A | SATYR | FOR THE | COUNTRY. | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]Kick for Kick. | The Review. | N-----k House. | The Two Brothers. | The Three Sisters. | On the News of her ------ being | brought to Bed of a Daughter. | Sarah's Sucklings. | The Beautiful B--m. To the | C----ss of B--th. | The Fasting Calendar. To Lady | V--ne. | The Bilboquette. To Lady M-- | G----n.[/column 1] [column 2]The Pleasant Mistake. | Love and Devotion. To Miss | Sc--m--re. | Ill News after Marriage. | Verses by Miss E----ds on Lord | A-- H----n's Marriage. | The Benefit of a Vulgar Educa- | tion. | The Candle. A Tale. | A very particular Acrostick. | AND, | Love, In 4 Sapphic Odes. By a young Nobleman.[/column 2] | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. WEBB, near [i]St. Paul's.[/i] 1743. | [Price One Shilling.]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Political miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Pagination:
- [2], 1-50
- Bibliographic details:
- Octavo in fours.
- References:
- Case 439
- Publisher:
- Webb||W.||Jr.
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Dan Chaucer and the wits of old
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- The Introduction.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who's ever been at c--rt the new c--ss must know
- Page No:
- pp.5-7
- Poem Title:
- Kick for Kick: or, The Old Squire and his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Serene the morn the season fine
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- The Review.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Slow be your pace dejected be your eyes
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- To the Ladies who Attended on a late Funeral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To N-----k House lords knights and squires repair
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- N-----k House.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Three nymphs the pride of Britain's isle
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- The Three Sisters.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two hopeful sons are sprung from -- loins
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- The Two Brothers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pair was wedded once in haste
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- On the News of Her ------ being brought to Bed of a Daughter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When woman once survives the state
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- Sarah's Sucklings.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The fair whom many lovers court
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- The Beautiful Bum. To the Countess of B------th.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Condemned to meet a cold embrace
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Lord A----s F--tz R--y's Address to Lady Lucy W--rt--n, soon after her Marriage to Sir W------m M------ce.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When parents childrens' wishes vary
- Page No:
- p.17-26
- Poem Title:
- The Fasting Calendar. A Tale. Inscribed to the Honourable Lady V------.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Celia with her catcher played
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- The Bilboquette. to Lady M------ G--lp--n.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Soft Ovid at a sultry noon reclined
- Page No:
- pp.26-32
- Poem Title:
- The Pleasant Mistake.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A nymph of quality and charms
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- Love and Devotion. To Miss Sc--m--re.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When good Miss Teddy first was told
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- Ill News after Marriage. To Miss E----ds. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll dance and quaff and laugh and sing
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- Verses by Mrs. M. E----ds, occasion'd by a Lampoon on L--d A-- H--'s Marriage.
- Attribution:
- by Mrs. M E----ds
- Attributed To:
- Mary Edwards
- First Line:
- Dear charmer born to captivate
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- The Benefit of a vulgar Education. Address'd to Miss W--ls--n, the Bailiff's Daughter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cursed be the wretches that invert
- Page No:
- pp.37-39
- Poem Title:
- The Candle. Inscribed to the Chief of the Club of Girdlers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Within the confines of this narrow grave
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph on Colonel B-- C-- who departed this Life in a Salivation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Charlotte through the window leant
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To rush with vigour to the seat of joy
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Wrote Extempore with a Pencil coming from K--w, dropt accidentally in a Coffee House
- Attribution:
- by C----- H-----, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A nobleman of late a damsel took
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- Wrote in a Window soon after the late Revolution in the Ministry.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Idly Jack you waste your treasure
- Page No:
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- Friendly Advice.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In love like war if sure success we gain
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- Lord L------ to Colonel C--, with an Appointment to meet two young Ladies at Hoxton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Peacocks and w---es are surely near allied
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- On the Daughter, on her being new drest for the Sport.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Three furies H--ll before had now one more
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph for an old Lady that very civilly procured for her Own Daughter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Conquerors and kings submit to beauty's shrine
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, who said, It was impossible to find true poetical Energy express'd in four Lines.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Goddess of the fickle sex
- Page No:
- pp.43-45
- Poem Title:
- Love. In Four Sapphic Odes. Ode I. The Youth's First Choice. Address'd to Venus.
- Attribution:
- By a young Nobleman [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love commanding I obeyed
- Page No:
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- Ode II. The Interview.
- Attribution:
- By a young Nobleman [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come ye flutterers of the grove
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- Ode III. The First Kiss.
- Attribution:
- By a young Nobleman [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Circling joys each moment blessed
- Page No:
- pp.48-50
- Poem Title:
- Ode IV. Enjoyment.
- Attribution:
- By a young Nobleman [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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