Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [March 1711]
- DMI number:
- 312
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 01/03/1711
- Volume Number:
- 3 of 8
- ESTC number:
- P6193
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- n/a
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Hope adds. 1190
- Full Title:
- DELIGHTS | [r]For the INGENIOUS:[/r] | OR, | A MONTHLY Entertainment | For the Curious of | [r]BOTH SEXES[/r] | CONTAINING, | A vast Variety of Pleasant [i]Enigma's[/i]; Delightful | [i]Arithmetical Questions[/i]; Curious [i]Stories[/i]; Witty [i]Epigrams[/i]; | Surprizing [i]Adventures[/i]; Amazing [i]Paradoxes[/i]; With [i]Songs | Anagrams, Emblems, Dialogues, Elegies, Epigrams[/i]; and | other [i]Useful[/i] and [i]Diverting[/i] SUBJECTS, both in | [r]PROSE and VERSE.[/r] | [rule] | To [i]which is now[/i] Added, | How many [i]Minutes[/i] and [i]Seconds[/i], all Good [i]Watches[/i] | and [i]Clocks[/i] should go Faster (or Slower) than the SUN, | for every Day of the Month: And also the Reason, | why from [i]Noon[/i] to [i]Noon[/i], is not [i]exactly[/i] 24 Hours, but | sometimes [i]more[/i], and sometimes[i]less[/i]. | [rule] | [g]To be Continued Monthly.[/g] | [rule] | [r]By the [i]Author[/i] of the LADIES-DIARY[/r] | [rule] | This THIRD for MARCH 1711. | [rule] | [r][i]LONDON:[/i][/r] Printed by [i]J. Roberts[/i], and Sold by | [i]Joseph Collier[/i] at [i]Stationers-Hall[/i]; (Where those for [i]January[/i] | and [i]February[/i] may be had.) Price Three-Pence.
- Epigraph:
- n/a
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Periodical miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 3d
- Pagination:
- [81]-120 pp. (90 mispaginated as 60)
- Bibliographic details:
- First 6 pp. (i.e. most of sheet G) are in red and black. Pagination and signatures are continuous from previous issue.
- Comments:
- Contents: Almanac pp. 82-85; discourse on time, pp. 86-60[i.e. 90]; prose answers to questions posed in January's issue, part prose, part verse, pp. 97-102; further questions p. 104; prose response to a paradox pp. 108-110; answer to maths question pp. 112-113; names of those who have sent answers, p. 113; prose narrative pp. 114-119.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: various addresses to the reader, p. 82. Back matter: Contents, pp. 119-120.
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [Feb 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 2 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [Jan 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 1 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [April 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 4 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [July-September 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 7 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [June 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 6 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [May 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 5 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [October-December 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 8 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- John Tipper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Admonition to the reader signed John Tipper p. 82.
- Printer:
- James Roberts
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Roberts, and Sold by Joseph Collier at Stationers-Hall.'
- Sold by:
- Joseph Collier
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by J. Roberts, and Sold by Joseph Collier at Stationers-Hall.'
- First Line:
- Would heaven which never fails to hear the poor
- Page No:
- pp.91-92
- Poem Title:
- The Wish
- Attribution:
- By Thirsis
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Anne is an angel true what though she be
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- On Mrs. Angel, whom a Lawyer Wooed.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I cannot stand or go the cripple cries
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- Upon a Cripple
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In midst of life then least am I
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- Epigram: On a Shadow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst Lydia sought no foreign charms
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- Horace and Lydia, Translated from 3. Book, Ode 9.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Death in a doubt of thy last end did stand
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- On a Cobler.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies a tallow chandler I need not tell it
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- On a Tallow-Chandler.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If Kitchen was his name as I have found
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on Thomas Kitchen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis your desire my dearest friend that I
- Page No:
- pp.93-94
- Poem Title:
- In Imitation of Martial, Epigram 47. B. 10.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. R. Clavering
- Attributed To:
- Richard Clavering
- First Line:
- Oh charming creature of my heart
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- Philander to Sylvia...(Extempore)
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mills
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Mills
- First Line:
- I never could admire
- Page No:
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- By T. C.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O for a quill drawn from an angel's wing
- Page No:
- pp.95-96
- Poem Title:
- On Virtue.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tate, Poet-Laureat
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Close thine eyes and sleep secure
- Page No:
- p.96
- Poem Title:
- On a quiet Conscience.
- Attribution:
- By K. Charles I
- Attributed To:
- Charles I
- First Line:
- The mindless fool whose head through care
- Page No:
- p.98
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr Thomas Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- Had I but a plentiful yearly estate
- Page No:
- p.99
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr Miles
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Miles
- First Line:
- Beauty and wit the mighty maker gave
- Page No:
- p.100
- Poem Title:
- Of Wit and Beauty.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good sir you've taken a world of art
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Did I in France a prisoner lie
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Miles
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Miles
- First Line:
- From an orchard last autumn you come
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Joseph Clements
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Clements
- First Line:
- Of a gigantic form I'm made
- Page No:
- pp.102-103
- Poem Title:
- Enig. 1.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ant. Wells
- Attributed To:
- Ant. Wells
- First Line:
- I'm never very large in size
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Enigma 3.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. E. D.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nothing I am nor real being have
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Enigma 2.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. George Shillito
- Attributed To:
- George Shillito
- First Line:
- Let fame select in every learned age
- Page No:
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Enigma 4.
- Attribution:
- By Terpsiphilus
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The skilful youth deserves to be commended
- Page No:
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Lysander
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When with fi'pence farthing your fuddle-cap went
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Answer to Question the First
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since you're indisposed by hard drinking my friend
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Answer'd also by Mr. Jeffery Miles
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jeffery Miles
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Miles
- First Line:
- Was I to go to the boarding school
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Second question answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- The father and the son upon a time
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- First Question
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The cubic inches that are in the sphere
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Third question answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- Once as I was riding one morning abroad
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Second Question
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Mary Dod
- Attributed To:
- Mary Dod
- First Line:
- The sides of each enclosure be
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Fourth Question answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. James Mouse
- Attributed To:
- James Mouse
- First Line:
- As a shepherd in the field sat tenting his sheep
- Page No:
- p.107
- Poem Title:
- Third Question
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Nathaniel Brown
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Brown
- First Line:
- On shrove-Tuesday last I'll tell you what past
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- Fourth Question
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- If the number of men in the world do exceed
- Page No:
- p.108
- Poem Title:
- The second Paradox answer'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your father is the man indeed
- Page No:
- p.108
- Poem Title:
- The first answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. James Mouse
- Attributed To:
- James Mouse
- First Line:
- From noon to noon astronomers do say
- Page No:
- pp.110-111
- Poem Title:
- The Third Paradox answer'd
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Henry Beighton; And put into Verse by the Author
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- Begin from the end just one third of a foot
- Page No:
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- The Mechanical Question answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jos. Clements
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Clements
- First Line:
- Suppose a round ball for to move in the air
- Page No:
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- A Paradox propos'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Newbold
- Attributed To:
- John Newbold
- First Line:
- A French ship was lately engaged with another
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- A Mechanical Question
- Attribution:
- by the said Mr. Clements
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Clements
- First Line:
- Of the proposed oaken joist
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- The Philosophical Question answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Weeden
- Attributed To:
- John Weeden
- First Line:
- If in one second's time an iron ball
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- A Philosophical Question propos'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And like the ocean after ebb shall move
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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