Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [May 1711]
- DMI number:
- 314
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 01/05/1711
- Volume Number:
- 5 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: With the [i]Rising, South-| ing, Setting[/i], and [i]Meridian Altitudes[/i] of the [i]PLANETS[/i] | and [i]Fixed Stars[/i]. | [rule] | [g]To be Continued Monthly.[/g] | [rule] | [r]By the [i]Author[/i] of the LADIES-DIARY[/r] | [rule] | This FIFTH for MAY 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 | February, March,[/i] and [i]April[/i] may be had.) Price 3 d.
- Epigraph:
- n/a
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Periodical miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 3d
- Pagination:
- [161]-200 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- pp. 161-168 (i.e. sheet N) in red and black. Pagination and signatures continue from previous volume.
- Comments:
- Contents: Almanac pp. 163-165; discourse on astronomy pp. 166-168; prose narrative pp. 175-176; mathematical solutions pp. 184-188, 190-193; answers to questions (in prose and verse) about God and human souls.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: various addresses to the reader p. 162 Back matter: Contents p. 200
- 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] [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] [March 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 3 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] [October-December 1711]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- P6193
- Volume:
- 8 of 8
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- John Tipper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Addresses to reader signed 'John Tipper'.
- 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:
- Ah Cupid Cupid why so cruel ar't
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- To Cupid.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Calliope inspire me with a song
- Page No:
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- A Gratulatory Poem on Queen Anne's Happy Accession to the Crown on March the 8th.
- Attribution:
- by a Youth of Fourteen Years of Age
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If mighty wealth which gives the rules
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- Against Riches
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say my best friend if ought you know
- Page No:
- pp.170-171
- Poem Title:
- No true Happiness in this World
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why mourns my Thirsis thus What should the reason be
- Page No:
- pp.171-172
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Dialogue between Daphnis and Thirsis occasioned on the Death of Mr. John Philips.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To thee my purse thus troubled I complain
- Page No:
- p.172
- Poem Title:
- A Complaint to his Empty Purse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Herein does the religious cheat I guess
- Page No:
- p.172
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram upon a Hypocrite
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- A man unfortunate was wont to cry
- Page No:
- pp.173-174
- Poem Title:
- The Unfortunate Man and Death. Translated out of Fontaine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A peasant past his climacteric year
- Page No:
- p.173
- Poem Title:
- Death and the Clown. Out of Aesop. An Imitation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By various artful methods once I strove
- Page No:
- p.174-175
- Poem Title:
- Coyness Punished
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cis by that candle in my sleep I thought
- Page No:
- p.174
- Poem Title:
- The Wife too hard for the Husband
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How willingly would I resign
- Page No:
- p.174
- Poem Title:
- To Pretty Celinda's Lap-Dog
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- The cudgel thus the cuckold nicely pleased
- Page No:
- p.176
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That daring monster in your first aenig
- Page No:
- p.177
- Poem Title:
- The Same likewise answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tho. Ladbrook
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Ladbrook
- First Line:
- Herein indeed thou'rt like a man
- Page No:
- p.177
- Poem Title:
- The Same answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Thomas Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- By all your description one may plainly see
- Page No:
- p.177
- Poem Title:
- The first Aenigma answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Edward Goodwin
- Attributed To:
- Edward Goodwin
- First Line:
- It is well known a windmill may
- Page No:
- pp.177-178
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Alexander Weeden
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- Nothing strange riddle sure and yet to boast
- Page No:
- pp.178-179
- Poem Title:
- The same likewise answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- Time is the standard by which things are tried
- Page No:
- p.178
- Poem Title:
- The Second Enigma answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tho. Arnold
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Arnold
- First Line:
- Sir your enigma is abstruse
- Page No:
- p.178
- Poem Title:
- The same answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. Collyed
- Attributed To:
- T. Collyed
- First Line:
- Time brings all secret hidden things to light
- Page No:
- p.178
- Poem Title:
- The same answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Godwin
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Godwin
- First Line:
- Although your form and size is great
- Page No:
- p.178
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hen. Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- Musing one night what might this riddle mean
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- The Fourth Aenigma answered.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If you are a blacksmith and used to make keys
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ladbrook
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Ladbrook
- First Line:
- Your size is not proportioned to your trust
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- Aenigma the Third, answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Arnold
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Arnold
- First Line:
- A dream such various scenes doth show
- Page No:
- pp.179-180
- Poem Title:
- The same answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- Though you are small yet by your aid
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- Tis strange that I who constantly am fed
- Page No:
- p.180
- Poem Title:
- 2. Aenig.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. H. P.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No sooner to the world I come
- Page No:
- p.180
- Poem Title:
- 1. Enig.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- I make more madmen fools and roguish knaves
- Page No:
- p.181
- Poem Title:
- 4. Aenig.
- Attribution:
- By N. N.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'm a defence from heat and cold
- Page No:
- p.181
- Poem Title:
- 3. Aenig.
- Attribution:
- By Lysander
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Indeed old sir seven bottles you did bear
- Page No:
- p.181
- Poem Title:
- The First Question answered
- Attribution:
- By Lysander
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The father had seven from hence I can gain
- Page No:
- p.181
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Sutton
- Attributed To:
- William Sutton
- First Line:
- The love and affection I always do bear
- Page No:
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By N. N.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If three hundred and one be measured by seven
- Page No:
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- The Second Question answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tho. Pointon
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Pointon
- First Line:
- If of the French wine I had got the son's five
- Page No:
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Wilson
- Attributed To:
- John Wilson
- First Line:
- In this your first question there needs no great pains
- Page No:
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Jackson
- Attributed To:
- Henry Jackson
- First Line:
- What number of pears the fair maid had to sell
- Page No:
- pp.182-183
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Amos Fish
- Attributed To:
- Amos Fish
- First Line:
- The number of pears which she had in her basket
- Page No:
- p.182
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Weedon
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- Most witty shepherd you did surely keep
- Page No:
- p.183
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Lyssander
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The number of sheep that you have in your flock
- Page No:
- p.183
- Poem Title:
- The Third Question answered.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Rich. Jones
- Attributed To:
- Richard Jones
- First Line:
- The living sheep
- Page No:
- p.183
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Goodwin
- Attributed To:
- Edward Goodwin
- First Line:
- Will his wager has lost and deserves to be tossed
- Page No:
- p.183
- Poem Title:
- The Fourth Question answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fish
- Attributed To:
- Amos Fish
- First Line:
- The shepherd had three hundred got
- Page No:
- p.183
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Weeden
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- Honest Jack I do send these lines by a friend
- Page No:
- p.184
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Newbold
- Attributed To:
- John Newbold
- First Line:
- Will still had too much though he did begrutch
- Page No:
- p.184
- Poem Title:
- The same Question answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Weeden
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- As grave Fidelia with some neighbours sat
- Page No:
- pp.188-189
- Poem Title:
- Question 1.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Amos Fish
- Attributed To:
- Amos Fish
- First Line:
- If two millions sterling in cash could be found
- Page No:
- p.189
- Poem Title:
- Quest. 4.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jos. Dudley
- Attributed To:
- Jos. Dudley
- First Line:
- A set of companions together did meet
- Page No:
- p.189
- Poem Title:
- Quest. 3
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Newbold
- Attributed To:
- John Newbold
- First Line:
- One day for diversion or pastime and pleasure
- Page No:
- p.189
- Poem Title:
- Quest. 2.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Burnet
- Attributed To:
- John Burnet
- First Line:
- The ball that is moving eternally so
- Page No:
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- The Paradox in Page 111 answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dod
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- Our porridge pot is sick I wot
- Page No:
- pp.191-192
- Poem Title:
- A Philosophical Question of a Porridge-Pot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I think the time in which the iron ball
- Page No:
- p.191
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- the same Gentleman [i.e. Dodd]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Dodd
- First Line:
- If Galileus may be believed to be true
- Page No:
- p.191
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- If for the ship's side a plug you provide
- Page No:
- pp.192-193
- Poem Title:
- The Mechanical Question, Pag. 112, answer'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Weeden
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- Suppose a square form of set numbers there be
- Page No:
- p.192
- Poem Title:
- A Paradox propos'd
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Weeden
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Weeden
- First Line:
- There's a meadow inclosed in form here you see
- Page No:
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- A Mechanical Question
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beighton
- Attributed To:
- Henry Beighton
- First Line:
- If any atheist rashly does disown
- Page No:
- pp.197-198
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- an ingenious Author
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Not from a pre-existing state as some
- Page No:
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- The same Answered
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shillito
- Attributed To:
- George Shillito
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