Fables and other short poems [II]

DMI number:

55

Volume Number:

2 of 3

ESTC number:

N8530

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

0

Comments:

Fables and other short Poems; Collected from the most Celebrated English Authors. The whole curiously Engrav'd, for the Practise and Amusement of Young Gentlemen & Ladies, in the Art of Writing. By Jn. Bickham. To which is Added, a curious Drawing-Book by G. Bickham junr. Vol II. Johnson P 337. vol 2 of 3: not sure about date. Vol I is 1731; all 3 vols reprinted 1737? No separate estc number - not completely sure that the record matches this vol. Engraved plates, printed on recto only. Some poems (the fables) have pictures. Poems ff. 2-23, followed by a couple of pages of 'A New Introduction to the Art of Drawing' by Geo. Bickham.

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Editor:

John Bickham

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

Thomas Cobb

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Confident (50%)

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Printed and Sold by Thos Cobb (who Married the Widow of Mr. Jn. Cluer) at the Printing Office in Bow Church Yard London. Where may be had Copy-Books, with Round-hand Copies at the Top to write after. Engrav'd by G. Bickham.

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As cross his yard at early day

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f. 2

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The Barley-mow and the Dunghill

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An early plant which such a blossom bears

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f. 3r

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To Mr. Granville, on his verses to the King

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Three poets in three distant ages born

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f. 3r.

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On Mr. Milton

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By Mr. Dryden

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John Dryden

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An engineer of noted skill

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f. 4r.

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The Rat-catcher and the Cat

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Success the mark no mortal wit

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f. 5r

Poem Title:

On Success

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A Lion cub of sordid mind

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f. 6r.

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The Young Lyon and the Asses

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The nymph that undoes me is fair and unkind

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f. 7r

Poem Title:

To Sylvia

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By Sir George Etheredge

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Sir George Etherege

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A dog for fighting much renowned

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f. 8r

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The Bull and the Dog

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Happy's the man that leads his life

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f. 9r

Poem Title:

The Happy Man

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A stag within a yard confined

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f. 10r

Poem Title:

The tame Stag

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Strange that such horror and such grace

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f. 11r.

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To a Fair Lady playing with a Snake

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The farmer came the hooting guest

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f. 12r

Poem Title:

The Owl and the Farmer

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Noble generous great and good

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f. 13r.

Poem Title:

An Hue and Cry after a Stray Heart

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A poor old woman kept a brood

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f. 14r.

Poem Title:

The Old Woman & her Cats

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I'll sing of heroes and of kings

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f. 15r.

Poem Title:

The Power of Love

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Now cheerful spring the circle leads

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f. 17r

Poem Title:

The Circulation of the Year

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A noisey foy of little fame

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f. 18r.

Poem Title:

The Hound and ye Huntsman

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To whom all people far and near

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f. 19r.

Poem Title:

The Cunning Man, Or Conjurer

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A pin who long had served a beauty

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f. 20r

Poem Title:

The Pin and the Needle

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Before the seas and this terrestrial ball

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f. 21r

Poem Title:

A Description of Chaos

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A sneaking cur the master's spy

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f. 22r.

Poem Title:

The Cur and the Mastiff

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Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes

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f. 23r

Poem Title:

On Dreams

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Earth's beauteous fabric wisely was designed

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f. 23r.

Poem Title:

On the Earth

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