Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol II] [T64796 ]

DMI number:

374

Aliases

Familiar and courtly letters, written by Monsieur Voiture

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

ESTC

Publication Date:

1718

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T64796

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113583095

Shelfmark:

BOD - Douce L 58

Full Title:

The SECOND VOLUME | OF | [i]Familiar Letters[/i] | OF | LOVE,GALLANTRY | And several OCCASIONS, | BY THE | [i]WITS of the Last and Present Age.[/i]. | With the best of [i]VOITURE'[/i]s Letters, Tran- | slated by Mr. DRYDEN and Mr. T. BROWN. | ALSO THE | REMAINS | Of the Celebrated | Mr. T. BROWN; | BEING | LETTERS, POEMS and DIALOGUES | on the TIMES, not Printed in his | [i]WORKS[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for SAM. BRISCOE. 1718.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[14], [1]-359, 357-369.

Bibliographic details:

Plates: Frontispiece.

Comments:

Contents: Engraving of 'Beau Wilson's Mistressi p.[ii], 'To the Reader' (signed 'Sam. Briscoe') pp.[v]-[vii]; 'The Contents' pp.[viii]-[xvi]; engraving of 'Monsr. Voiture' p.[xviii]; engraving for Thomas Brown's remains facing p.292.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several occasions by the wits of the last and present age [Vol I] [T64796]

Publication Date:

1718

ESTC No:

T64796

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

Familiar letters of love, gallantry and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol II] [T64784]

Publication Date:

1724

ESTC No:

T64784

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

Familiar letters of love, gallantry, and several other occasions by the wits of the last and present age [vol I] [T64784]

Publication Date:

1724

ESTC No:

T64784

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Samuel Briscoe

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for SAM. BRISCOE.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

The cause of love can never be assigned

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

with Mr. Dryden, we may say..

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Ask not bodies doomed to die

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

from Sir William Davenant

Attributed To:

Sir William Davenant

First Line:

This place this spot of earth is more to me

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

these verses from 'Oroonoko'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not one kind word not one relenting look

Page No:

pp.178-180

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Contained within letters by 'Mrs. Trotter'

Attributed To:

Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]

First Line:

Nor could my rival when those charms

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Contained within letters by 'Mrs. Trotter'

Attributed To:

Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]

First Line:

O could I find grant heaven that once I may

Page No:

pp.201-202

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And like poor Ovid banished from his Rome

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

V---rs has all the charms has all the arts

Page No:

pp.269-271

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Ward

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is it the apothecary's wife

Page No:

pp.272-273

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

In letter by 'Richard Swan'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a cold frosty night

Page No:

p.277

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

In a letter signed 'George Farquhar'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My heart is wax your eyes are fire

Page No:

p.280

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Farquhar]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam by making such a pother

Page No:

pp.284-285

Poem Title:

Letter II. Celadon to Mrs. C--ll, in Answer to a Copy of Verses she sent him.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Farquhar]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair goddess whose victorious charms

Page No:

pp.307-308

Poem Title:

To my Adorable Guillemette.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. De Cheveruse]

Attributed To:

Charles Honore d'Albert

First Line:

Well now imperious fair I find

Page No:

p.308

Poem Title:

Love-Verses, Spoken to Adorable Guillemette: By the Marquis of Cheveruse, after his recovery from a Fainting Fit.

Attribution:

By the Marquis of Cheveruse

Attributed To:

Mr. Home

First Line:

The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean

Page No:

pp.311-312

Poem Title:

P.S. The Verses sent in the same Letter.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

But as resistance feeds the flame

Page No:

p.312

Poem Title:

On Enjoyment.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There's nobody knows this secret but I

Page No:

p.313

Poem Title:

Mounsieur Sacron's Sistres Verses on her Brother being bilked of his Spouses Maiden-Head on the Marriage Night. That Secret being Reveal'd broke the Poet's Heart.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What couldst thou not a blooming beauty spare

Page No:

p.315

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mrs. Bilton.

Attribution:

Letter signed 'T. R.'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Isgrim with hunger pressed one day

Page No:

pp.316-317

Poem Title:

The Fable of the Wolf and Porcupine: In Answer to the Argument against a Standing Army.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

From Abraham's bosom full of lice

Page No:

p.317

Poem Title:

An Epitaph upon Abraham, a Taylor's Wife.

Attribution:

Tho. Brown

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Barren Pegg

Page No:

p.317

Poem Title:

An Epitaph upon Barren Pegg.

Attribution:

Tho. Brown.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It can't be he Courtine the brisk the gay

Page No:

pp.321-325

Poem Title:

The Cornuted Beaux: Or, a Satyr upon Marriage.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welcome thou friendly earnest of fourscore

Page No:

pp.325-326

Poem Title:

On the first Fit of the Gout.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Should modest ladies steal abroad

Page No:

pp.327-338

Poem Title:

A Dialogue Between a Cuckoldy Courtier and His Lady.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well whatever sins by turns have swayed me

Page No:

p.339

Poem Title:

On Pleasure. Out of French.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

When the number that stands next to that of the muses

Page No:

p.357

Poem Title:

A Prophecy upon Lambeth Ox-cheek.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In marriage are two things allowed

Page No:

p.358

Poem Title:

The Happiest Day of Marriage.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this marble Peggy lies

Page No:

pp.359-357[i.e. 360]

Poem Title:

An Epitaph upon the Charming Peggy.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Coming a tender girl from school

Page No:

p.359

Poem Title:

Translated thus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Pray sir did you hear of a late proclamation

Page No:

p.358

Poem Title:

Upon the Paper Project, for Raising of Mony.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Chloe you write to me for coin

Page No:

p.360

Poem Title:

An Epigram of Flaminius, to his Drinking Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stain of thy country and thy ancient name

Page No:

pp.360-361

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Torrington.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yonder your author stands extremely ill

Page No:

pp.361-362

Poem Title:

The Poets Will, at the Whiggs Festival

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One time a mighty plague did pester

Page No:

pp.362-365

Poem Title:

The Fable of the Lyon and the Beasts.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mourn mourn you booksellers for cruel death

Page No:

pp.365-368

Poem Title:

An Elegy on the Death of Mr. Edward Millington, the famous Auctionier.

Attribution:

Collected within Tom Brown's remains

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Farewell false friends farewell ill wine

Page No:

pp.368-369

Poem Title:

Farewell to Poor England.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown; in the Year 1704

Attributed To:

Not attributed