Miscellanies in prose and verse. The fourth edition [T39456] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 540
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T39456
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124712549
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- [double ruled border around title page] MISCELLANIES | IN | PROSE | AND | VERSE. | [rule] | [i]The Fourth Edition, with the following Additions[/i]. | [rule] | [i]VIZ.[/i] | The Seventh Epistle of the first Book of [i]Horace[/i] | Imitated, and Address'd to a Noble Lord. | A Letter from a Lay-Patron to a Gentleman | designing for Holy Orders. [i]These said to be[/i] | [i]done by the same[/i] Author. | The Battel of the Pygmies and Cranes. | The Puppet-Show. [i]These by Mr[/i]. ADDISON. | A Friendly Conference between a Preacher | and a Family of his Flock, upon the 30[i]th[/i] | of [i]January[/i]. [i]By Mr[/i]. S. B---r. | [rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed by [i]S. Fairbrother[/i], Book-Seller, and are | to be Sold at his Shop in [i]Skinner-Row[/i], over | against the [i]Tholsel[/i], 2721.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of political essays and verse satires, mostly by Jonathan Swift. CONTENTS: English prose pp.[1]-157, pp.237-259. 'Explanatary [sic] notes' pp.187-189. PAGINATION: [check details below against Bod copy] [6], [1]-170, 150, 172-184, 158, 186-202, 103, 204-205, 06, 107, 208-218, 119, 220-256, [2 unnumbered pages], 257-279. Text is continuous throughout. p. 53 mispaginated as p.33; p.159 mispaginated as p.259. Notes: Title-page gives date as 2721 [i.e. 1721]. A pirated edn; poems by Swift, Addison, and a third author (not Samuel Butler, as claimed). ECCO copy has 'Richard Davies' hand-written on title page. A note at the top of p.228 introducing the final five poems reads 'The following Poems, and other Pieces being judged by some to be after the Author's Manner, I have ventured to Print them.'
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: unsigned preface (4pp.) apologising for publishing the poems without Swift's permission; Contents (2pp.).
- References:
- Case 321(d); Teerink-Scouten 18
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Joseph Addison
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Samuel Butler
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'By Mr. S. B---r', T39456. Note: ESTC says this attribution is false.
- Printer:
- Samuel Fairbrother
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by S. Fairbrother, Book-Seller' T39456
- First Line:
- Seven and ten addyd to nyne
- Page No:
- pp.158-186 [i.e. pp.185-186]
- Poem Title:
- A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard. Written above a Thousand Years ago, and relating to this present Year, 1709. With Explanatary [sic] Notes.
- Attribution:
- By T.N. Philomath
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Peruse my leaves through every part
- Page No:
- pp.190-191
- Poem Title:
- Verses Wrote in a Lady's Ivory Table-Book. Anno, 1698.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Humbly sheweth | That I went to warm my self in Lady Betty's chamber because I was cold
- Page No:
- pp.192-196
- Poem Title:
- To Their Excellencies the Lords Justices of Ireland, The Humble Petition of Frances Harris, Who must Starve, and Die a Maid if it Miscarries. Anno 1700.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once on a time as old stories rehearse
- Page No:
- pp.197-198
- Poem Title:
- Lady B----- B----- finding in the Author's Room some Verses unfinished, under-writ a Stanza of her own, with Raillery upon him, which gave Occasion to this Ballad. August, 1702. To the Tune of the Cutpurse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In times of old when time was young
- Page No:
- pp.199-202
- Poem Title:
- V------'s House Built from the Ruins of White-Hall that was Burnt. Written, 1703.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
- Page No:
- pp.103[i.e.203]-205
- Poem Title:
- The Description of a Salamander. Out of Pliny's Nat. Hist. L. 10. C. 67. & L. 29. C. 4. Anno 1705.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In ancient times as story tells
- Page No:
- pp.06-211 [i.e. pp.206-211]
- Poem Title:
- Baucis and Philemon. Imitated from the Eighth Book of Ovid. Written 1706.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat
- Page No:
- p.212
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Biddy Floyd. Anno, 1708.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Mother Clud had rose from play
- Page No:
- pp.213-214
- Poem Title:
- The History of V------'s House. Anno, 1708.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well tis as Bickerstaff has guessed
- Page No:
- pp.215-218
- Poem Title:
- A Grubstreet Elegy On the supposed Death of Partridge the Almanack-maker. Anno, 1708.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here five foot deep lies on his back
- Page No:
- p.119 [i.e. p.219]
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phoebus now shortening every shade
- Page No:
- pp.220-222
- Poem Title:
- Apollo Outwitted. To the Honourable Mrs. Finch, under her Name of Ardelia. Written, 1709.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now hardly here and there an hackney coach
- Page No:
- pp.223-224
- Poem Title:
- A Description of the Morning. April, 1709.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Careful observers may foretell the hour
- Page No:
- pp.225-227
- Poem Title:
- A Description of a City-Shower. October, 1710.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The rod was but a harmless wand
- Page No:
- pp.228-231
- Poem Title:
- The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod. Written, 1703.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Harley the nation's great support
- Page No:
- pp.232-236
- Poem Title:
- The Seventh Epistle Of the first Book of Horace Imitated. And Address'd to a Noble Lord.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
- Page No:
- pp.260-268
- Poem Title:
- The Battel oe [sic] the Pygmies and Cranes.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Of trivial things I sing surprising scenes
- Page No:
- pp.269-273
- Poem Title:
- The Puppet-Show.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Good morrow to thee how dost do
- Page No:
- pp.274-279
- Poem Title:
- The Morning's Salutation: or, a Friendly Conference Between A Preacher, and a Family of his Flock, upon the 30th of January.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. B--r.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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