Miscellanies in verse and prose, written by the right honourable Joseph Addison [T142873: Reissue of N20505, T142806 and T143098]
- DMI number:
- 517
- Publication Date:
- 1725
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T142873
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113271496
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Vet. A4 f.302
- Full Title:
- MISCELLANIES, | IN | Verse [i]and[/i] Prose. | Written by the Right Honourable | [i]JOSEPH ADDISON[/i] Esq; | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL over-against [i]Catherine-Street[/i] | in the [i]Strand[/i]. M.DCC.XX.V. | (Price 3 [i]s[/i].)
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Made-up miscellany
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Price:
- 3 s.
- Bibliographic details:
- This is a made up miscellany, being a reissue of Poems on several occasions, 2nd ed., London, 1724 (N20505); Serino: or, the character of a fine gentleman, 2nd ed., London, 1723 (T142806); Mr. Addisons dissertation upon the most celebrated Roman poets, 3rd ed., London, 1721 (T143098), each with separate titlepage, pagination, and register (see ESTC). There is an erroneous catchword on p.41 of N20505 ('CSA-'). Engraving of Joseph Addison signed 'Clark Sc.' facing title page.
- Comments:
- PAGINATION: [13], iv-x, [3], 2-10, [11], 12-19, [20], 21-24, [25], 26-28, [29], 30-32, [33], 34-37, [38], 39-41, [42], 43-45, [46-49], 50, [51], 52-50. [10], 1-72. [2] [1-3], 4-49, [50-51], 52-75, [1], [1-3], 4-51, [5]. MISCELLANY CONTENTS: Part 2 (reissue of T142806) is mostly prose with some poems included, and part 3 (reissue of T143098) is all prose. Poems in part one pp.[1]-56 are translations of Addison's Latin verse. MISCELLANY GENRE: Made up miscellany
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATERIAL: 1. Dedicatory poem to Robert Walpole by John Henley (3pp.); Dedication; contents (2pp.); preface by George Sewell (8pp.); Dedication to Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax by Joseph Addison. (2pp.) 2. 'Books printed for E. Curll in the Strand' (4pp.); Dedication 'To the Reverend Mr. Shirley' by Thomas Foxton (4pp.). BACK MATTER: Book catalogue (4pp.)
- Dedicatee:
- Charles Montagu
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedication by Addison 'To the Honourable Charles Montagu Esq' T142873
- Dedicatee:
- Mr. Shirley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- T142873 (Part 2)
- Dedicatee:
- Robert Walpole
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedicatory verse by John Henley T142873.
- Editor:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for E. CURLL over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand.'
- First Line:
- My Lord | Indulge this offering nor the vow disown
- Page No:
- [3pp.]
- Poem Title:
- To The Right Honourable The Lord Walpole.
- Attribution:
- John Henley. Grays-Inn, Oct. 29. 1724
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When now the tumult of the battle dies
- Page No:
- p.[1]-10
- Poem Title:
- The Peace of Reswick.
- Attribution:
- By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Newcomb [Contents]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Newcomb
- First Line:
- The feathered warriors and the pygmy state
- Page No:
- p.[11]-19
- Poem Title:
- The Battle Of The Pygmies and Cranes.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Newcomb] [Contents]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of trivial things I sing surprising scenes
- Page No:
- pp.[20]-24
- Poem Title:
- The Puppet-Show.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Sewell
- Attributed To:
- George Sewell
- First Line:
- Where smooth and level as the summer main
- Page No:
- pp.[25]-28
- Poem Title:
- The Bowling Green.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Nicholas Amhurst.
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Amhurst
- First Line:
- In those dark caverns of the teeming earth
- Page No:
- p.[29]-32
- Poem Title:
- The Barometer: Or, Weather-Glass.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Sewell
- Attributed To:
- George Sewell
- First Line:
- No common height the muse must soar
- Page No:
- pp.[33]-37
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to the Learned Dr. Thomas Burnett, Author of The Sacred Theory of the Earth.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Newcomb
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Newcomb
- First Line:
- While flying over the golden strings
- Page No:
- pp.[38]-41
- Poem Title:
- An Ode To Dr. Hannes, An Eminent Physician and Poet.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Newcomb]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Newcomb
- First Line:
- See nature round a hoary prospect yields
- Page No:
- pp.[42]-45
- Poem Title:
- Scating: A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Newcomb]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Newcomb
- First Line:
- As the fair vestal to the fountain came
- Page No:
- p.[46]
- Poem Title:
- The Vestal. From Ovid de Fastis, Lib. iii. El.I.
- Attribution:
- Collected in 'Poems on Several Occasions, written by Mr. Addison'
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The pencil's glowing lines and vast command
- Page No:
- pp.[47]-56
- Poem Title:
- The Resurrection: A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Amhurst
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Amhurst
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- pp.51-53
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- 'the following [Divine Hymn] of the Excellent Mr. Addison' p.51
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Prepare the hallowed strain my muse
- Page No:
- pp.[57]-60
- Poem Title:
- An Ode For St. Cecilia's Day. Written by Mr. Addison. Set to Musick by Mr. Daniel Purcell. Performed at Oxford 1699.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- O how shall words with equal warmth
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- by the inimitable Mr. Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The spacious firmament on high
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 'The Polite and Judicious Mr. Addison has obliged us with a curious Ode on these sublime Thoughts of King David...' p.8
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Happy the man who his whole time doth bound
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Cowley
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare has an admirable passage on this head...
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- How are thy servants blessed O lord
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- '...the following Ode; for which the polite World is obliged to the incomparable Mr. Addison.' p.63
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When rising from the bed of death
- Page No:
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- '...a hymn composed by the inimitable Mr. Addison' p.68
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- as Paraphrased by Mr. Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
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