New letters of Mr Alexander Pope and several of his friends [reissue of T5512] [T5516] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 581
- Publication Date:
- 1737
- ESTC number:
- T5516
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW124707902
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod.
- Epigraph:
- VELLEM NESCIRE LITTERAS! | [i]Cum desiderio Veteres, Revocamus Amores; | atque olim missas, flemus Amicitias.[/i]
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- FULL TITLE: NEW | LETTER | OF | Mr [i]ALEXANDER POPE[/i], | And Several of his FRIENDS. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed, [i]Anno Reformationis[/i], 1737. SECOND TITLE PAGE: [i]Mr. POPE[/i]'s | Literary Correspondence[/i]. | [rule] | VOLUME the FIFTH. | [rule] | With LETTERS of | [two columns] [col 1] Lord BOLINGBROKE. | Lord LANSDOWNE. | Sir SAMUEL GARTH. [/col 1] | [col 2] Mrs. ELIZA JUSTICE. | WILLIAM BROMLEY, Esq; | PIECES of Mr. WALSH. [/col 2] | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, at [i]Pope[/i]'s Head, in [i]Rose-Street | Covent-Garden.[/i] | M.DCC.XXXVII. PAGINATION: ?? PLATES?? BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Reissue of T5512 with new title page. Original title page is uncancelled. Lacks the edition of Walsh's works which is part of T5512, and in its place has 2 + 16 pp. of adverts for books sold by Curll. PREFATORY MATTER: 'To My Subscribers encore' signed 'E. Curll' dated '5 Nov. 1736' pp. i-ii; list of books 'Just Published, by E. Curll' (2pp.) CONTENTS: Collection predominently contains letters but with some verse. Only free standing verse, and quotations of 4 lines or longer have been included in the database. BACKMATTER: 'Advertisement' [2pp]; 'Books Printed for E. Curll, at Pope's Head' [16pp]. REFERENCES: MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of letters with some verse.
- Title:
- Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence. Volume the Fifth [ecco] [T5512]
- Publication Date:
- 1737
- ESTC No:
- T5512
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Long have I wandered from the muses seat
- Page No:
- pp.16-26
- Poem Title:
- Almahide. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Henry Saint-John, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Henry St John
- First Line:
- Tis sung that exiled by tyrannic Jove
- Page No:
- pp.27-29
- Poem Title:
- Dawley-Farm, The Retirement of Lord Bolingbroke.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phillis we grieve not that nature
- Page No:
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Though Celia's born to be adored
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- When slaves their liberty require
- Page No:
- p.64.2
- Poem Title:
- Phillis's Resolution.
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- I cannot madam but congratulate
- Page No:
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady who had resolved against Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- The dismal regions which no sun beholds
- Page No:
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- Clelia to Urania. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- This Sheffield raised to Dryden's ashes just
- Page No:
- p.88
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- From the Bishop of Rochester
- Attributed To:
- Francis Atterbury
- First Line:
- To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near
- Page No:
- p.94
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph as it was erected 1720.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
- Page No:
- p.97
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Go fair example of untainted youth
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- The honourable Robert Digby died in the year 1726, and is buried in the church of Sherburne in Dorsetshire, with the following Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- 'by the Author' [context makes clear that the author is Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Shall burning Aetna if a sage requires
- Page No:
- p.175
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Context makes clear that Pope's authorship is implied
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- The modest front of this small floor
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Ashton, a conformable Citizen.
- Attribution:
- R. Crashaw
- Attributed To:
- Richard Crashaw
- First Line:
- This modest stone what few vain marbles can
- Page No:
- p.179
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Esthampstead in Berks, 1730.
- Attribution:
- A. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- When eastern lovers feed the funeral fire
- Page No:
- p.196
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Authorship not explicitly stated
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- Sir William Trumbull, died at Easthampstead in Berkshire, 1716, where he has erected the following Epitaph to his Memory.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At length my friend while time with still career
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of Martial's Epigram on Antonius Primus (referred to in a Letter from Sir William Trumbull, Jan. 19. 1715-6) Literary Corresp. Vol. I. Octavo, pag. 110.)
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
- Page No:
- p.233
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pleasingly sir you Horace still pursue
- Page No:
- p.[251]-242[i.e. 252]
- Poem Title:
- Parodie on the Imitation of the Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace.
- Attribution:
- E. Curll
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Curll
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