Poems and epistles: on several occasions: to which are added the stage vindicated. The murmurers. Nugae Canorae. And other satyrs [N25702] [ECCO]

DMI number:

245

Publication Date:

1710

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N25702

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB132839615

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Folger, Texas.

Full Title:

POEMS | AND | EPISTLES: | ON | Several Occasions: | To which are added | [i]The[/i] STAGE [i]Vindicated. | The Murmurers. | Nugae Canorae.[/i] | AND | Other SATYRS on the [i]Humours, | Factions[/i] and [i]Tast[/i] of the [i]Times[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed and Sold by [i]J. Woodward[/i], in | St. [i]Christopher[/i]'s Church-Yard, near | the [i]Royal-Exchange[/i]. 1710.

Epigraph:

n/a

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

n/a

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: dedication to Thomas Onslow, pp. i-ix; Preface, pp. 1-16. Preface and dedication seem to imply that the collection is actually the work of a single (unnamed) author.

Related People

Dedicatee:

Thomas Onslow

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'To Thomas Onslow, Esq.'

Printer:

James Woodward

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed and Sold by J. Woodward, in St. Christopher's Church-Yard, near the Royal-Exchange.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Garth you as well may bid me scale the sky

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pp.1-10

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Dr. Garth, Enjoyning him to write on the Victory at Ramilly.

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First Line:

When Virgil Horace and Tibullus writ

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pp.11-21

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Jos. Addison, Esq; Against the Poet's Ill-Nature.

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First Line:

Though neither of us many years have known

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pp.22-25

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Thomas Sergeant, Esq; Sent with the Poem on a Country L[if]e.

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First Line:

How happy is the man whom heaven has blessed

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pp.26-43

Poem Title:

A Poem on A Country Life

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First Line:

The British bards have been debating long

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pp.44-49

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Stephen Clay, Esq; On Rhimes.

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First Line:

Thy vocal reed again Menalcas tune

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pp.50-69

Poem Title:

On The Duke of Savoy, and Prince Eugene's Raising the Siege of Turin. A Pastoral Dialogue. In Blank Verse. Written in the Year 1706.

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First Line:

Inform me Murray by what wondrous skill

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pp.70-79

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. Thomas Murray, On a Celebrated Picture Drawn by Him, Representing George Granville, Henry St. John and Thomas Cook, Esquires

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First Line:

What madness has possessed this snarling age

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pp.80-100

Poem Title:

The Stage Vindicated: A Satyr.

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First Line:

The use and pleasure of the arts we owe

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

On the Ancients and Moderns: Out of Fontaine

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First Line:

Tell me no more of equity or laws

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pp.103-105

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. W---- After being cast in a Law-Suit

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First Line:

A mighty science 'tis to know

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pp.106-108

Poem Title:

Love and Folly: Out of Fontaine.

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First Line:

Since tales have late so much in fashion grown

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pp.109-126

Poem Title:

Strephon and Cloe: A Tale

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First Line:

At Beaconsfield it came to pass

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pp.127-133

Poem Title:

The Joyner, and his Boy, and the Ass.

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First Line:

N----n to thee this poem I inscribe

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pp.136-155

Poem Title:

The Murmurers. A Satyr.

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First Line:

How comes it scandal never fails to hit

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pp.156-160

Poem Title:

On Scandal and Whim

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First Line:

By deathless Phoebus tis not to be born

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pp.1-31

Poem Title:

Nugae Canorae Or, The Taste of the Town in Poetry and Musick.

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