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Pope's miscellany [T5773]

DMI number:
409
Publication Date:
1717
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
T5773
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW124773052
Shelfmark:
BOD Don. f. 497 (8)
Full Title:
[i]POPE[/i]'s | MISCELLANY. | [i]VIZ.[/i] | I. The BASSET-TABLE. | II. The DRAWING-ROOM. | III. The TOILET. | IV. The LOOKING-GLASS. | V. The WORMS. | VI. The First PSALM. Translated | for the use of a Young LADY. | [i]Publish'd faithfully, as they were found | in a Pocket-Book taken up in[/i] West-| minster-Hall, [i]the last Day of the Lord[/i] | Winton'[i]s Tryal[/i]. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON.[/i] | Printed for R. BURLEIGH, in [i]Amen-| Corner.[/i] 1717. Price Six Pence.
Epigraph:
n/a
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Octavo
Price:
six pence
Pagination:
[4], 1-22, [2] pp.
Comments:
Query: Genre: Collection of poems associated with Pope, Gay and Montagu.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: 'Advertisement by the Bookseller' (2pp.) attributing the following verse to either Pope, Gay, or Montagu. Back matter: 'Poetry lately Publish'd' (2pp.)
References:
Robert Halsband, “Pope, Lady Mary, and the Court Poems (1716),” PMLA 68, no. 1 (March 1953): 237-250.
Related People
Publisher:
Rebecca Burleigh
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for R. BURLEIGH, in Amen-Corner.'
Content/Publication
First Line:
The basset table spread the tallier come
Page No:
pp.1-7
Poem Title:
The Basset-Table, an Eclogue.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Roxana from the court returning late
Page No:
pp.8-10
Poem Title:
Roxana, Or the Drawing-Room.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Now twenty springs has clothed the park with green
Page No:
pp.11-14
Poem Title:
The Toilet.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
With scornful mien and various toss of air
Page No:
p.15
Poem Title:
The Looking-Glass.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Some Colinaeus praise some Bleau
Page No:
pp.16-17
Poem Title:
To Mr. Lintott.
Attribution:
Written, as he says, by Mr. Pope
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
The maid is blessed that will not hear
Page No:
pp.18-19
Poem Title:
A Version of the First Psalm. For the Use of a Young Lady.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
How much egregious Moore are we
Page No:
pp.20-22
Poem Title:
To the Ingenious Mr. Moore, Author of the Celebrated Worm-Powder
Attribution:
Mr Pope
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
O son of Tydeus cease be wise and see
Page No:
p.20
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Mr. Pope took this hint from Homer.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope