Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [T143905]
- DMI number:
- 402
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1713
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T143905
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112666662
- Shelfmark:
- BL 1065.h.23
- Full Title:
- POSTHUMOUS | WORKS | OF | Monsieur [i]BOILEAU[/i]. | [i]VIZ[/i]. | I. A SATIRE upon EQUIVOCATIONS, | against the [i]Jesuits[/i]. II. Seventeen [i]New[/i] EPIGRAMS. | III. The HEROES of [i]Romances[/i]. A Dialogue | after the Manner of LUCIAN. | IV. A Discourse upon the [i]Style[/i] of [i]Inscriptions[/i]. | V. LETTERS to M. RACINE, M. LE | VERRIER, &[i]c[/i]. | VI. Three NEW Refections upon LONGINUS. | VII. A Critical Dispute between Monsieur | BOILEAU, M. HUET Bishop of [i]Avranches[/i], | and M. LE CLERC ; concerning the SUB- | LIMITY of this Passage in [i]Genesis[/i] ; [i] And | God said, Let there be Light : and there was | Light[/i]. Chap. I. Ver. 3. | VIII. M. LE VERRIERS Speech to the [i]French | Academy[/i], upon the Death of M. BOILEAU. | [rule] | Made [i]English[/i] by Several Hands. | [rule] | [i]London:[/i] | Printed for [i]E. CURLL[/i], at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible[/i], against St. | [i]Dunstan[/i]s Church in [i]Fleetstreet[/i]. 1713. Price 3 [i]s[/i] 6[i]d[/i]. Where | may be had, The Two former Volumes of M. [i]BOILEAU[/i]s | Works. Price 12 Shillings.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 3 s. 6 d.
- Pagination:
- [24], [1]-170, [2]
- Bibliographic details:
- (1st edition); 1 volume; Pagination and register continuous. Half-Title p.109: [ornamental rule] | [i]Les Heros de Roman[/i]. | THE | HEROES | OF | ROMANCES. | A | DIALOGUE | After the Manner of | LUCIAN. | Written in the Year 1664. | [ornamental rule]
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: Miscellany dominated by prose. Verse fragments of four lines and over have been recorded.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Dedication to 'the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax' (1p); The Preface (4pp); The Speech of M. De Valincour, Secretary of the Closest to the King, and Chancellor of the Academy, at the Reception of M. L Abbe D Estrees: Upon the Death of M. Boileau (sig.b1r-b6r); Advertisement (5pp). End matter: Table of contents (2pp.).
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol I] [T143904]
- Publication Date:
- 1712
- ESTC No:
- T143904
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol II] [T143904]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- T143904
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25822]
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- ESTC No:
- N25822
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands. [Vol II] [ECCO] [N25822]
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- ESTC No:
- N25822
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [N36267]
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- ESTC No:
- N36267
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of Monsieur Boileau. Made English by several hands [Vol III] [T143903]
- Publication Date:
- 1714
- ESTC No:
- T143903
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- Charles Montagu
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax'.
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet'.
- Translated from:
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Equivocation of infernal kind
- Page No:
- pp.1-20
- Poem Title:
- A Satire against Equivocation and Mental Reservation, wherein the Author attacks the loose Principles of the Jesuits.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shake off the error that obscures your view
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mean while the father full of dreadful care
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain
- Page No:
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mistake not fathers read it once again
- Page No:
- pp.81-82
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. On my Brother's Book, Intitled, Historia Flagellantium, sive de recto & perverso usu flagrorum apud Christianos; i.e. The History of Scourging, or an Account of the good and bad use of it amongst Christians.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To send me madam in this picture here
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- To the President * * * Lady, who sent me the Picture of Father Bourdaloue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come philosophers come you that boast in your learning
- Page No:
- p.83
- Poem Title:
- A Drinking Song made at 17 Years of Age, having just finish'd my Course of Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Brebeuf in well deserving lines
- Page No:
- p.84
- Poem Title:
- A Burlesque Parodie of the first Ode of Pindar, in Praise of M. Perrault.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- On Homer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- A Riddle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The pride and honour of the Gallic stage
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Verses to put under the Picture of M. Racine.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When with stiff air and awkward grace
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- On the Poet S--- reciting his own Verses.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of Martial.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars
- Page No:
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- On Monsieur Perrault.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In charming infancy's disguise
- Page No:
- pp.88-89
- Poem Title:
- Verses to put under the Picture of the Duke of Maine, as yet a Child, who had publish'd a Volume of Letters with his Effigies prefix'd, in the garb of Apollo, with a Crown on his head.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When in the senate honest Paul
- Page No:
- p.89
- Poem Title:
- On the Speech of a Magistrate, who inveigh'd against Sollicitors at Law.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Six clocks two watches to prepare
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On One that delighted in Clock-work.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The poet Boileau's picture here you see
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- Verses put under my Picture, that was ill Grav'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My rhyme unforced attends to reasons call
- Page No:
- pp.91-92
- Poem Title:
- Upon my Picture. My Friend M. Le Verrier, wrote the Four following Verses under my Picture, engraven by M. Drevet, making me speak thus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yes thou mayst apoplexies cure
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- On the Waters of Bourbon, which when the Author was drinking, an indifferent Poet shew'd him some of his Verses. He addresses himself to the Well.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
- Page No:
- p.92
- Poem Title:
- On a Marble Busto of the Author, made by Mons. Girardon chief Statuary to the King.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And dost thou music think to charm
- Page No:
- pp.96-99
- Poem Title:
- Prologue. Poetry and Musick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn
- Page No:
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- A Complaint against the Tuileries.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Or in cold couplets careless of the fair
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who acts sincerely as my laws require
- Page No:
- pp.106-107
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yet some grave doctorson their private word
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Even Phaenicia does declare
- Page No:
- p.125
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How happy would it be to love
- Page No:
- p.130
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh let me the wonder of our days
- Page No:
- p.130
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great prince for from this hour I'll call you great
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- Verses taken out of M. P--- Poem of the Maid of Orleans.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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