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Posthumous works of Monsieur Boileau [T143905]

DMI number:
402
Aliases
Works of Boileau
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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 VERRIER’S 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]
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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.).
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Publication Date:
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Publication Date:
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Title:
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1736
ESTC No:
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2 of 2
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Title:
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Publication Date:
1736
ESTC No:
N36267
Volume:
1 of 1
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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:
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Dedicatee:
Charles Montagu
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Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax'.
Publisher:
Edmund Curll
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Absolute (100%)
Comments:
'Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet'.
Translated from:
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
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Absolute (100%)
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Content/Publication
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.
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First Line:
Shake off the error that obscures your view
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p.58
Poem Title:
[no title]
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Mean while the father full of dreadful care
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p.62
Poem Title:
[no title]
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Mean time by mighty gusts a humid mountain
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pp.74-75
Poem Title:
[no title]
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First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
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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.
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First Line:
To send me madam in this picture here
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p.82
Poem Title:
To the President * * * Lady, who sent me the Picture of Father Bourdaloue.
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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.
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First Line:
Brebeuf in well deserving lines
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p.84
Poem Title:
A Burlesque Parodie of the first Ode of Pindar, in Praise of M. Perrault.
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First Line:
The tuneful sisters at Apollo's call
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p.85
Poem Title:
On Homer.
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Sworn foe to sleep I am and many a time
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p.86
Poem Title:
A Riddle.
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First Line:
The pride and honour of the Gallic stage
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p.86
Poem Title:
Verses to put under the Picture of M. Racine.
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When with stiff air and awkward grace
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pp.86-87
Poem Title:
On the Poet S--- reciting his own Verses.
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Paulus the famous quack renowned afar
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p.87
Poem Title:
An Imitation of Martial.
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Tis said that Juno Jupiter and Mars
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pp.87-88
Poem Title:
On Monsieur Perrault.
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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.
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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.
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First Line:
Six clocks two watches to prepare
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p.90
Poem Title:
On One that delighted in Clock-work.
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The poet Boileau's picture here you see
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p.90
Poem Title:
Verses put under my Picture, that was ill Grav'd.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks to the mighty Phidias of our age
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p.92
Poem Title:
On a Marble Busto of the Author, made by Mons. Girardon chief Statuary to the King.
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First Line:
And dost thou music think to charm
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pp.96-99
Poem Title:
Prologue. Poetry and Musick.
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First Line:
Thou charming scene whom Flora's powers adorn
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pp.101-102
Poem Title:
A Complaint against the Tuileries.
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Or in cold couplets careless of the fair
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p.102
Poem Title:
[no title]
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Who acts sincerely as my laws require
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pp.106-107
Poem Title:
[no title]
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Yet some grave doctorson their private word
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p.106
Poem Title:
[no title]
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First Line:
Even Phaenicia does declare
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p.125
Poem Title:
[no title]
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First Line:
How happy would it be to love
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p.130
Poem Title:
[no title]
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First Line:
Oh let me the wonder of our days
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p.130
Poem Title:
[no title]
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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.
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First Line:
Duonis great heart the greatest ever was known
Page No:
p.138
Poem Title:
[no title]
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First Line:
For that magnanimous front those heavenly eyes
Page No:
p.138
Poem Title:
[no title]
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