Tales and novels in verse. From the French of La Fontaine [T146694] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 553
- Publication Date:
- 1735
- ESTC number:
- T146694
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113913876
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD
- Full Title:
- TALES | AND | NOVELS | IN | VERSE. | FROM THE | French [i]of[/i] LA FONTAINE. | [double rule] | By SEVERAL HANDS. | [double rule] | Published and Compleated | By [i]SAMUEL HUMPHREYS[/i], Esq; | [double rule] | ADORNED WITH CUTS. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the Year M. DCC. XXXV. Price 5s.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 5 s
- Bibliographic details:
- Many items have separate title pages. Note at end of vol: 'The End of the First Volume'. No more apparently published. PLATES: Frontispiece. Half-page plates at the head of poems on pp. 2, 30, 48, 78, 98, 134, 160, 186.
- Comments:
- QUERY: do all of the poems in this collection need to be tagged 'translated from: Fontaine'? It's a bit ambigious as to whether they're all from Fontain, esp. with the first few having refs to Boccaccio etc. MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of translations of Fontaine.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: 'Monsieur La Fontaine's Preface' (pp.i-ix); Fontaine's epitaph in French and English (p.[x]); Contents (pp. xi-xii); Editor's Preface signed Samuel Humphreys (pp. i-vii); Errata (1pp.)
- Title:
- Tales and novels in verse. From the French of La Fontaine [T147480]
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- ESTC No:
- T147480
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Samuel Humphreys
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- John ever in life's farce the same
- Page No:
- p.x
- Poem Title:
- Monsieur De La Fontaine's Epitaph written by Himself.
- Attribution:
- English'd by Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
- First Line:
- In fruitful Lombardy of yore
- Page No:
- pp.2-28
- Poem Title:
- Joconde: Or the Queen and the Dwarf; A Novel. From Ariosto.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Topham. Revised by Mr. Rowe
- Attributed To:
- Mr. TophamNicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- A king in youthful charms arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.30-45
- Poem Title:
- Le Muletier: Or, The Amorous Groom; A Novel.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
- First Line:
- Three dames when wine at a collation
- Page No:
- pp.48-76
- Poem Title:
- Le Gageure des trois Commeres: Or, The Gossips Wager.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
- First Line:
- Whilst on their wings the gentle zephyrs bear
- Page No:
- pp.78-95
- Poem Title:
- L'Oraison de St Julien. St Julian's Prayer. A Novel.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Harrison
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Harrison
- First Line:
- All plagues are jokes the learned tell us
- Page No:
- pp.98-132
- Poem Title:
- La Coupe Enchantee, Or, The Inchanted Cup. A Novel.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
- First Line:
- To thee dear Dick this tale I send
- Page No:
- pp.134-135
- Poem Title:
- To Sir Richard Steele.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- A goblin of the merry kind
- Page No:
- pp.136-146
- Poem Title:
- The Impossible Thing.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- It so befell a silly swain
- Page No:
- pp.147-149
- Poem Title:
- Le Villageois que cherche son Veau. The Lout looking for his Heifer. A Tale. From the Hundred New Novels.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- In Italy as authors tell us
- Page No:
- pp.150-152
- Poem Title:
- Le Baste. The Saddle. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Samuel Cobb, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- A brace of vigorous hot young gallants
- Page No:
- pp.153-155
- Poem Title:
- Les Deux Amis. Or, Brother Starlings. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Sister Jane a by-blow had
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- Soeur Jeanne. Sister Jane. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ozell
- Attributed To:
- John Ozell
- First Line:
- Jenny with holy heat run mad
- Page No:
- p.157
- Poem Title:
- Another Version.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hans Carvel in the wane of life
- Page No:
- pp.160-164
- Poem Title:
- L'Anneau d' Hans Carvel. Hans Carvel's Ring. A Tale. From Rabelais.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
- First Line:
- Hans Carvel impotent and old
- Page No:
- pp.165-173
- Poem Title:
- Hans Carvel.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- We sage Cartesians who profess
- Page No:
- pp.174-184
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Nun. Upon the Plan of Fontaine's Impossible Thing. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- All facts in these fallacious days
- Page No:
- pp.186-252
- Poem Title:
- La Fiancee du Roi de Garbe. The Betrothed Princess. A Novel.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Humphreys
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Humphreys
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