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Just published, Price 3s. 6d. in Boards, correctly printed on a Writing Post Paper, embellished with a Frontispiece, and Vignette Title, designed and etched by the celebrated Mr. Rowlandson, the Lyric Repository. A Collection of original ancient and modern Songs, Duets, Catches, Glees, and Cantatas, distinguished for their poetical and literary Merit, many of which are written by Dr. Johnson, Peter Pindar, Esq. R. B. Sheridan, Esq. Mr. Warton, W. Hayley, Esq. W. Cowper, Esq. General Burgoyne, George Keate, Esq. Lord Littleton, Captain Morris, Mr. O'Keeffe, Rev. Henry Bate Dudley, George Colman, Esq. Mr. Jackson, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Dibdin, Miss Smith, Mrs. Cowley, And other eminent Writers. They will be classed in the following Order: 1. Elegiac, pastoral, and pathetic: 2. Humourous, witty, and characteristic: 3. Convivial and bacchanalian: 4. Miscellaneous: 5. Hunting: And, 6. Sea Songs: Catches, Cantatas, Duets, and Glees: The Whole accurately arranged to form the most classical Selection ever published. The second Volume, which is now printing and will finish the Work, will be published on the 4th of June, ornamented with an elegant Engraving. An Edition is printed on good common Paper, Price 2s. 6d. sewed, for the more general Accommodation of the Public. The List of Subscribers will be given in the last Volume. Printed for J. French, Bookseller, No 164, Fenchurch-Street, And to be had of all the Booksellers in Town and Country.
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Date: 1787]
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