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The western garland; or, Sweet William of Plymouth. Shewing, How a young Sailor of Plymouth courted the beautiful Daughter of a Fisherman, whose Love he gained, and also the Consent of her Parents to be married to her; but she falling sick and he being obliged to go Sea, the Wedding was prevented. - How in the Absence of her Lover she recovered, and was courted by a wealthy Farmer and a 'squire, both of whom she slighted, for which reason her parents sent her to Holland to wait on a Lady, resolving that she should wed the 'squire. - How in the mean time her Lover returned to Plymouth, and, enquiring after her, was told by her Parents that she was dead, upon which he took another Voyage, in which, by a Storm, the Ship was cast upon the Coast of Holland, and while they were refitting it he went to the Hague where he met with his beloved Susan. - How he brought her back to Plymouth, and married her, with what passed at the Wedding.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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The battle between Doctor Farmer and Peter Musgrave, the Cambridge taylor; in hudibrastic verse; With a Number of pleasant Quotations and admirable Epigrams this mighty Contest gave Birth to, particularly, some happy Flights about the Doctor's celebrated C * D - Piece. Embellished with an etching of the battle, by a celebrated caricaturist.
Date: 1792- Books
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An admonition to the watermen; Particularly to those who use the Rivers Severn and Wye, not to curse their Eyes and limbs - Tune, Death and the Lady. Wrote Nov. 5, 1786, by N. Withy. To which will be added, The Author's Fare-Well to Oxford, and a Letter to his wife.
Withy, N. (Nathan).Date: 1786?]- Books
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A hue and cry, or the citizens lamentation after the downfall of B-- and - Bank: together with the lamentations of several honest men, who got daily bread by the late A--n P-e, the breaking up of said bank, being the cause of breaking his heart. Tune, Now ponder well, &c
Date: 1733]- Books
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The elections. A proper new ballad by a candidate. - To the tune of ye commons and peers ...
Candidate.Date: [1727?]- Books
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Stauka an Varaga. To which are added, The Tralee girl. The beagles adventure, The English slave & Turkish lady.
Date: [1790?]- Books
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The poetical works of James Thomson. with his last corrections and improvements. In two volumes. With the Life of the Author. From the Royal Quarto Edition of 1762. He wants no advocate his cause to plead; You will yourselves be patrons of the dead. No party his benevolence confin'd, No sect-alike it flow'd to all mankind. - Such was the Man-The Poet well you know; Oft' has he touch'd your hearts with tender Woe:-For his chaste Muse employ'd her heav'n-taught lyre, None but the noblest passions to inspire: Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. - Prol. to Coriol. ...
Thomson, James, 1700-1748.Date: 1787- Books
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Baucis and Philemon: a poem on the ever-lamented loss of the two yew-trees, in the parish of Chilthorne, near the County - Town of Somerset. Together with Mrs. Harris's earnest petition: and an admirable recipe. By the author of the Tale of a tub. As also an ode upon solitude: by the Earl of Roscommon.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: 1710- Books
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Ex tempore, non importuno, of impromptu, done at leisure, and occasioned, by the, new, not less supreme, dignity of the, great, and good, Admiral, Sir Charles Saunders, Knight of the Bath, Member of British Parliament, and of Privy Royal Council, Lieutenant General of maritimes Legions, my ancient friend, and constant benefactor, who is, now, the First Lord of the, sublime, English Admiralty, then not far from to be, sooner, than late, also, by Progress, of deserving, and, actively, laborious, Merit - (above low Covetousness, and extravagant Ambition) - Lord, Duke, and Peer, of the, free, great, opulent, and strong, by Sea, and Land, Britanny, where I live, with Honour, and Comfort, of Christian Fortitude, (not without Labours) by Grace of Providence Divine, since twenty-seven Years, after Loss of two Thirds of my paternal Pension.
Du Halley, Michel Descazeaux, 1710-1775.Date: [1766]- Books
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New poems on several occasions, I. A short essay on the progress of English poetry. II. On the Rotund erected by Mervyn Pratt, Esq; III. To a Gentleman of Fortune, on commencing Holy Orders. IV. To a Friend in Sickness. V. To a Gentleman, who promis'd his Letter of Recommendation. VI. To a Gentleman, who promis'd me Mr. Addison's Works. Vii. A short Pastoral. Viii. On Christmas Day. IX. On Painting. X. To the Rt. Hon. the Lord Kingsland. XI. To the Hon. Thomas Coote, Esq; XII. An Epitaph on Steven Taffe, Esq; XIII. From a Gentleman to a Lady. XIV. An Elegy on Little Meredy. XV. On the Sawyers Procession. XVI. On the Boyn Rock. XVII. Verses, to the Air of Tweed-Side. XVIII. - to the Air of Bonny Jane. XIX. - to the Air of Bonny Broom. XX. A Valentine to a Girl, whose Mother makes Pyes and Tarts. XXI. To Mr. Stanley, apothecary. By Henry Jones.
Jones, Henry, 1721-1770.Date: 1735/6- Books
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The whore: a poem. Written by a whore of quality. This truly sapphic production is confessedly written by a priestess of the Cyprian deity, and by her recommended to those sincere worshipers, the Ladies L - r, G-r, W-y, Mrs. N-n, Mrs. R-n, A-d, Bird of Paradise, &c. who sacrifice largely to the loose rob'd Goddess of Delight, and Tender Dalliance.
Whore of Quality.Date: [1782?]- Archives and manuscripts
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Articella and other tracts
Date: 12th century - 14th centuryReference: MS.801A- Books
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Lintoun - - address to His Highness the Prince of Orange.
Pennecuik, Alexander, 1652-1722.Date: 1714- Books
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I try, & mean To gain One morefriend, That will spend His Money free, And deal with me: Fancy form'd the Scheme, And I chiefly aim At this to make my Verse, Sink deep into your Purse; If your Guineas Face to Face, Fretting are, for want of Space, In Pity set the Pris'ners free, And leave a few of them with me. Yellow-Boys properly suit my wants; If your's are all white Inhabitants, Half-Crowns or Shillings - Sixpences will do; Indeed I long to singer one or two. If your's are but Half-Pence, I. Crane, at the Top, Sits there - and invites you to come to his Shop-Since the Envy of Foes, and the Favours of Friends, Are most luckily blended to answer my Ends. Thank you, my Friends, for the burrying Times I have seen. And you my Foes too, for all the spare Minutes between. When Good-Will leads you to my Shop, then I will use you well, My Goods I wish you all to Want-Because-I want to sell.
Crane, John, of Bromsgrove.Date: [1800?]- Books
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Divine poems and essays on various subjects. Viz. Immanuel; or, the Godhead of Christ displayed. A Meditation written in a Bower at Lady Grove, Sutton. Elegies. Epithalamiums. Epistles to Miranda, &c. Hymns. A Poem on Redemption. A Walk at Enfield. Meditations on the Canticles. - for the Lord's Supper. Christ All in All. Meditations on Rev. xii. 6. A Summer Day's Excursion. Odes. Letters. A Soliloquy. By Maria De Fleury. With recommendatory prefaces, by the Rev. Mr Wills, Rev. Mr Towers, and Rev. Mr Ryland.
De Fleury, Maria, active 1773-1791.Date: [1791]- Books
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The seasons. Considered as representing the different periods of man's life - as evidences of the power, wisdom, and goodness of God - and as Motives to incite to Piety and Devotion. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley.
Maxwell, James, 1720-1800.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The trifler. A satire, inscribed to Lord - by George Caswall.
Caswall, George, 1722?-Date: 1767 [1766]- Books
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The foundling hospital, for Wit. Number II. Containing, The Ballance of Europe. Prenez le Roy, to M. Noailles. The Marshal's Answer. On the C-s of Y-h making the Campaign. On L-g-Nier's passing the Rhine. The Lion and Frogs. On the March of the D-h. Britannia's Lamentation and Petition to the D-ke. A New Ballad on Beating the French. A Letter on the Blues - News from the Army on the K-g and D-ke. To Fortune, on S-ys and W-Ple. The Mistake. The Downfall of Dancing, to the Ladies of Blackheath. An Epigram on Ld G-l-y and his Cook. A Lesson from H-r. A New Ballad on our Riches. On Faction Detected. The Carters, John and Will. The Gracious Refusal. On the Promotion of the Rt. Hon. H. Pelham. The Interview between Harry and Will. To the E. of B-h, on Faction Detected. Epigram on the Blues. An Ode to the New M-s. An Ode to the Earl of B-h. Faction Detected, a New Ballad. A Humorous Ballad, to Lord G-m. Verses occasion'd by the many Satires on the Government. On a late Transaction, to the D-of M-h. With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and a General Table of Contents to the Whole. By Timothy Silence, Esq;
Silence, Timothy.Date: 1744- Books
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The foundling hospital, for Wit. Number II. Containing, The Ballance of Europe. Prenez le Roy, to M. Noailles. The Marshal's Answer. On the C-s of Y-h making the Campaign. On L-g-Nier's passing the Rhine. The Lion and Frogs. On the March of the D-h. Britannia's Lamentation and Petition to the D-ke. A New Ballad on Beating the French. A Letter on the Blues - News from the Army on the K-g and D-ke. To Fortune, on S-ys and W-Ple. The Mistake. The Downfal of Dancing, to the Ladies of Blackheath. An Epigram on Ld G-l-y and his Cook. A Lesson from H-r. A New Ballad on our Riches. On Faction Detected. The Carters, John and Will. The Gracious Refusal. On the Promotion of the Rt. Hon. H. Pelham. The Interview between Harry and Will. To the E. of B-h, on Faction Detected. Epigram on the Blues. An Ode to the New M-s. An Ode to the Earl of B-h. Faction Detected, a New Ballad. A Humorous Ballad, to Lord G-m. Verses occasion'd by the many Satires on the Government. On a late Transaction, to the D-of M-h. With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and a General Table of Contents to the Whole. By Timothy Silence, Esq;
Silence, Timothy.Date: 1743- Books
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Poetical reflexions, moral, comical, satyrical, &c. On the vices and follies of the age, Containing, I. An elegy on the death of W-m El-s, who kept the Punch-House in H-k-Court, and serv'd 177 publick houses, in and about London, with that liquor. II. On a plumb-cake, which the Burrough of G-d prsented King - III. with, at his going to Embark for Spain; and a speech that was made by the city of C-y, at his arrival there. III. An extempore thought on Mrs. Priaulx's begging a play-day for some school boys. IV. In La[u]dem Caroli Suucorum regis ab Hostibus Conjuratis undiq; petiti. V. On the death of King William. Written by a Lady. VI. The fable of the bull and the frog. VII. Fair warring to seditious scriblers. VIII. A lampoon on the Cambridge Beaus. IX. Britain's wish for the Duke of Marlborough's return. In imitation of the fifth ode of the fourth book of Horace. Inscrib'd to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. X. On Mr. Day, that liv'd at the Sign of the Horse-Shoe, who lay'd the key under the door, and out-ran his landlord. XI. On Clarinda, mask'd. XII. The genius of London, to Sir Charles Duncombe, on his being chose Lord Mayor for the year 1709. Made the beginning of October. Part the tenth. To be continu'd occasionally. By several good Hands.
Date: [1708?]- Books
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Multum in parvo: or, brief miscellaneous poems on divine and moral subjects: To which is subjoined, A Pathetical Expostulation with the Rev. Mr. - Minister of the Gospel at. - Intended as an humble Advice for promoting the Education of Youth, and a Warning against unnecessary and rash Swearing. By James M'farlane, M. A. School Master at Port of Monteith.
McFarlane, James, schoolmaster at Port of Monteith.Date: M,DCC,LXIX. [1769]- Books
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The newcastle sportsmen; or, a race to hell! between three noted characters of the present day, viz. A hipocritical and debauched Clergyman, A cruel Military Man, and A religious Corn Dealer, a Monopolizer of Provisions, and a Starver of the Poor; with a postscript. A satire. By Thomas Houston. Likewise, a love elegy; with three odes; Intended as Hints to such as will take them, by his learned friend, Cuthbert Cudgel, Esq.
Houston, Thomas, 1777-1803.Date: [1800]- Books
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The english reader: or, pieces in prose and poetry, selected from the best writers. Designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; To Improve their Language and Sentiments; and to Inculcate come of the most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a few preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading. By Lindley Murray, Author of ̀̀english Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners,'' &c.
Date: 1799- Books
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Addenda in the tenth - an enlarged edition of A selection of hymns from the best authors, by J. Rippon, D.D.
Date: 1800- Books
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Englands monethly observations and predictions, for the yeare of our blessed Saviour, 1653 : Fore-told by those two famous astrologers of our age, Mr. William Lilly, and Mr. Culpeper. The tune is. Faire angel of England.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: [1653]