The london medley; containing the exercises Spoken by Several Young Noblemen and Gentlemen, at The Annual Meeting of the Westminster Scholars, On the 28th of Jan. 1730-1, at Westminster-School; Before His Royal Highness the Duke, the Right Honourable the Lords Carteret, Chetwynd, and Harvey; the Right Honourable William Pulteney, Esq; and many other Noblemen and Gentlemen. The thesis being on a Parallel between the Ancients and the Moderns. In which were ingeniously handled many notable Subjects. Viz. The Royal Family's Hunting in Windsor-Forest. Upon Organs, Heraldry, Actors, Architecture, Wit, Poetry, Sculpture, Queen Elizabeth's Days, Love, Tobacco; the late Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, the Practice of the Law, Count Heydegger's Entertainments, Learning. With the Conclusion to the Duke, spoke by a Young Nobleman: As also the Prologue by a Westminster Scholar. To which are added, Pandora, an admirable Poem. Ode for the New Year 1731, humbly inscrib'd to the Poet Laureat, by Stephen Duck. An Hymn to the Laureat. To a Young Lady in the City on her Birth-Day. Verses on the Right Honourable Wm. Pulteney Esq; A Farewel to Love and Women, written by a Col. of the Guards. Verses on Mr. Dennis the Critick.

Date:

[1731]