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003477688 | 1777-01-01T00:00:00 | 1777 | Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: consisting of letters to his friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life. ... By M. Maty [Edited by J. O. Justamond.] | Dublin | false | •MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. XLVIII. 253 me, my lords, that if so formidable a body are confede rated against the virtue or the lives of their fellow-citizens it is time to put an end to the havock, and to interpose, while it is yet in our power to stop the destruction. So little, my lords, am I affected with the merit of th... | 265 | 0.814 | 0.154 | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 [person] ; Justamond, John Obadiah [person] | W. Watson | Ireland | Ireland | 3 volumes (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003477688 | 1777-01-01T00:00:00 | 1777 | Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: consisting of letters to his friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life. ... By M. Maty [Edited by J. O. Justamond.] | Dublin | false | LORD CHESTERFIELD'S 254 least, omitted part of our duty, and have neglected the health and virtue of the people. I cannot, my lords, yet discover why a reprieve is desired for this manufacture, why the present year is not equally propitious to the reformation of mankind, as any will be that may succeed it. It is true w... | 266 | 0.839 | 0.13 | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 [person] ; Justamond, John Obadiah [person] | W. Watson | Ireland | Ireland | 3 volumes (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003477688 | 1777-01-01T00:00:00 | 1777 | Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: consisting of letters to his friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life. ... By M. Maty [Edited by J. O. Justamond.] | Dublin | false | MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. XL VIII. 255 I am not so easily persuaded, my lords, that our ministers really intend to supply the defects that may hereafter be discovered in this bill. It will doubtless produce money, perhaps much more than they appear to expect from it. I doubt not but the licensed retailers will be more than... | 267 | 0.815 | 0.155 | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 [person] ; Justamond, John Obadiah [person] | W. Watson | Ireland | Ireland | 3 volumes (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003477688 | 1777-01-01T00:00:00 | 1777 | Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: consisting of letters to his friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life. ... By M. Maty [Edited by J. O. Justamond.] | Dublin | false | MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. XLVIII. 257 place, the event of his adventure. Another, instead of employing his stock in trade, rents a garret, and makes it his business, by false intelligence and chimerical alarms, to raise and sink the price of tickets alternately, and takes advantage of the lies, which he has himself invente... | 269 | 0.805 | 0.148 | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 [person] ; Justamond, John Obadiah [person] | W. Watson | Ireland | Ireland | 3 volumes (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES 58 wish it to be so ; and that it is hence im- possible they should ever be considered as fair and competent judges in this impor tant cause. These opposite representations of the minds and tempers of the two contending parties we will grant to be true. But the inferences drawn from them cannot be ad mitted ; for... | 74 | 0.801 | 0.179 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES 62 If they really have acquired this scepti cal turn of mind (and their writings will not leave us in any doubt concerning it) there needs nothing to be said, after what is advanced above, to prove it unnatural ; and if unnatural, it would be strange, if it were the best formed of any other, to undertake the gran... | 78 | 0.802 | 0.172 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES 66 sinister purposes, and the like imperfec tions, to which human nature is but too liable. To these tyrants of the foul, and to these alone, does reason ever yield its sovereignty ; and as they are always instru ments of our own raising, whatever be the consequence of their usurpation, we must be accountable for... | 82 | 0.802 | 0.15 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES. 117 an equal perfection with what belongs to other provinces of lpecuUtive enquiry. In the invelligation and hiltory of thefe powers of the mind, it is well known the Drs. Reid, Ofealcl, and the author addrefled in the abeve lines, have eminently figna lized themfelves : and if we mould not allow their writings ... | 133 | 0.917 | 0.067 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES 129 but lament that Dr. Priestley should ever stand in need of them. In this support of the authors animad- verted upon by the Doctor, it is imagined there is no occasion to assert they are free from error, or that he is always in the wrong. In his skirmishes with detached sentences, he may now and then gain the ... | 145 | 0.81 | 0.146 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | NOTES. 137 which no precepts have been extended, but a steady barrier against the dangerous over flowings of a licentious scepticism. It is true, these internal biases are not equally strong or apparent, compared with one another, nor perhaps alike powerful in every individual instance ; but I am sa tisfied, neverthele... | 153 | 0.824 | 0.15 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | i4o NOTES always appear in our conduct, they still live in our consciences ; and that the ac- tions of men are by no means satisfactory interpreters of their moral opinions.— (3.) That the ignorance many may seem to be in, concerning innate practical prin- ciples, and the slowness of assent with which others may seem t... | 156 | 0.823 | 0.169 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000239901 | 1785-01-01T00:00:00 | 1785 | The Fall of Scepticism and Infidelity predicted; an epistle [in verse] to Dr. Beattie, occasioned by his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. To which are subjoined ... Dissertations on ... religious subjects [By William Cockin.] | London | false | i44 NOTES Necessity; and we beg leave to lengthen our notes with the following general observa tions on their worth and tendency. In what the difference between ani mate and inanimate nature consists, or what it is that enables men to perceive and think, has always been a subject of enquiry, and concerning which the ig... | 160 | 0.824 | 0.133 | Beattie, James | Cockin, William, Writing Master [person] ; Beattie, James, 1735-1803 [person] | T. Cadell | England | England | x, 159 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000598873 | 1779-01-01T00:00:00 | 1779 | Catalogue of Mr. Capell's Shakesperiana; presented by him to Trinity College, Cambridge, and printed from an exact copy of his own MS. Few MS. notes | London | false | MS. Note in Mr. Capel's Copy of Simmer's Slnkefprare. 4 • * Thefe books were a prefent to the Rev d . Arthur Kyn nefman (head mafter of a fchool which he r .,, VI to greatelt fplendor, and maintr.iu'd in that fplendor a ceAtoty, the fchool of S*. Edmond's Bury) irom his friend and patron, their ediror : and came to the... | 24 | 0.877 | 0.115 | Capell, Edward | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 [person] ; Capell, Edward [person] | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
000870294 | 1795-01-01T00:00:00 | 1795 | The Deserted Daughter: A comedy, etc [By Thomas Holcroft.] | London | false | A C O M E D Y. 19 efforts will not all be ineffectual. Would this agonizing contest were ended ! [Exit. Mrs. Sar. She may fay what stie will, but I know very well she is the most miserable-eft lady alive, and I could tear his eyes out ! Husband, indeed ? And so, because I listened to the fel low's love, and nonsense-st... | 21 | 0.803 | 0.161 | null | null | G. G. & J ; Robinson | England | England | 86 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000870294 | 1795-01-01T00:00:00 | 1795 | The Deserted Daughter: A comedy, etc [By Thomas Holcroft.] | London | false | A COMEDY. 35 Mor. Ha, ha, ha ! What are barbs, and stings, and poisoned arrows ? Pitiful instruments ! Thou, triumphant wretchedness, usest these but on small occasions; they want pungency ! SCENE XI. Enter Lennox. Len. May I come in ? Mor. Ay, ay ! — Now am I ripe for mifchief ! Len. You feem out of temper! What has h... | 37 | 0.824 | 0.177 | null | null | G. G. & J ; Robinson | England | England | 86 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000870294 | 1795-01-01T00:00:00 | 1795 | The Deserted Daughter: A comedy, etc [By Thomas Holcroft.] | London | false | ACT III. SCENE I. The House of Mordent. Cheveril and Grime. Cheveril. YOU must let me have the cash directly. Grime. That is impossible. Chev. I fay, you must. When I have wants and wishes, nothing shall be impossible. Grime. (Aside.) What if I were to tell him of Joanna? He would pay well. Cbev. Twelve hours have I be... | 42 | 0.849 | 0.183 | null | null | G. G. & J ; Robinson | England | England | 86 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000870294 | 1795-01-01T00:00:00 | 1795 | The Deserted Daughter: A comedy, etc [By Thomas Holcroft.] | London | false | THE DESERTED DAUGHTER : 44 or the feelings and diftrefTes of him by whom they have acquired wealth, power, and pride. [Exit. Mor. The nephew and the uncle, poor fools, have the misfortune to be honeft. Grime, fly villain, is more cunning, and will not forfeit his hope of cutting evil fliort at the gallows. The deed mud... | 46 | 0.853 | 0.171 | null | null | G. G. & J ; Robinson | England | England | 86 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000870294 | 1795-01-01T00:00:00 | 1795 | The Deserted Daughter: A comedy, etc [By Thomas Holcroft.] | London | false | A COMEDY. 75 SCENE XV. Enter Donald. Don. It's past ! It's aw o'er ! My forebodings are foofilled ! Mor. (Alarmed) Have you not found her yet? Don. Yes, yes ! I hae foond her ! Mor. Have you ? Where ? Don. I'ze noo indeed a rafca' go-between ! {Horror} But what are ye ? Mor. You fay you have found her? Don. She is gone... | 77 | 0.825 | 0.198 | null | null | G. G. & J ; Robinson | England | England | 86 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
001165399 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | An Essay on Friendship, a poem | London | false | FRIENDSHIP ESSAY 10 on 190 195 Of " By Virtue overcome he fet both free, " And begg'd their Friendfhip might confift of three.' And can fuch Friendfhip 'mongft Mankind prevail ? Hail, matchlefs Friends! exalted Friendfhip, hail! 180 Alas, my Mufe ! how little knew my Heart The noble Ardor Friendfhip cou'd impart : O ! ... | 16 | 0.804 | 0.132 | null | null | W. Cooke | England | England | 30 pages (4°) | English | null | null | null | false |
001165399 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | An Essay on Friendship, a poem | London | false | ESSAY on FRIENDSHIP 18 35o When Be then thy Judgment with Succefs difplay'd, And well confider e'er thy Choice is made ; Let Senfe, mild Temper, and a courteous Mien, With moral Virtues, in his Life be feen Thefe Points approv'd, attentive mark his Age, His Tafte, and Manners ; beft thou wilt engage, If, as when Concor... | 24 | 0.806 | 0.136 | null | null | W. Cooke | England | England | 30 pages (4°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000923603 | 1786-01-01T00:00:00 | 1786 | Theodora & Didymus, or the Exemplification of pure love and vital religion. An heroic poem, in three cantos | London | false | o6 THEODORA AND DIDYMUS. Say, do not justice and obedience stand Injoin'd as duties by divine command ? These you profess — but yet, by deeds disclaim. To prove thy guilt, I'll here one instance name, A recent instance — Theodora's case — That fraud thy boasted justice shall deface. To rescue such a Pris'ner from our h... | 66 | 0.81 | 0.178 | Deverell, F. H. | Deverell, F. H. [person] | sold | England | England | 2 parts (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000923603 | 1786-01-01T00:00:00 | 1786 | Theodora & Didymus, or the Exemplification of pure love and vital religion. An heroic poem, in three cantos | London | false | THEODORA AND DIDYMUS. 44 And offer to our gods thy sacrifice, With contrite heart, bent knees, and weeping eyes. The Pris'ner heard his doom with mien com- pos'd, Which nought of terror, or of fear disclos'd ; And quickly answer'd, the dire sentence past, With firm resolve, in words he thought his last. I'm here presen... | 74 | 0.817 | 0.159 | Deverell, F. H. | Deverell, F. H. [person] | sold | England | England | 2 parts (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000923603 | 1786-01-01T00:00:00 | 1786 | Theodora & Didymus, or the Exemplification of pure love and vital religion. An heroic poem, in three cantos | London | false | 47 THEODORA and DIDYMUS. CANTO III. Me AN-WHILE, by pure heroic impulse led, Bright Theodora to the court was fled; There to its rigid laws herself to yield, Protected by her virtue's sev'n-fold shield. Th' admiring numbers pay deserv'd respect, And to the bar her trembling steps direct. Her graceful stature dignity re... | 77 | 0.81 | 0.18 | Deverell, F. H. | Deverell, F. H. [person] | sold | England | England | 2 parts (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000074645 | 1747-01-01T00:00:00 | 1747 | Amyntor and Theodora: or, the Hermit. A poem. In three cantos [By David Mallet.] | London | false | The PR E F ACE. 8 tieni Historian says of certain barbarous nations, when he compares them with their more civilized neighbours : Plus valuit apud Hos ignorantia vitiorum, quam apud Græcos omnia philosophorum praecepta. They live together, as in the greatest simplicity of heart, so in the most inviolable harmony and un... | 10 | 0.805 | 0.193 | null | Mallet, David, approximately 1705-1765 [person] | Paul Vaillant | England | England | viii, 92 pages (4°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000074645 | 1747-01-01T00:00:00 | 1747 | Amyntor and Theodora: or, the Hermit. A poem. In three cantos [By David Mallet.] | London | false | A M T N T 0 R AND THEODORA: O R, THE HERMIT. CANTO III | 67 | 0.819 | 0.21 | null | Mallet, David, approximately 1705-1765 [person] | Paul Vaillant | England | England | viii, 92 pages (4°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | 1 8 DORANDO. The daughter of this knight was Donna Eleanora, of uncommon ta lents, and all the high fpirit of her race. Her brother was an officer in the fervice of Naples, during the mo narchy of Don Carlos, when king of the two Sicilies, and as the prince of Dorando had been baptized the fame day with his majefty, re... | 24 | 0.806 | 0.18 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | DORANDO 22 * is ftrange! — This is ftrange!' — Af ter dinner fhe was fhewn to her a partment to take a ftefto, or gentle fleep, as is the cuftom in Spain. She dreamed that a lady appeared to her with a celeftial countenance, inform ing her, fhe was the princefs Maria, and faying, • Noble lady, I am come ' to tell you, ... | 28 | 0.801 | 0.192 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | DORANDO. 25 ry without being afraid of any re proof from you. The news of this marriage flew o ver the country, and filled every ho neft heart with joy: but it was like a clap of thunder to the houfe of Arvi dofo. They feared that their hopes were blafted. The adherents could not conceal their vexation, but went about ... | 31 | 0.805 | 0.172 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | DORANDO. 26 public theatre, where the prince him felf appeared amidft the acclamations of the audience. Something was ftill wanting to render the felicity compleat. The princefs Dorando could have wifhed to have brought the prince a fon of his own to take up his fucceffion; but in the mean time fhe was anxi ous to unde... | 32 | 0.814 | 0.156 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | DORANDO. 29 Soon after this, the prince Carlos Dorando died, and was carried in great funeral pomp to the tomb of his anceftors. The family of Arvidofo would not yet give over their defigns upon the wealth of Dorando. Its prince was then in minority, and he had feveral guardians of high rank and charac ter, but fo extr... | 35 | 0.843 | 0.131 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
000968202 | 1767-01-01T00:00:00 | 1767 | Dorando, a Spanish Tale [By James Boswell.] | London | false | DORANDO. 30 vailed with to undertake the ungra cious talk. Don Stivalbo was a man of prinr ciple, and he refolved to conduct him felf with the utmoft impartiality; but when he arrived at Paris, he was foon furrounded by French priefts, advo cates, and agents of all kinds, who wifhed no better than fo fat a sub ject as ... | 36 | 0.811 | 0.147 | null | Boswell, James, the Elder [person] | J. Wilkie | England | England | 50 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003956154 | 1777-01-01T00:00:00 | 1777 | The System: a poem in five books. Books 1, 2. Few MS. notes | London | false | ADVERTISEMENT. HT^HE design of this work is to exhibit the true Jyftem °f nature and providence, to eluci date the principal dotlrines of physics, metaphy- sics, ethics, and theology. In each of these sciences it contains several new and interesting observations; as well as places ancient and received truths in a clear... | 7 | 0.811 | 0.176 | Wise, Joseph | Wise, Joseph [person] | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 6 ILLUSIONS OF FANCY. Give me to gaze with ardent eye On gorgeous spoils of Chivalry ; To ken aloft the radiant rows Of banners won from Britain's foes ; Recall the glorious deeds of yore ; Shew the dark mail that Edward wore; The falchion shew, whose thundering stroke Cressy's pale ranks impetuous broke; From whose fe... | 14 | 0.81 | 0.177 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 10 illusions of fancy. To heights impervious heretofore Who bids immortal Science soar; Far seen in venerable pride, .Whose regal seat, expanding wide Its portals at his high behest, Hails ev'ry Art, an honour'd guest: Beneath whose mild, auspicious reign The Genius old of Greece again, Awaken' d from his deep repose, ... | 18 | 0.811 | 0.134 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | ILLUSIONS OF FANCY. 19 And many an opiate Inference ! Shield me from sounds at strife with sense ! From Pedantry of formal port, And Consequence in cassoc short ! — So, Goddess, thy propitious smile Shall Time's ungenial flight beguile, Wake into joy my torpid hours, And strew life's barren path with flow'rs. Nor shall... | 27 | 0.804 | 0.168 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | AMATORY ODES. O D E I. J__ET the sons of Lucre pine For glittering heaps of golden ore, To swell th' accumulated store Contemn the terrors of the mine ; Explore the caverns dark and drear Mantled around with deadly dew ; Where congregated vapours blue, Fir'd by the taper glimmering near, Bid dire explosion the deep rea... | 31 | 0.813 | 0.19 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 26 AMATORY odes. But let me wander far away From the loud drum and neighing steed, Thro' many a pansie-painted mead, Where Isis' bright-hair'd Naiads stray ; High o'er my head a pendant bow'r Let the broad elm and branching pine With intermingling umbrage twine; There Love's impassion'd song I'll pour, And summon every... | 34 | 0.807 | 0.161 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | O D E II JN ow hath the Sun his evanescent fires Quench'd in the billows of the western main; Cease their soft carols all the feather'd choirs, And gloomy Solitude usurps the plain. Rise, ye deep shades, ye waves in darkness roll, Ye feather'd choirs to silence yield the grove, For Lesbia sleeps: — nor cheers my pensiv... | 37 | 0.812 | 0.152 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 32 AMATORY odes. Then, Lesbia, wake thy beauties, fresher far Than Galatea boasted when she lav'd In the smooth deep her coral-axled car, And the stern heart of Neptune's Son enslav'd ! Wake at his call, to sooth whose soul in vain Morn sheds her radiant beam, her odorous airs, Save when, attentive to his artless strai... | 40 | 0.819 | 0.138 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | > ODE III. X1 ate gave with unrelenting speed to fly The genial hours that Love and Lesbia bless'd; Sad, on her ear I pour'd the parting sigh, Sad, on her hand the parting kiss impress'd. Nor Lesbia, generous maid, her hand withdrew. Nor did her ear disdain the parting sigh ; Swift to her cheek the living crimson flew,... | 41 | 0.814 | 0.152 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 34 amatory odes. " Farewell the Bard," she cried "whose grateful Muse " Bade many a vocal shade my name resound : " And, rich in Fancy's visionary hues, " With many a fairy wreath my tresses bound : " Still on those artless wreaths shall Lesbia smile, " Still shall her partial voice applaud thy lay, " Bid unexpected jo... | 42 | 0.801 | 0.149 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 42 AMATORY ODES. The laughing meads where flow'rs spontaneous grew, The landscape's various grace, the genial skies, In cloudless azure dress'd, elude my view ; And glowing Fancy's fair creation dies. But Thou, blest Object of my hopes and fears, Still shall the Muse's living meed be thine, While Grace enchants, while ... | 50 | 0.819 | 0.124 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | ELEGY 53 Father of Heav'n, whose power controls the storms, O let thy mercy hear a wanderer's pray'r! Check the wild fears connubial fondness forms, And save the tender Mourner from despair. For Me whate'er thy sov 'reign will shall doom, Still give me faith to bear that lot resign'd : That Faith which smiling courts t... | 61 | 0.813 | 0.129 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | PHILEMON, AN ELEGY. Where shade yon yews the Churchyard's lonely bourn, With faultering step, absorb'd in thought profound, Philemon wends in solitude to mourn, While Evening pours her deep'ning glooms around. Loud shrieks the blast, the sleety torrent drives. Wide spreads the tempest's desolating power ; To grief alon... | 63 | 0.806 | 0.14 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | ORIGINAL (_ro Rose, my Chloe's bosom grace! How happy should I prove, Might I supply that envied place With never fading love! There, Phœnix like, beneath her eye Involv'd in fragrance burn and die! Know, hapless Flow'r, that thou shalt find More fragrant roses there : I see thy with'ring head reclin'd With envy and de... | 66 | 0.803 | 0.135 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | >l IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. I, Rosa, deliciæ florum, properare memento Qua niveo invitat pectore pulchra Chloe! O, mihi si liceat tali requiescere nido, Quam vellem vestro nuncius ire loco ! Sic, O sic positum, rari Phœnicis ad instar, Fragranti extinctum morte perire juvat! At, Flos infelix, caveas! formosius ardet, Dulc... | 67 | 0.803 | 0.163 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 62 WHITSUNTIDE. Who o'er the nicely-measur'd land Ranges around his comely band, Alert to intercept each blow, Each motion of the wary Foe. Or patient take thy quiet stand, The Angle trembling in thy hand, And mark, with penetrative eye, Kissing the wave the frequent fly, Where the trout with eager spring Forms the man... | 70 | 0.829 | 0.116 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 66 CHRISTMAS. ■. Where Frost arrests the harden'd tide, Shooting athwart the rapid slide. Who, ere the misty morn is grey, To some high covert hark'st away ; While Sport, on lofty courser borne, In concert winds his echoing horn With the deeply-thund'ring hounds, Whose clangour wild, and joyful sounds While Echo swells... | 74 | 0.803 | 0.136 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | HEROICK BALLAD. 93 And his tid-bit the Collection Plate Brimful of Birmingham half-pence. Clerks, Curates, Rectors, Bishops ate This Dragon most uncivil ; And (but he never comes to church) He would have ate the D— 1. But the Men of Aylesbury esteem John W s a greater rarity: They made Him Trustee for their School, And... | 101 | 0.802 | 0.181 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | 96 ON THE BREAKING OF THE WATER-HEAD, An head thus compacted and well put together Bade defiance he thought both to water and weather, With profound admiration must strike all beholders, And all heads must surpass but the head on his shoulders. The fam'd Friar Bacon he 'counted an ass, Tho' the head that He made was a ... | 104 | 0.804 | 0.139 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | A SONG 101 Let the Soldier, who prates about storming the trenches Of fortified towns and of fair-visag'd wenches, My numbers give heed to, And, drinking as we do, Shut up in its scabbard his martial Toledo : For we too shed blood, yet all danger escape, Since the blood that we shed is the blood of the Grape. CHORUS. L... | 109 | 0.801 | 0.15 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | THE BARBER'S NUPTIALS. 104 '1 Unvex'd by the cares that ambition and state has, Contented he dined on his daily potatoes ; And the pence that he earn'd by excision of bristle Were nightly devoted to whetting his whistle. When copper ran low he made light of the matter, Drank his purl upon tick at the Old Pewter Platter... | 112 | 0.809 | 0.164 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003232602 | 1793-01-01T00:00:00 | 1793 | Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry, etc [By G. Huddesford.] | London | false | the barber's nuptials. 109 Musclemongers and oystermen, crimps, and coalheavers, And butchers with marrowbones smiting their cleavers; Shrimp-scalders and sow-gelders, taylors and tylers, Bawds, bug-killers, bailiffs, and blackpudding-boilers. From their voices united such melody flow'd As the Abbey ne'er witness'd, no... | 117 | 0.809 | 0.145 | null | null | E. Hodson | England | England | 148 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | POETICAL ESSAYS. | 5 | 0.81 | null | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 18 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. admit a bare poflibility, but no probability of efcaping eternal torments to any but the elect alone, whofe efcape they make certain and in fallible, and always take care to enrol themfelves in the number. This apology for fuffering the greater part of mankind to perifh everlaftingly for the want ... | 26 | 0.807 | 0.163 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 21 not told us ; but as he mentions, in the page juft quoted, " compliance with the laws of fociety" as one definition of juftice among an indefinite number of others, he exprefsly allows each fociety, whether nations or independent tribes, a right to fettle or allow any definition of juftice at thei... | 29 | 0.836 | 0.176 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 22 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. amples of the juftice of nations and focieties, im perial and regal, lay and ecclefiaftical. It is faid in Generis, that before the deluge came, " the earth was filled with violence -,*" this, ac cording to the true philofophical language, fhould be corrected and rendered better thus, — and the ea... | 30 | 0.81 | 0.155 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 23 ambition, avarice and lufts, if permitted to get a thorough pofleffion of their hearts and minds, often render them deaf to the plaineft and loudeft calls of natural juftice. No fuch thing. His opinion is, that this is owing to the different definitions of juftice and murder, in different countrie... | 31 | 0.841 | 0.152 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 26 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. without confulting nature and reafon, the real fources of every truth. Monf. Savary, in his Letters from Egypt, men tions a remarkable inftance of the laft-mentioned delufion and folly, which happened in the Greek Iflands ; where a livid, rotten carcafe, emitting the moft'offenlive ftench (as well... | 34 | 0.813 | 0.179 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 28 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. This is the univerfal rule of right and wrong, the root, the foundation, the firft principle of true religion and pure morality, or righteoufnefs ! which are ever infeparably connected in all in ftances without one exception. This is that true wifdom which lifteth up her voice through all nature t... | 36 | 0.824 | 0.16 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 29 extraordinary, if we only confider that the Author of Nature and his creation difcover eminent wif dom and truth ; but that the greater part of the judgments which men form of them difplay aftonifhingweaknefs, folly, and untruth; and par ticularly, that far the greater part of the religious judgme... | 37 | 0.808 | 0.163 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 30 " than the happinefs or even mifery of the once " beloved objeEi influences many an ardent ad " mirer when love is no more. In a word, that " man can have no view beyond felf in any action " whatever." — We hope, after having firft re moved feveral other errors which lie in the way, to prove that ... | 38 | 0.816 | 0.172 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 3 1 is totally void of all probability ; for no people poffeffing any degree of underftanding ever held more abfurd and fenfelefs opinions on the moft important fubjects, as well as others, than Euro peans in general have for many ages ; many of which are obftinately adhered to at this very day by th... | 39 | 0.812 | 0.174 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 32 Charles V. See alfo the Spaniards conqueft of Mexico, Peru, and other parts of America, to gether with the Transactions of feveral European Nations in the Eaft Indies. All which, well considered, we may fafely conclude, that no people upon earth, with advan tages equal to ours, could have fallen i... | 40 | 0.814 | 0.175 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 42 PRELIMINARY ESSAY corrupted age. Are they, therefore, as guilty, as much the authors of their children, or grand children's iniquities, as if they had instructed and encouraged them to commit fuch enormous acts ? more especially, ftill, if they have, on the contrary, instructed and exhorted them to avoid fuch abomin... | 50 | 0.803 | 0.192 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 43 are ; which he certainly does, though it be ut- terly impoffible for him to feel or to know them by experience. Nor need we wonder at the im- poffibility of our conceiving thefe things, if we consider that it muft appear a contradiction, an im^ possibility, to men born blind, that others fhould be... | 51 | 0.831 | 0.155 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 56 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. aftoniftiment that fuch a man fhould inconfider ately fupport fuch strange and pernicious notions can hardly be expreffed. But we muft refute thefe, or our undertaking is at an end ; for while the root and body of error remain, in vain will it be to lop off a few of the branches. Encouraged then, ... | 64 | 0.809 | 0.141 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 76 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. mind, or fubftance ; in like manner, when we feel pain or grief, it is not pain or grief alone that we feel, but ourfelves pained, and grieved. None of thefe internal operations or fenfations are always in the mind (except the perception and fenfa tion of our own felves, our own mind, and of its p... | 84 | 0.806 | 0.16 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 77 is evident from hence, that, with all the affift ance they both can give us, we are frequently unable to recover it for a considerable time ; nay, nothing is more common, than for the object it felf, feen a fecond time, to be unable to revive the knowledge of its having been feen before ; as is al... | 85 | 0.821 | 0.167 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 81 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. time paft,; is now both ill and well, dead and alive, in being and not in being, at the fame moment of time. Thefe things, we trust, will appear clear and evident to every attentive lover of truth who fhall carefully examine and consider his own real mind itfelf, inftead of taking a falfe view of ... | 89 | 0.806 | 0.165 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 82 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. are much confined, are wifely restrained by his Ma ker alone, in this firft ftate of trial and difcipline, to prevent univerfal deftruction ; for even with the powers which men have, what violences, cruel ties, and barbarities do they not (oh ! horrible to think!) often, very often, commit. §111. ... | 90 | 0.806 | 0.183 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 98 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. without any particular one. But can a man do any act without a motive ? Yes, he may ; for he can fometimes act without thinking, or at all con fidering what he is about ; but in fo doing he cer- tainly does not aft wifely. When he acts rationally, he always, or almoft always, directs his courfe by... | 106 | 0.808 | 0.168 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 99 caufes and effects, from the beginning to this moment, all neceSfarily fucceeding each other : therefore, " That from a man's birth to his death, " there is an unalterable chain of Situations and " volitions invariably depending on one another.'' (See Dr. Prieftley's Anfwer to Mr. Palmer, page 77.... | 107 | 0.833 | 0.145 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 102 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. never made -,. that an exiftence, or nature received entirely from another was never at any time re ceived from any one ; for all thefe, and other endlefs impoffibilities, or abfurdities, muft be true, before a man, or any other created being, can partake of uncreated, felf-exiftent nature. In a ... | 110 | 0.826 | 0.157 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 105 treme falfehood, and with every odious detestable crime, were there not reafon to hope, that the very ftrange things, which they frequently utter, indicate a partial infanity, a derangement of mind, quoad hoc. We have already mentioned feveral of thefe ; but one thing hinted in page 349 of Dr. Ha... | 113 | 0.812 | 0.174 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 106 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. can look upon the commiflion of the moft hor rible, and favage iniquities, even for one day, much more for a whole life, as a matter of indif ference, provided they be left off " at any distant " future time ?" On the contrary, can any thing be more heart-breaking, to a truly good man, than to ha... | 114 | 0.837 | 0.148 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 107 dom), and have thereby acquired fome fame, and the title of philofopher ; ( How often do titles, alas ! deprive us poor mortals of common fenfe?) they prefently fancy, or rather dream, that all the laws of nature, all the powers, even of Spiritual fubftances themfelves, are derived from the few r... | 115 | 0.813 | 0.187 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY; 109 nary errors too), let it be remembered that a much weaker eye, in an advantageous and clear light, may fee things infinitely more distinctly, than the Strongest fight that ever was, when placed in obfcurity and darknefs. Conclufion, being a Caution to Anfwerers. If thefe Effays Should attract pub... | 117 | 0.802 | 0.172 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 110 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. " ceive nothing but our own ideas, which are in " our minds." How then Shall we know that there are real things actually existing without us ? Nothing eafier, they fay, and prove it as follows: " One is invincibly confeious" (fays Mr. Locke in the 2d Chap, of the 4th Book of his Effay) " of a dif... | 118 | 0.805 | 0.175 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | PRELIMINARY ESSAY. 111 order to prove that very exiftence, and the ex iftence of other material things without us. " If " my eye be open," fays the Doctor, " and a houfe " be before me." But this real eye and real houfe, are two of the very things, the exiftence of which is to be proved ; and thus to affume the exiften... | 119 | 0.839 | 0.15 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | 114 PRELIMINARY ESSAY. felves, or in the true and thorough knowledge of them, there is no darknefs ; the darknefs is al ways in the minds of thofe who talk or write about things which they understand very imper fectly, or not at all. All thefe matters we beg leave to recommend to the careful and impartial consideration... | 122 | 0.863 | 0.143 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | ESSAY I. 123 'Till darknefs and its friends poSTefs the whole, And drive all light and comfort from the foul. As when the Seraph, from the realms of blifs 75 Defcending, opens wide the dread abifs, From the dark gulph Gehenna's vapours rife, And fpread the gloom infernal o'er the Skies, From Pole to Pole Hell's deepeft... | 131 | 0.808 | 0.187 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
001165970 | 1791-01-01T00:00:00 | 1791 | Poetical Essays on the principal errors and corruptions of men: the excellency of reason and of virtue: the freedom and other powers of the human mind, etc | London | false | ESSAY I. 125 Much dearer than his own ! his only child, Fair as the morn, as fmiling cherubs mild, Has Slain ! while he, cold, pale, distracted Stands, Stretch'd to the foe, to earth, to heav'n his hands ! And prays for inftant death! which all deny, 125 But tend'reft pity Streams from every eye ; All hate forgot, move... | 133 | 0.824 | 0.166 | null | null | null | England | England | null | English | null | null | null | false |
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003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 52 Yes, lov'd Britannia, fhortly fhalt thou fee Trebled on them the woes they caus'd to thee; Yes, they fhall perifh, but thy fcepter'd fway -» (Like the revolving fource of conftant day) S. Remain till heaven and earth fhall roll away. J Caught with a theme like this my breaft is fir'd, With honeft warmth and patriot ... | 62 | 0.804 | 0.15 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 53 TO A LADY SURROUNDED by her CHILDREN. l\.S fome fweet rofe, in fov'reign pride of bloom, Breathes gently o'er the gale its foft perfume, While infant buds on circling branches grow, Progreffive flourifh, and progreffive blow; This barely peeping from its moffy fhell, That ftill confin'd within its little cell; Yet e... | 63 | 0.81 | 0.165 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 54 So when, with charms of kindred brightnefs crown'd, Fair dame, thy lovely children fmile around, Dear patterns of thyfelf, in each is feen The foft refemblance of thy graceful mien. Mark yon fweet girl! — her alabafter neck The flowing ringlets of her hair bedeck : A modeft blufh o'erfpreads her downy cheek, Her glo... | 64 | 0.827 | 0.156 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 56 EPISTLE to EMMA. X. R AUGHT with each charm luxuriant nature yields, That fpring's foft feafon fcatters round the fields, When firft, dear girl, your faultlefs form I faw, Entranc'd I flood with fweet and filent awe : My eyes th' emotions of my foul expreft, And Love ufurp'd the empire of my breaft : Heav'n witnefs,... | 66 | 0.812 | 0.166 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 58 There fhall thy foft idea ever be, And all its wifhes terminate in thee. Tho' faithlefs, ftill may ev'ry guardian pow'r Protect and fhield thee in misfortune's hour, And may no ftorm, no fatal cloud, arife To dim the profpect of life's happier fkies ! But why fhould I indulge this plaintive theme, Ungrounded, and at... | 68 | 0.813 | 0.156 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 61 Fond, tender cares, with real joys replete, Whofe bitter tends but to enrich the fweet ! When nature fmiles, and ev'ry object near, Proclaims the lovelieft feafon of the year, How happy will we wander o'er the mead, And mark the bleating dams and yeanlings feed ! And at mild even when the village fwains With weary f... | 71 | 0.812 | 0.141 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 65 Difinterefted friendfhip did I feel. And the true dictates of my breaft reveal ? If I wasferious, was I alfo mild ? With no loofe meaning were my jefts defil'd ; Or from my tongue did any fentence fall, That now I fhould regret, and would recall ? If I enjoy'd the pleafure lifebeftows, Did I with awe confider whence... | 75 | 0.804 | 0.161 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 66 And was I patient, and refign'd to God, Beneath affliction and his chaft'ning rod ? Sincerely am I griev'd for ev'ry fin, Paifion or human weaknefs led me in ? And fhould it be the will of Providence This very night, my foul, to call thee hence, Should'ft thou be ready, arm'd with Chriflian grace, And willing to beh... | 76 | 0.806 | 0.171 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 69 A ready halter hangs from yonder beam, And in thy garden runs a friendly ftream : By thine own hand to die is better far Than by pale famine, peflilence, or war : Then feize the piftol, grafp the fword or knife, And end at once the miferies of life. Aghaft and terrified the wretch appears, The victim of his own illu... | 79 | 0.83 | 0.144 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 73 And when the gallant little band Of roaft-beef Jacks in Spain fhall landi As oft before they did ; Their chief lieutenant I will be, We'll kifs each pretty girl we fee, From Cadiz to Madrid. Odfbobs, and if the king Caftillian Won't, like the Dutchmen pay a million. And make a treaty foon : Ye buckfkin heroes, who's... | 83 | 0.848 | 0.149 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 78 ODE to the SUPREME BEING WRITTEN AT SEA. I HOU one Supreme, whofe pow'rfulfway The roaring winds and waves obey, On thee we call, for thou alone Art Lord of every varying zone, To guide our fhip to native fkies, Where fair Augufta's fpires arife. Let no rude gufts of wind affail, To rend at once the fhiv'ring fail ;... | 88 | 0.806 | 0.19 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 81 And let each feaman largely fhare A portion of thy heav'nly care ; Oh ! ever, as they walk the deck, The growing tempeft's fury check. Left by fome fell invading fea, That lays the veffel on her lee, The wretched victims with it borne, Should inftantly from life be torn. Soon as the welcome orb of day Has gain'd his... | 91 | 0.806 | 0.166 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 83 ODE to EMMA. ABSENCE. V>/ ! thou, for whom my early years, My fpring of life was fpent in tears, Come foothe thy faithful lover's pain, And blefs his longing arms again ! The pairing hour, that flowly flies, My bofom's wonted peace denies ; For, ah ! my love, unbleft with thee, It feems a cheerlefs age to me. Oppref... | 93 | 0.821 | 0.167 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 84 THE RETURN. O HE comes, and with her joy returns, My throbbing breaft with rapture burns 5 Again I prefs her in my arms, And gaze, enamour'd, on her charms. Thus while I hold thee, heav'nly maid, In beauty's lovelieft drefs array'd, And on thy lips imprint the kifs, I tafle, I feel celeftial blifs. This happy moment... | 94 | 0.824 | 0.171 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
003610566 | 1790-01-01T00:00:00 | 1790 | The Theriad, an heroi-comic poem; to which are subjoined some miscellaneous pieces and notes. By a Young Gentleman [Thomas Rodd.] | London | false | 88 Arcturus hide himfelf in cleareft night ; The wolf and lamb in amity delight ; The moon at day, the fun at night will fhine, Before loft pleafure fhall again be mine. Vl RGI L. The boifl'rous tempeft, and the pealing found Of thunder rending all the welkin round ; The foaming torrent, fwell'd by conftant rains, That... | 98 | 0.802 | 0.179 | null | Rodd, Thomas, the Elder [person] | W. Lowndes | England | England | viii, 135 pages (8°) | English | null | null | null | false |
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