Select pieces of verse, dedicated to the benevolent.

Miscellanies, in prose and verse, on various occasions : By the author of several anonymous, well-received pieces. To which are added, some private memoirs of Mrs. W-n and Miss R-ns, of Drury-Lane theatre.
by: Dawes, M. (Manasseh), -1829
Published: (1776)

Miscellanies in verse and prose. By Richard Walsh.
by: Walsh, Richard

Miscellanies in prose, and verse. By Percival Stockdale.
by: Stockdale, Percival, 1736-1811
Published: (1778)

Miscellany works in verse and prose : By Mr. Thomas Hamilton. In three volumes.
by: Hamilton, Thomas, active 1753

Miscellanies in prose and verse : consisting of dramatick pieces, poems, humorous tales, fables, &c. Under the following heads: I. The rival priests; or, The female politition: a farce. II. The perjur'd devotee, or Force of love: a comedy. III. Muscipula; sive, cambro-muo-ma chia: with a translation of it in Miltonick verse. IV. Back-gammon: or, The battle of the friars: a tale. V. The fair counsellor; or, The young lady's conduct after marriage: a matrimonial conference. VI. An essay on the nature of fable; with select tales and fables, and other mythological amusements; concluding with a short pastoral interlude, entitled, The absent nymph, or The doating swain. ... By D. Bellamy, some time since of St. John's College, Oxford, and D Bellamy, jun of Trinity-College, in Cambridge.
by: Bellamy, D. (Daniel), 1687-, et al.
Published: (1741)

Miscellaneous essays in verse and prose : With translations from the Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish poets.
by: Mawer, John, 1702 or 1703-1763

Scraps, or Essays, serious and comic, in prose and verse. By a Cantab.
by: Cantab

Miscellanies, moral and instructive, in prose and verse : collected from various authors, for the use of schools, and improvement of young persons of both sexes. [Two lines from Pope].
by: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Every lady's own valentine writer, in prose and verse for the year 1794.

Miscellanies in verse and prose : By Alexander Pope, Esq; and dean Swift. In one volume. Viz. The strange and deplorable frensy of Mr. John Dennis. A full and true account of a horrid and barbarous revenge, by poison, on the body of Mr. Edmund Curll. With his last will and testament. A strange, but true relation how Edmund Curll was converted from the Christian religion, by certain Jews, and how he was circumcised. God's revenge against punning. The wonderful wonder of wonders. The wonder of all the wonders, that ever the world wonder'd at. The humble petition of the colliers, cook maids, blacksmiths, jack-makers, brasiers, and others. Annus mirabilis. Origin of sciences. It cannot rain, but it pours; or London strew'd with rarities. An infallible scheme to pay the publick debt of Ireland, in six months. A modest proposal. A vindication of My Lord Carteret lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On the fates of clergymen. On modern education. A true and faithful narrative of what pass'd in London. Journal of a modern lady. Country life. Cutting down the old Thorn at Market-hill. A pastoral dialogue. Mary the cook maid's letter to Dr. Sheridan. A dialogue between Mad Mullineux and Timothy. Epitaph on Francis Ch-is. Soldier and scholar. With several more epigrams, epitaphs, and poems.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1744)

Miscellaneous thoughts, in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects : written chiefly in younger years. By I. Watts, D.D. [One line in Latin from Horace].
by: Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748

The works, in verse and prose, of Dr Thomas Parnell, late arch-deacon of Clogher : Enlarged with variations and poems, not before publish'd.
by: Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718

Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of Mr. William Cartaret : Consisting of odes, songs, &c. sacred to love, friendship, and devotion. Tales and fables, humorous, moral, and satirical. Epistles, ethic, amorous, and familiar. Epigrams, and other occasional poems. Essays in literature, theology, and criticism. Adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with notes.
by: Bancks, John, 1709-1751
Published: (1748)

Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, of Mr. William Carteret : Consisting of odes, songs, &c. sacred to love, friendship, and devotion. Tales and fables, humorous, moral, and satirical. Epistles, ethic, amorous, and familiar. Epigrams, and other occasional poems. Essays in literature, theology, and Criticism. Adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with notes.
by: Carteret, William
Published: (1752)

The student's miscellany : a new select collection of various pieces in prose and verse, for instruction and entertainment in general, chiefly for the use of students at colleges and universities. In two volumes.
Published: (1779)

Volume VIII. of the author's works : Containing directions to servants. And other pieces in prose and verse. With several poems, and letters.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

The New foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose. By several eminent persons. Part the second.
Published: (1769)

[The] New foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose. By several eminent persons. Part the second.
Published: (1768)

The literary miscellany : Or, Selections & extracts, classical and scientific, with originals, in prose and verse.
by: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

A Collection of prose and verse, from the best English authors. For the use of schools. By Arthur Masson, M.A. late teacher of languages in Edinburgh and Aberdean.
Published: (1790)

The new foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose, several of which were never before printed. ... Part the sixth.
Published: (1773)

Charms of literature : Consisting of beautiful pieces in prose & verse. Viz. Prose. Story of Dr. Clement. The death of Rousseau. The patriotic clergyman. The victim of dishonour. Poetry The lass of fair wone. Morality. The down-hill of life.

The British Phœnix: or, The gentleman and lady's polite literary entertainer : Containing select essays, and other miscellaneous amusements, in prose and verse, By various hands.
by: Typographicus, Mercurius
Published: (1758)

The New Foundling Hospital for wit : Being a collection of several curious pieces. In verse and prose; Written by Lord Chesterfield, Lord Hardwicke, Lord Lyttelton, Sir C.B. Williams, Mr. Wilkes, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Garrick, Mr. Potter, Dr. Akenside, and other eminent persons.
Published: (1771)

The works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin : With an account of his life and writings. As also, historical and explanatory notes, and a great number of original pieces, in verse and prose. The whole properly digested. In eleven neat pocket volumes, printed in a new beautiful silver type.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

Jemmy Carson's collections : Being a revival of his own labours and lucubrations, for forty years past; with pieces upon different subjects, by several hands.

The posthumous works of Mr. De St. Evremont : Containing variety of elegant essays, letters, poems, and other miscellaneous pieces, on several curious subjects. Vol. III.
by: Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703

A supplement to Dr. Swift's works : Containing, I. Miscellanies, by Dr. Arbuthnot. II. Several pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope. III. Poems on several occasions.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1753)

The New foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose, several of which were never before printed. By Sir C. Hanbury Williams, the Duke of Wharton, Earl of Chesterfield, -Delawarr, -Bath, -Hardwicke, -Carlisle, -Chatham, Lord Visc. Clare, Lords Lyttelton, -Harvey, -Capel, Lady M.W. Montague, Lady Irwin, Miss Carter, Hon. C. Yorke, -H. Walpole, -C. Morris, Sir J. Mawbey, T. Potter, C. Townshend, Soame Jenyns, Dr. King, Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Akenside, C. Anstey, T. Edwards, C. Churchill, W. Shenstone, Mr. Gray, J. Thomson, J.S. Hall, J. Wilkes, D. Garrick, R. Bentley, S. Johnson, B. Thornton, G. Colman, R. Llyod, Esqrs; &c. &c. With some pieces of Milton, Waller, Pope, Congreve, &c. not in their works. Adnored with a curious frontispiece. Part the sixth.
Published: (1773)

The New foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose, several of which were never before printed. By Sir C. Hanbury Williams, Earl of Chesterfield, -Delawarr, -Bath, -Hardwicke, -Carlisle, Lords Lyttelton, -Harvey, -Capel, Lady M.W. Montague, Hon. C. Yorke, -H. Walpole, -C. Morris, Sir J. Mawbey, T. Potter, C. Townshend, Soame Jenyns, Dr. King, Dr. Armstrong, C. Anstey, T. Edwards, C. Churchill, J. Thomson, J.S. Hall, J. Wilkes, D. Garrick, R. Bentley, S. Johnson, B. Thornton, G. Colman, R. Lloyd, &c. &c. Adorned with a curious frontispiece. Part the fifth.
Published: (1772)

The New foundling hospital for wit : Being a collection of curious pieces in verse and prose, several of which were never before printed. By Sr. C. Hanbury Williams, Earl of Chesterfield, -Delawarr, -Bath, -Hardwicke, -Carlisle, Lords Lyttelton, -Harvey, -Capel, Lady M.W. Montague, Hon. C. Yorke, -H. Walpole, -C. Morris, Sir J. Mawbey, T. Potter, C. Townshend, Soame Jenyns, Dr. King, Dr. Armstrong, C. Anstey, T. Edwards, C. Churchill, J. Thomson, J.S. Hall, J. Wilkes, D. Garrick, R. Bentley, S. Johnson, B. Thornton, G. Colman, R. Lloyd, &c. &c. Adorned with a curious frontispiece. Part the fifth.
Published: (1772)

The Polite and pleasing instructor, or Entertaining museum : Consisting of select essays, tales, fables, visions & allegories, collected from the most eminent English authors: prefixed with rules for reading with elegance and propriety; to which is added a collection of letters and instructions for genteel correspondence.
Published: (1783)

The honey-suckle; consisting of original poems, epigrams, songs, tales, odes, and translations : By a society of gentlemen, among many other pieces contain'd in this volume, are the following: the proper time for love; or, nothing out of season. Truth in a widow's tears. The country life. An epitaph on a barber's boy. Matrimony no cure for the eyes. A tale. A woman's reason for cuckoldom. The cast-off mistress; or, A meal by chance. The resurrection; or, life consists in motion. An ode on the marriage of the prince of orange. what you give to the poor, you lend to the Lord. Custom no law; or, a woman's title to the breeches. The toper's consession; or, an experiment try'd. The comparison, chuse which you will. On the restoration of King Charles II. Cupid's riddle. The honey-suckle and bee. Twas i, or the mulberry-tree. A tale. The poet, the beau, and the lady. The forward-sinners; or, the devil saved trouble. The popish Priest and the devil. The flea of taste. A fable, in imitation of Mr. Gay. The hern. A fable. The old man's almanack. A Tale. Little dogs have long tails. Necessity the mother of invention. Manners make the man. An epistle to the honourable John Barber, Esq; late Lord mayor of the city of London. A druryan pastoral. An elegy on the flea of taste. Modesty in disgrace; or, Assurance the way to win a woman. Polly and Pugg; or, The fate of favourites. The modern fine gentleman. Warm quarters in the winter. The weighty fryar; or, a cargo of sins thrown over-board. Ut pictura pe̲fis erit.
Published: (1734)

Miscellaneous works of His late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq; in two volumes : Volume the first containing the history of his own time. Compiled from his original manuscripts. Revised and signed by himself, and copied fair for the press by Mr. Adrian Drift, his executor. (This work, pursuant to Mr. Prior's last will and testament, contains a full account of his political life, viz. His negotiations, commissions, warrants, and letters, from his first entrance into public business to his death; and contains the letters which passed between him and the Lords Manchester, Jersey, Dursley, Duke of Shrewsbury, Earl of Hallifax, &c. Mr. Prior's journal of his transactions in France from 1713 to 1715, and the letters which passed between him, the Lord Dartmouth, Lord Bolingbroke, &c. the proceedings against Mr. Prior at his return home, with what passed at his examination before a committee of the privy council; drawn up by himself; and his answer to the report of the Committee of Secrecy. Volume the second containing a new collection of poems: consisting of epistles, tales, satires, epigrams, &c. with some select Latin performances written by Mr. Prior while at St. John's College, Cambridge. Now first published from his original manuscripts. Revised by himself and copied fair for the press by Mr. Adrian Drift, his executor.
by: Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721
Published: (1740)

The works of the famous and worthy Knight, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, alias, Lyon, King of Arms : Newly corrected and vindicate [as printed] from the former errors where-with they were corrupted: and augmented with sundry works, &c.
by: Lindsay, David, active 1490-1555

The pleasing moralist: or, Polite philosopher : Consisting of essays, poems, histories, and dialogues, serious and comic. By R. Lewis, corrector of the press, author of the Candid Philosopher. In two volumes.
by: Lewis, Richard (Corrector of the press)
Published: (1780)