The poems and miscellaneous compositions of Paul Whitehead / with explanatory notes on his writings, and his life written by Captain Edward Thompson. With a head of the author, from a painting by Mr. Gainsborough
- Author
- Whitehead, Paul, 1710-1774
- Published
- London : Printed for G. Kearsley, and J. Ridley, 1777.
- Physical Description
- 12 unnumbered pages, lxv, 185 pages, 1 unnumbered page, advertising matter. frontispiece (port.).
- Additional Creators
- Thompson, Edward, 1738?-1786
- Series
- Contents
- Preface.--Life of Paul Whitehead.--The state dunces, a satire.--Manners, a satire.--The gymnasiad, or boxing-match.--Honour, a satire.--An epistle to Doctor Thompson.--Song addressed to the ladies.--Song in the entertainment of The fair.--Song in Apollo and Daphne.--Song for the annual meeting of the governors of the London hospital.--A ballad.--A fragment.--Verses on Lady Pomfret's present of antique statues to Oxford.--To Doctor King.--The butterfly and bee.--Verses dropt in Mr. Garrick's temple of Shakespeare.--Cupid baffled.--Verses on the death of Prince Frederick.--Extempore on hearing of Mr. Pope's death.--Death and the doctor.--Occasional prologue, at the opening of Covent-garden Theatre.--Verses on converting into a kitchen the chapel at the Grove, Lord Donnerayle's seat in Herts.--Verses on the duke of Cumberland's victory at Culloden, 1746.--Verses inscribed on the tomb of care, a monument in Mr. Rich's garden at Cowley.--Epitaph on a marble pyramid of the monument of the duke of Argyle.--Verses on the name, P. Whitehead, being erased from the above epitaph.--Verses to the memory of Mrs. Pritchard.--Verses to Mr. Brooke, on the refusal of a license to his play of his Gustavus [Vasa].--A song.--To Dr. Schomberg of Bath.
- Subject(s)
- Reproduction Note
- Microform. Chicago, Library Resources, 1976. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (The Microbook library of English literature) Reduction ratio varies.
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