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Author Whitehead, Paul, 1710-1774.

Title The poems and miscellaneous compositions of Paul Whitehead [microform] : 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.

Imprint London : Printed for G. Kearsley, and J. Ridley, 1777.

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 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 11523    ---  Available
Description [12], 1xv, 185 p. : port. ; 27 x 22 cm.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 11523
Note - 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 licence to his play of Gustavus [Vasa] - A song. - To Dr. Schomberg of Bath.
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.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11523)
Note s 1970 ilu n
Subject Whitehead, Paul, 1710-1774.
Added Author Thompson, Edward, 1738?-1786.

 
    
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