The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey ::

The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey

With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By his son, John Anstey

Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)

1 occurrence of Once more, O! ye Muses, from Pindus descend, And bid all the Graces your Footsteps attend, Who oft at Elections are wont to prolong
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[Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author]

[From wealth, from honours, and from courts remov'd]

[With every plague that can conspire]

TO SIR WILLIAM DRAPER, K.B.

TO THE SAME;

TO COLONEL B. HALE,

TO DAVID GARRICK, ESQ.

[I ne'er (tho' fame applaud me to my wrong)]

[O! pause a while, whoe'er thou art]

THE NEW BATH GUIDE:

[PART I.]

LETTER I. Miss Jenny W---d---r, to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.

LETTER II. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at--- Hall, North.

LETTER III. Miss Jenny W---d---r, to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.

LETTER IV. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER V. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER VI. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER VII. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Castle, North.

LETTER VIII. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

II.

THE NEW BATH GUIDE. PART II.

LETTER IX. Miss Jenny W---d---r, to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.

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SONG. A CHARGE TO THE POETS.

LETTER X. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER XI. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER XII. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER XIII. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

LETTER XIV. Miss Prudence B---n---r---d to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.

LETTER XV. Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North.

EPILOGUE TO THE SECOND EDITION

Criticisms, and the Guide's Conversation with three Ladies of Piety, Learning, and Discretion.

A LETTER

The Conversation continued.—The Ladies' Receipt for a Novel.—The Ghost of Mr. Quin.

ON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK.

THE PATRIOT: A PINDARIC EPISTLE, ADDRESSED TO LORD BUCKHORSE.

APPENDIX: CONTAINING THE AUTHOR'S CONVERSATION WITH HIS BOOKSELLER, &c.

THE FIRST ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED. AND ADDRESSED TO JOHN MILLER, ESQ. OF BATHEASTON.

AN ELECTION BALL, IN POETICAL LETTERS

LETTER I. Mr. Inkle to his Wife Mrs. Dinah Inkle, at Glocester

LETTER II. Mr. Inkle to Mrs. Dinah Inkle, at Glocester

LETTER III. Mr. Inkle to Mrs. Dinah Inkle, at Glocester

ENVY, A POEM

WINTER AMUSEMENTS, AN O D E,

EPODE

LIBERALITY, OR THE DECAYED MACARONI

SPECULATION; OR A DEFENCE OF MANKIND.

CHARITY; A POETICAL PARAPHRASE OF THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF ST. PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.

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13.

THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER, A POETICAL TALE.

OCCASIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

INSCRIPTION On a Cenotaph erected by Sir William Draper, K. B. in his Garden at Clifton near Bristol.

EPITAPH On a Lady who died after a lingering Illness, and had earnestly prayed that her only Child might not survive her: The Child died a short time after its Mother.

TO A FRIEND, On the Loss of an amiable Daughter.

On the Occasion of the Duke of Northumberland's being detained at Bath by a return of his Disorder.

LINES Inscribed to the memory of Dr. Samuel Johnson, occasioned by reading Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, Mr. Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides, &c. &c.

DEO OPT. MAX. VOTUM. C. P. Auctore.

On the Recovery of a young Lady by the use of the Cheltenham Waters.

From Macrobius, Saturn. 11. 7.

In Promptu, to a Lady enquiring the reason why Beards were not worn as in former times.

In Promptu, written in 1779.

A SONNET, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1795,

From Martial.

On the Execution of Mr. Coyghley for High Treason.

Ad Gentem Gallicam Germani apud Anglos commorantis Deprecatio.

BRITAIN'S GENIUS; WRITTEN UPON THE OCCASION OF THE MUTINY AT THE NORE, 1797.

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LETTER XIV. Miss Prudence B---n---r---d to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.

Miss Prudence B---n---r---d informs Lady Betty that she has been elected to Methodism by a Vision.

Hearken, Lady Betty, hearken,
To the dismal news I tell;
How your friends are all embarking
For the fiery gulph of hell.

Brother Simkin's grown a rakehell,
Cards and dances ev'ry day,
Jenny laughs at tabernacle,
Tabby Runt is gone astray.

Blessed I, tho' once rejected,
Like a little wand'ring sheep,
Who this morning was elected
By a vision in my sleep:

For I dream'd an apparition
Came, like Roger, from above;
Saying, by divine commission
I must fill you full of love.

Just with Roger's head of hair on,
Roger's mouth, and pious smile;
Sweet, methinks, as beard of Aaron
Dropping down with holy oil.

I began to fall a kicking,
Panted, struggled, strove in vain;
When the spirit whipt so quick in,
I was cur'd of all my pain.

First I thought it was the night-mare
Lay so heavy on my breast;
But I found new joy and light there,
When with heavenly love possest.

Come again, then, apparition,
Finish what thou hast begun;
Roger, stay, thou soul's physician,
I with thee my race will run.

Faith her chariot has appointed,
Now we're stretching for the goal;
All the wheels with grace anointed,
Up to heav'n to drive my soul.—

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LETTER XIV. Miss Prudence B---n---r---d to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North.