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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)

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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]
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THE NEW BATH GUIDE:
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[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.
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THE NEW BATH GUIDE. PART II.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CHARITY; A POETICAL PARAPHRASE OF THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF ST. PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.
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THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER, A POETICAL TALE.
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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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Verse 3.—And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Though the rich produce of my worldly store
In alms profuse, I lavish on the poor,
Yet all unmov'd their mournful tales can hear,
Nor for their sufferings drop one silent tear;
If ne'er from god-like pity's sacred source
My bounty flow, nor heav'n direct its course,
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If vanity provoke the generous deed—
Mean is the gift, and small will be its meed;
Though to a martyr's glory I aspire,
And seek my triumphs in the torturing fire,
Firm and undaunted to my latest breath
Brave the slow flame, and court the ling'ring death;
If thy sweet virtues from my soul depart,
Thy Christian love be foreign from my heart,
He best can tell, who all our thoughts surveys,
How vain the boast, the profit, and the praise.
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