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State Tracts

Containing Many Necessary Observations and Reflections on the State of our Affairs at Home and Abroad; With some Secret Memoirs. By the Author of the Examiner [i.e. William Oldisworth]
Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

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VOL. I.
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Coffee-House Chat; BY WAY OF DIALOGUE
  
The PROLOGUE.
  
Vol. II.
  
Job's Trial under the Persecutions of Satan.
  
VOLPONE, OR THE FOX.
  
A Poetical ESSAY ON THE Last Sea-fight with the French ,
  
THE Royal PROPHETESS.
  
Doctor HANNES Dissected IN A Familiar Epistle by way of Nosce Teipsum.
  
Upon the Third Verse of the Fifth Chapter of Eccles. For a Dream cometh thro' the Multitude of Business: And the following Lines of Petronius.
  
An Ode composed for St. Luke's Day, 1712. in praise of Painting.
  
ON TUNBRIDGE-WELLS, A LAMPOON.
  
On a FRIEND.
  
On the Cold Bath at Oldcastles.
  
Hor. Ode xiv. O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus.
  
The Oxford Almanack explain'd, 1711.
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SONGS.
  
On a Gentleman and a Lady that fell in Love with each other at first Sight.
  
A Song set to Musick and Sung at York-Buildings.
  
Another Song.
  
On the Queen's first Appearance after the Death of his Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark. A Song.
  
On a Piece of the Royal Oak sent to a Gentleman as a Tobacco-stopper.
  
In Imitation of Sir John Sucklin.
  
To the eternal Fame of that wonderful Politician, indefatigable S---esman, faithful M---er, incomparable Patriot, loyal Subject, facetious Gentleman, profound Lawyer, and undaunted Stickler for the non-forgiving Party, Harlequin le Grand; once the first in the H---se, tho' the last in the L---st; who had the Honour to climb without Merit, and to fall without Pity; the Mirror of all Scribes, the Punisher of Wit, the Patron of D. D'F---, and the President of the Pi---ry.
  
To the eternal Shame of Low-Ch---h, and the lasting Reproach to Mo---on, Segnior Harlequin Occasi, the modern Turn-coat.
  
To my generous Friends, and worthy Patriot, Harlequin le Grand. The humble Memorial of your little Scribler, Spy, Champion, Closet-Counsellor, and Poet, D---l D'F---e.
  
To the late Right H---ble: An Epigram. Written by an Infant little Scribler, whose Father has been ruin'd by the severe Conduct, and over-sharp Management of Harlequin le Grand.
  
THE INSECT WAR: OR, A BATTLE BETWEEN The Hornets, the Wasps, the Catterpillars, and the Butter-Flies.
  
On the UNION A POEM
  
THE RETIREMENT.
  
A POEM
  
On the BATTLE Of OUDENARD.
  
THE EIGHTH ECCLOGUE of VIRGIL
  
The Ninth Ecclogue of VIRGIL.
  
Britain's Palladium;
  
THE British Court:
  
THE CIRCUS: OR, British Olympicks.
  
St. James's Park: A SATYR.
  
THE Singing-Birds Address TO THE EAGLE, For Relief against the Tyranny of the Birds of Prey:
  
LIBERTY AND PROPERTY.
  
THE SPLITTER OF FREE-HOLDS.
  
A SEARCH AFTER RELIGION.
  
The Burning of the Ch--- of En---d MEMORIAL.
  
THE City Beauties, &c.
  
THE Gothick HERO.

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Upon the Third Verse of the Fifth Chapter of Eccles. For a Dream cometh thro' the Multitude of Business: And the following Lines of Petronius.

Somnia quæ ludunt Mente volitantibus umbris
Non delubra Deum, nec ab æthere Numina Mittant
Sed sibi quisque facit, &c.

The fleeting Dreams that play before the Mind
Are not by Heav'n for Prophesies design'd,
Nor by Ætherial Beings sent us down,
But each Man is Creator of his own:
For when the weary Limbs are sunk in ease,
The Soul essays to Wander where it please;
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The scatter'd Images have space to play,
And Night repeats the Labours of the Day.
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