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The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose

Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere
Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)

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VOL I.
  
[“The mystery of the Turnspit in the Wheel]
  
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MICROCOSM.
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MISCELLANIES.
  
VERSES WRITTEN AT SIXTEEN.
  
EPITAPH ON PLAUTUS.
  
EPITAPH ON NÆVIUS.
  
METRICAL VERSION OF AN ODE ON ATHELSTAN'S VICTORY.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANTI-JACOBIN.
  
IMITATION. INSCRIPTION
  
IMITATION. SAPPHICS.
  
LA SAINTE GUILLOTINE.
  
THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND.
  
SONG.
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THE PROGRESS OF MAN.
 I. 
CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO TWENTY-THIRD.
  
EXTRACT.
  
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THE LOVES OF THE TRIANGLES.
  
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CANTO I.
  
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(Continued.)
  
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ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JEAN BON ST. ANDRE.
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THE ROVERS; OR, THE DOUBLE ARRANGEMENT.
  
PROLOGUE.
  
SONG.
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[Hist! hist! nor let the airs that blow]
  
GENERAL CHORUS
  
TRANSLATION OF A LETTER (IN ORIENTAL CHARACTERS) FROM BOBBA-DARA-ADUL-PHOOLA, DRAGOMAN TO THE EXPEDITION, TO NEEK-AWL-ARETCHID-KOOEEZ, SECRETARY TO THE TUNISIAN EMBASSY.
  
NEW MORALITY.
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PROSPECTUS AND SPECIMEN OF AN INTENDED Rational Work, BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT WHISTLECRAFT, OF STOW-MARKET, IN SUFFOLK, HARNESS AND COLLAR-MAKERS, INTENDED TO COMPRISE THE MOST INTERESTING PARTICULARS RELATING TO King Arthur and his Round Table.
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CANTO IV.
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MISCELLANIES.
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FABLES FOR FIVE YEARS OLD.
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FABLE I. Of the Boy and his Top.
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FABLE II. Of the Boy and the Parrot
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FABLE III. Of the Boy and the Wolf.
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FABLE IV. Of the Piece of Glass and the Piece of Ice.
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FABLE V. Of the Cavern and the Hut.
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FABLE VI. Showing how the Cavern followed the Hut's Advice.
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FABLE VII. By Master John's desire, about the Rod and the Whip.
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FABLE VIII. Of the Nine-pins.
  
A FABLE.
  
AN APPEAL TO THE PROFESSORS OF ART AND LITERATURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
  
JOURNEY TO HARDINGHAM
  
IMITATION OF HORACE, LIB. I. EP. XI.
  
FRAGMENT.
  
FRAGMENT. II.
  
TO A LADY WITH A PRESENT OF A WALKING STICK.
  
LINES ON ED. NUCELLA, ESQ., ÆT. 75.
  
WRITTEN IN THE FLY-LEAF OF MR. POLLOK'S POEM, “THE COURSE OF TIME.”
  
SPAIN.
  
HEXAMETERS.
  
THE BUBBLE YEAR.
  
EPITAPH ON LORD LAVINGTON.
  
EPITAPH ON LORD NELSON.
  
EPITAPH ON THE REV. WALTER WHITER,
  
EPITAPHS ON MR. CANNING.
  
ANOTHER ON THE SAME, SHOULD THE FORMER BE CONSIDERED TOO LONG.
  
ANOTHER MORE CONCISE.
  
LINES INSCRIBED IN ROYDON CHURCH
  
TABLET IN ROYDON CHURCH.
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD EDWARD FRERE.
  
LINES
  
A FRAGMENT.
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VOL II
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FRAGMENTS FROM THEOGNIS.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
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XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
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XXXI.
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XXXII.
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XXXIII.
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XXXIV.
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XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
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XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
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XLV.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
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XLVII.
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XLVIII.
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XLIX.
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L.
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LI.
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LIII.
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LVI.
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LVIII.
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LXI.
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LXII.
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LXIII.
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LXIV.
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LXV.
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LXVI.
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LXVII.
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LXVIII.
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LXIX.
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LXX.
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LXXI.
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LXXII.
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LXXIII.
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LXXIV.
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LXXVI.
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LXXVII.
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LXXVIII.
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LXXIX.
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LXXX.
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LXXXI.
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LXXXII.
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LXXXIII.
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LXXXIV.
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LXXXV.
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LXXXVI.
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LXXXVII.
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LXXXVIII.
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LXXXIX.
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XC.
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XCI.
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XCII.
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XCIII.
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XCIV.
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XCV.
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XCVI.
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XCVII.
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XCVIII.
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XCIX.
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C.
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CI.
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CIII.
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CIV.
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CV.
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CVI.
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CVII.
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CVIII.
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TRANSLATIONS FROM “THE POEM OF THE CID.”
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[They fain would sally forth, but he, the noble Cid]
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III.
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MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS.
  
TRANSLATION FROM THE ILIAD.
  
TRANSLATION FROM THE ODYSSEY.
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TRANSLATIONS FROM EURIPIDES.
  
THE DIRGE IN THE ALCESTIS.
  
HERCULES FURENS.
  
FROM EMPEDOCLES.
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FROM CATULLUS.
  
Carm. III.—Lugete, o Veneres, &c.
  
Carm. IV.—Phaselus ille, &c.
  
Carm. X.—Varus me meus, &c.
  
Carm. XXXI.—Peninsularum Sirmio, &c.
  
Carm. XXXIX.—Egnatius quod candidos, &c.
  
Carm. LXI.—Collis o Heliconei, &c.
  
Carm. XCI.—Non ideo Gelli, &c.
  
TRANSLATION FROM LOPE DE VEGA.
  
FROM THE SPANISH OF GONZALO DE BERCEO.
  
FROM THE “DIANA” OF MONTE MAYOR.
  
TRANSLATION OF THE “ROMANCE DEL REY DE ARAGON.”
  
LINES WRITTEN AFTER VISITING THE MONASTERIES AT CATANIA.
  
TRANSLATION FROM FAUST.
  
ÆSOP'S FABLE OF THE FROGS.
  
TRANSLATION FROM PROSPER AQUITANUS.
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TRANSLATIONS OF SOME OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID.
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PSALM I.
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Psalm II. EASTER DAY.
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Psalm XXI. ASCENSION.
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Psalm XXII. GOOD FRIDAY.
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Psalm XLV. CHRISTMAS DAY.
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Psalm LXVIII. WHIT-SUNDAY.
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PSALM XC.
  
JUDGES.
  
ECCLESIASTES.

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XCIV.

Dunces are often rich, while indigence
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Thwarts the designs of elegance and sense;
Nor wealth alone, nor judgment can avail:
In either case, art and improvement fail.
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