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Memoirs of the Life of Barton Booth

... With his Character. To which are added Several Poetical Pieces, Written by Himself, viz. Translations from Horace, Songs, Odes, &c. To which is likewise annexed, the Case of Mr. Booth's last illness, and what was observ'd (particularly with regard to the Quick-Silver found in his Intestines) upon the Opening of his Body, in the Presence of Sir Hans Sloan by Mr. Alexander Small, Surgeon. Publish'd by an Intimate Acquaintance of Mr. Booth, By Consent of his Widow

Booth, Barton (1681-1733)

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POETICAL PIECES. Written by Mr. BOOTH.

DAMON to PHILOMEL.

Written Extempore on a blank Leaf in Rymer's Remarks upon Shakespeare.

ODE. On MIRA, DANCING.

The xxxivth ODE of the First Book of Horace, Imitated.

An Imitation of the First Ode of Horace, Book III.

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Memoirs of the Life of Barton Booth

... With his Character. To which are added Several Poetical Pieces, Written by Himself, viz. Translations from Horace, Songs, Odes, &c. To which is likewise annexed, the Case of Mr. Booth's last illness, and what was observ'd (particularly with regard to the Quick-Silver found in his Intestines) upon the Opening of his Body, in the Presence of Sir Hans Sloan by Mr. Alexander Small, Surgeon. Publish'd by an Intimate Acquaintance of Mr. Booth, By Consent of his Widow

Barton Booth

1681-1733

Printed for John Watts [etc.]

London

1733