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The honey-suckle; consisting of original poems, epigrams, songs, tales, odes, and translations : By a society of gentlemen, among many other pieces contain'd in this volume, are the following: the proper time for love; or, nothing out of season. Truth in a widow's tears. The country life. An epitaph on a barber's boy. Matrimony no cure for the eyes. A tale. A woman's reason for cuckoldom. The cast-off mistress; or, A meal by chance. The resurrection; or, life consists in motion. An ode on the marriage of the prince of orange. what you give to the poor, you lend to the Lord. Custom no law; or, a woman's title to the breeches. The toper's consession; or, an experiment try'd. The comparison, chuse which you will. On the restoration of King Charles II. Cupid's riddle. The honey-suckle and bee. Twas i, or the mulberry-tree. A tale. The poet, the beau, and the lady. The forward-sinners; or, the devil saved trouble. The popish Priest and the devil. The flea of taste. A fable, in imitation of Mr. Gay. The hern. A fable. The old man's almanack. A Tale. Little dogs have long tails. Necessity the mother of invention. Manners make the man. An epistle to the honourable John Barber, Esq; late Lord mayor of the city of London. A druryan pastoral. An elegy on the flea of taste. Modesty in disgrace; or, Assurance the way to win a woman. Polly and Pugg; or, The fate of favourites. The modern fine gentleman. Warm quarters in the winter. The weighty fryar; or, a cargo of sins thrown over-board. Ut pictura pe̲fis erit.

Author/creator Society of Gentlemen
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for Charles Corbett, at Addison's head without Temple-Bar, M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]
Description372, 10 unnumbered pages, plate ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
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General noteA reissue: the preface is unsigned and begins "The Society having compleated", and with an additional contents leaf continuing the list of items to p.371.
General noteThe ornaments on pp.127-372 are those used by Henry Woodfall.
General noteWith a final advertisement leaf.
General notePrice on title page: (Price Six Shillings.)
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T61802.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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