The gentleman's miscellany, in verse and prose. Serious, jocose, satyrical, humorous, and diverting : Containing, I. Orpheus, a poem. II. On a lady shifting herself. III. Mr. Prior's epitaph. IV. The answer. V. Dorinda, in imitation of Ovid's corinnc̆oncubitus. VI. Advice to the Hon. Lady -with the character of a religious gamester. VII. The king and the cobler, a tale. VIII. The spectre. A tale. IX. Thoughts on the way to preferment. X. On behaviour in conversation. XI. An epitaph on Mary Hart, who died by taking physick from a quack doctor. XII. Another on a tomb-stone at Edmonton, Latin and English. XIII. Another. XIV. Another on a young woman who died the day she was marry'd. XV. Another. XVI. Another, Latin and English. XVII. Another on Jeremy Strong. XVIII. Another. XIX. Another on Jack Ketch, who was executed at Tyburn. XX. The blacksmith's recreation, or triumphant maid. XXI. An epitaph on Miss N- J-gs. XXII. The wish of the Honourable Miss M-n. XXIII. Answer'd by T.H-, 2d son to the E. of B-. XXIV. A riddle, on a pudding sent to some ladies at Bath, in a Hare's Belly. XXV. On col. L-'s lady. Occasion'd by her wearing a rose in her bosom at Christmas. XXVI. The members to their sovereign. XXVII. Curious maid. A tale. XXVIII. Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by a person introducing an ass on the stage. By Sir Butterfly Maggot, kt.
| Author/creator | Maggot, Butterfly |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed, and sold by J. Purser, in White-Pryars; and by the booksellers at London and Westminster, 1730. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 59, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| General note | Sir Butterfly Maggot is a pseudonym. |
| General note | With a half-title. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library. |
| References | Case, 358 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N30446. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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