A collection of the pieces formerly published by Henry Brooke, Esq. : to which are added several plays and poems, now first printed : in four volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Selections. 1778

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 21 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author : and sold by Mr. White ... Mr. Cadell ... Messrs. Dilly ... and Mr. Wallis ..., 1778.

Contents:

v. 1. Universal beauty ; Jerusalem delivered / from the Italian of Torquato Tasso ; Constantia, or, The man of law's tale of Chaucer, modernized ; Redemption

v. 2. Fables ; The last speech of John Good ; Gustavus Vasa ; The earl of Essex ; Antony and Cleopatra

v. 3. The imposter ; The earl of Westmorland ; Cymbeline ; Montezuma ; The vestal virgin.

v. 4. Little John and the giants ; The contending brothers ; The charitable association ; The female officer ; The marriage contract ; Ruth ; Prologue to the Earl of Essex ; Prologue to the Earl of Westmorland ; Another prologue to the Earl of Westmorland ; Prologue to Othello ; Prologue to the victims of love and pleasure ; Prologue for the opening of a theatre ; Epilogue to the Play "What we must all come to" ; Epilogue on humbugging ; To the memory of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clements ; A character ; To Mr. B

- on advertising his "Treatise on the Interests of Ireland" ; The patriotism of Ireland ; The question ; Conrade.

Notes:

"... through mismanagement, some of the pieces were printed from unrevised copies, others were ommitted, and productions of which Brooke was not the author were included in the collection." - DNB.

Contains:

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Gerusalemme liberata. English. 1778.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Man of law's tale. 1778.

OCLC:

6058314