The oxford miscellany : Consisting of The following Poems, Viz. I. Strephon's Revenge: A Satire on the Oxford Toasts. II. The Art of Beauty; dedicated to Belinda, a celebrated Oxford Beauty. III. The Oxford Critics, a Satire. IV. Several Odes of Horace, Martial and Buchanan imitated. To a Maiden Lady, who preferrs her Cat to all Mankind: On the Power of Musick: On the Death of Dr. Garth: Elirtilla, or the Coquet: The Maiden's Dream: Advice to an arrogant Prude: To the Authors of the foregoing Poem: The Adventure at the Masquerade, to Mrs. B--. On Mrs. M--t's being ill of a Fever: An Epistle to Sir R---St---e, occasion'd by the Eclipse: On the Lady Dorothy Savile: The character of an happy Life: The Arrow, in imitation of Mr. Prior's Dove: On Pride. With several other Odes, Satires, Songs and Translations. V. Mr. Pope's Worms, and a new Song on the Masquerades. VI. Evbvlvs Oxoniensis discipulis suis; being an imitation of the celebrated Qui Mihi, in Praise of Drunkenness. Vii. The six days Adventures of Philander and Amarillis, a Novel.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2]viii,5422,[6][8],17,[1]iv,152[2],22viii,8,8[8],56p. )

Other Title:

Oxford miscellany.

Oxford miscellany

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. Francklin, at the Sun in Fleet-Street, 1720 [1724?]

Notes:

Consists of seven previously published works of poetry, issued with a collective titlepage.

Contents: 'Strephon's revenge', by Nicholas Amhurst, 4th ed., London 1724; 'The art of beauty', London 1719; 'The Oxford criticks', London 1719; 'Musapaedia', London 1719; 'Love's invention', London 1718; 'Eubulus Oxoniensis discipulis suis', London 1720; and, 'The lover's week', by Mary Hearne, London 1718.

Price from imprint: price Five Shillings.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10627.

OCLC:

642109462