The new year's gift : or, Advice to a Nephew about his Choice in Marriage. Containing the following Heads. I. A Prefatory Epistle to the Reader and Bookseller; in which the Author gives some Account of himself, his Nephew Mr. William Tully, and Mrs. Margaret Jewel, a young Lady of Brumpton, whom the Nephew is inclined, thro' the Uncle's Advice, to marry, which occasion'd the Writing and Publishing the following Pieces in Prose and Verse. II. The Character of a Good Mistress of a Family, from the Proverbs of Solomon, with the Commendation thereof by the Authors of the Guardian. III. The same Character made into a Song, which was fashionable in the Days of Queen Elizabeth, and sung by the Maids of Honour; but not published by the Writer till the Year 1612. VI. The same done in modern English Verse. By Mr. Horace Tully, of Gray's Inn, for the Use of his Nephew. Lastly, Margaret and William: Or, The Choice; being a Meditation on Marriage. A Ballad. By Mr. William Tully.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Early works to 1800.

Marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (39,[1]p. )

Other Title:

New year's gift

Place of Publication:

London : printed for P. Meighan under Gray's-Inn Gate Holbourn; J. Wilford behind the Chapter-House near St. Paul's; J. Brindley in Bond-Street; J. Jackson in Pall-Mall near St. James's; N. Blandford near Old Man's Coffee-House Charing-Cross; T. Corbet at Addison's Head near Temple-Bar, and R. Francklyn in Covent-Garden, [1730?]

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Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price 6 d.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T179162.

OCLC:

642500447