Specimens of the British Poets

ROWE (Nicholas), specimens of, 332–334; his influence on
the drama, lxxxvi.
ROWLANDS (Samuel), notice of, 123.

Specimens of his Poems, 123, 124,
ROWLEY (William), notice of, 168.

Specimens of, 168–170.

Royal George, verses on the loss of the. Cowper, 681.
Rump (The), a collection of Poems, extract from, 211.
Rural Elegance, ode on. Shenstone, 451.
RUSSELL (Thomas), account of, 603.

Sonnets by, 603.

SACKVILLE (Thomas, Baron Buckhurst, and Earl of Dor-
set), notice of, 35.

Specimen of his poetry, 36, 37.

Critical observations on it, liii.

And on his tragedy of Gorboduc, lvii.
SACKVILLE (Charles, Earl of), notice of, 316.
Specimens of, 316, 317.

SACRED POEMS.

A Meditation. Sir H. Wotton, 158.
Psalm LXVII. Sandys, 185.
Faith. Quarles, 187.
An Emblem. The same, 188.
Spiritual Poems. Drummond, 195.

SACRED POEMS, continued.

Cupio Dissolvi. Habington, 200.
On the Circumcision. Milton, 258.

Early Rising and Prayer. Vaughan, 305.
The Rainbow. The same, 306.

The Wreath. (To the Redeemer.) The same, 30

A Night-piece on Death. Parnell, 377.

Piety, or the Vision. The same, 350.
Hymn to Contentment. The same, 331.
Paraphrase on Psalm XXIII. Addison, 339.
The dying Christian to his Soul. Pope, 376.
Extracts from the Grave. Blair, 400–402.
Extracts from the Night Thoughts. Young, 467–572
Song of David. Smart, 503, note.

Samson bewailing his captivity and blindness. Villa.

259.

Speeches of his Father and of the Chorus, on hearing
of his last achievement and death. The same, 20
SANDYS (George), notice of, 185.

Specimens of, 185, 186.

Extracts from, 702.

Sappho, translations of. A. Philips, 412, 413
SATIRES.

Extracts from various. Bp. Hall, 69–71.
The Dispensary, Canto I. Garth, 335–357.
The Cameleon. Prior, 342.

The Man of Taste. Bramston, 389-392,
Introduction to the Rosciad. Churchill, 456.
Character of a Critical Fribble. The same, 456.
Chit-Chat. Lloyd, 461.

The Love of Praise. Young, 472.
Propensity of man to false and fantastic joys. The
same, 472.

The Wedded Wit. The same, 473.

The Astronomical Lady. The same, 473.
The Languid Lady. The same, 473.
The Swearer. The same, 473.

On Nash's picture at full length, between the busts
of Newton and Pope at Bath. Lord Chesterfield, IN.
Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers. Maen,
661-663.

Satire, probable date of in the English language, ximi
SAVAGE (Richard), specimen of, 374.

The Thales of Johnson's London, 572, note.
Saxon language, observations on the changes of, xxix,
xxxii.

SHADWELL (Thomas), specimen of, 305.

Character of, by Dryden, 366.

Shaftesbury (Lord), character of. Dryden, 306.
SHAKSPEARE (William), specimens of the sonnets of, 75,

76.

Observations on as a dramatist, lx, lxi.

Character of, by Dryden, lxvi.
His Venus and Adonis, lxxi, 42.

His Sonnets, lxxi.

Epitaph on. Milton, 258.

Inscription for the Bust of. Akenside, 494.
Steevens's censure upon his Sonnets, 44, note.
Describes Fortune like a Wheelwright, lxxxvii,

note.

SHAW (Cuthbert), notice of, 510.

Specimen of, 510.

SHENSTONE (William), notice of, 446.

Specimens of his Poems, 447–453.
Shepherd, the Stedfast. Wither, 249.
Shepherd's Address to his Love. Marlowe, 42.

Life, Happiness of. Phin. Fletcher, 84.
Hunting. Wither, 248.

Resolution. The same, 249.

Sheridan, character of. Churchill, 457.

Shipwreck, The, extracts from. Falconer, 481-488.
SHIRLEY (James), notice of, 215.

Extracts from, 215-230.

Critical observations on them, 1xxvii-lxxix.
Singing-bird, ode to a. Richardson, 550.
Skelton (John), critical account of, xlix.
Sleep, personification of. Tho. Sackville, 37.
Address to. Sir P. Sydney, 41.
SMART (Christopher), notice of, 502.

Specimens of his poems, 503.
SMITH (James), specimen of, 232

SMOLLETT (Dr. Tobias), notice of, 512, 695.
Specimens of his poems, 513, 515.

Solitude. Cowley, 238.

Ode to. Grainger, 477.

Somerset (Earl of), verses on his falling from the favour of
James L. Sir H. Wotton, 158.

SOMERVILE (William), specimen of, 371.

SONGS.

Hunnis, liii.

Lyly, 62.

Dr. Donne, 125.

Ben Jonson, 146-148.

Carew, 154-156.

N. Field, 159.

Sir J. Suckling, 181.
Quarles, 188.

W. Browne, 189, 190.
Nabbes, 191.
Heywood, 193.
Habington, 201.
Lovelace, 209.

Anon. 210, 211.
Brome, 230, 231.
Herrick, 232.

Wither, 249.

Bulteel, 246.

Bp. King, 250.

Mayne, 256,

Milton, 258, 262, 264.

E of Rochester, 268,
269.

Otway, 286.

Anon. 286.

Etherege, 299, 300.

Flatman, 301.

Behin, 286, 301.
Shadwell, 305.
Sedley, 313, 314.
T. Brown, 315, 315.
Earl of Dorset, 316, 317.
Walsh, 320,
Anon. 320, 321.

Gould, 322.

Rowe, 334.
Motteux, 337.
Prior, 341.
Congreve, 349.
Ward, 350,
Gay, 356.

Booth, 357.

Lord Lansdowne, 358.
Oldmixon, 370.

Weekes, 373

Southerne, 399.

Thomson, 410.
Crawfurd, 424.
Hamilton, 428.
Cibber, 433.
E. Moore, 435.
Ramsay, 441.
Carey, 453.
Mallet, 465.
Smollett, 513.
Anon. 516.
Cunningham, 517.

P. Whitehead, 536.
Dodsley, 460, 461.

Cooper, 479.
Lovibond, 543.
Fawkes, 544.

Sir J. H. Moore, 564.
Stevens, 571.
Thompson, 601.
Sir W. Jones, 637.
Burns, 650, 651, 652.

TALES.

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer, 6.
Tale of the Coffers, or Caskets. Gower, 13.
Argentile and Curan. Warner, 71.
A Fairy Tale. Parnell, 323.
The Hermit. The same, 328.
Protogenes and Apelles. Prior, 342.
Bacchus Triumphant. Somervile, 371.
Baucis and Philemon. Swift, 383.
The Cobbler, an Irish tale. Meston, 392.
Love and Folly. A. Selden, 414–423.
Variety. W. Whitehead, 585.
Syr Martyn. Mickle, 611.

The Twa Dogs. Burns, 645.
Tam o'Shanter. The same, 648.
THOMPSON (Capt. Edward), notice of, 601.

Specimens of, 601.

VANBRUGH (Sir John), notice of, 345.
Specimen of, 346.

Vanity of Human Knowledge. Sir J. Davies, 100.

Of the World, farewell to. Sir H. Wotton, 157.
Of Human Wishes. Dr. Johnson, 575.
Variety, a tale. W. Whitehead, 585.
VAUGHAN (Henry), specimens of, 305, 306.
VAUX (Lord), notice of, 33.

Specimens of his poems, 33.

Venus, hymn to. A. Philips, 412.
VERE (Edward, Earl of Oxford), 65.
Specimens of his poems, 66.

Verse, translated, observations on. Roscommon, 280.
Vertù, allegorical description of. G. West, 428.
Villiers (Lady Mary), epitaph on. Carew, 155.
Virgil, translated by Phaer, strictures on, lxviii.
Specimen of that version, lxviii. note.

Critical remarks on, with specimens of Dryden's
translation of this poet, lxxxiv.

WHITEHEAD (William), notice of, 581-583.
Specimens of, 584-588.
WHYTE (James), specimen of, 618.
Wife, qualities of one. Sir T. Overbury, 74.

Monody on the death of. Shaw, 510.

Lord Lyttelton, 517.
Verses to, with a present of a knife. Bishop, 638
Verses to, with a ring. The same, 638.
Wilbye's Madrigals, songs from, 59, 60.
WILDE (Dr. Robert), specimen of, 251, 252.

WILLIAMS (Sir Charles Hanbury), specimen of, 441.

WILMOT (Robert), notice of his Tancred and Sigismunda,

Yardley Oak, description of. Cowper, 681.
YOUNG (Dr. Edward), notice of, 465.

Specimens of his poetry, 28-30.
Character of it, liii.

Specimens of his poems, 467-473.
Imitation of, by I. H. Browne, 444.
Disgraced his talents by his flattery, 337.
Youth, vanity of. Gascoigne, 39.

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