THET R A G E D YOF THE DUTCHESSEOF Malfy.As it was Presented priuatly, at the Black-Friers;and publiquely at the Globe, By theKings Maiesties Seruants.The perfect and exact Coppy, with diuersethings Printed, that the length of the Play wouldnot beare in the Presentment.Written byJohn Webster.Hora.——Si quid————Candidus Imperti si non bis vtere mecum.LONDON:Printed byNicholas Okes, forIohnWaterson, and are to be sold at thesigne of the Crowne, inPaulesChurch-yard, 1 6 2 3.
THE
T R A G E D Y
OF THE DUTCHESSE
OF Malfy.
As it was Presented priuatly, at the Black-Friers;
and publiquely at the Globe, By the
Kings Maiesties Seruants.
The perfect and exact Coppy, with diuerse
things Printed, that the length of the Play would
not beare in the Presentment.
Written byJohn Webster.
Hora.——Si quid——
——Candidus Imperti si non bis vtere mecum.
LONDON:
Printed byNicholas Okes, forIohn
Waterson, and are to be sold at the
signe of the Crowne, inPaules
Church-yard, 1 6 2 3.
To me Massinger is one of the most interesting as well as one of the most delightful of the old dramatists, not so much for his passion or power, though at times he reaches both, as for the love he shows for those things that are lovely and of good report in human nature, for his sympathy with what is generous and high-minded and honorable and for his equable flow of a good every-day kind of poetry, with few rapids or cataracts, but singularly soothing and companionable.
Lowell
A NEW WAY TO PAYOLD DEBTSA COMŒDIEAs it hath beene often acted at the Phœnixin Drury-Lane, by the QueenesMaiesties seruants.The Author.PHILIP MASSINGER.(illustration)L O N D O N,Printed byE. P.forHenry Seyle, dwelling inS.PaulsChurch-yard, at the signe of theTygers head. Anno. M. DC.X X X I I I.
A NEW WAY TO PAY
OLD DEBTS
A COMŒDIE
As it hath beene often acted at the Phœnix
in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes
Maiesties seruants.
The Author.
PHILIP MASSINGER.
(illustration)
L O N D O N,
Printed byE. P.forHenry Seyle, dwelling inS.
PaulsChurch-yard, at the signe of the
Tygers head. Anno. M. DC.
X X X I I I.
Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds. There is a grandeur of the soul above mountains, seas, and the elements. Even in the poor perverted reason of Giovanni and Annabella we discover traces of that fiery particle, which in the irregular starting from out of the road of beaten action, discovers something of a right line even in obliquity, and shows hints of an improvable greatness in the lowest descents and degradation of our nature.
Lamb
THEB R O K E NHEART.A Tragedy.A C T E DBy theKingsMajesties Seruantsat the priuate House in theBlack-Friers.Fide Honor.(Illustration)LONDON:Printed byI. B.forHvgh Beeston, and are tobe sold at his Shop, neere theCastleinCorne-hill. 1 6 3 3.
THE
B R O K E N
HEART.
A Tragedy.
A C T E D
By theKingsMajesties Seruants
at the priuate House in the
Black-Friers.
Fide Honor.
(Illustration)
LONDON:
Printed byI. B.forHvgh Beeston, and are to
be sold at his Shop, neere theCastlein
Corne-hill. 1 6 3 3.
Next Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs,Had in him those brave sublunary thingsThat the first poets had; his raptures wereAll air and fire which made his verses clear;For that fine madness still he did retain,Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Next Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs,Had in him those brave sublunary thingsThat the first poets had; his raptures wereAll air and fire which made his verses clear;For that fine madness still he did retain,Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Drayton
The FamousT R A G E D YOFTHE RICH JEWOFMALTA.AS IT WAS PLAYDBEFORE THE KING ANDQveene, IN HIS MAJESTIESTheatre atWhite-Hall, by her MajestiesServants at theCock-pit.Written byChristopher Marlo.(Illustration)LONDON,Printed byI. B.forNicholas Vavasour, and are to be soldat his Shop in the Inner-Temple, neere theChurch. 1 6 3 3.
The Famous
T R A G E D Y
OF
THE RICH JEW
OFMALTA.
AS IT WAS PLAYD
BEFORE THE KING AND
Qveene, IN HIS MAJESTIES
Theatre atWhite-Hall, by her Majesties
Servants at theCock-pit.
Written byChristopher Marlo.
(Illustration)
LONDON,
Printed byI. B.forNicholas Vavasour, and are to be sold
at his Shop in the Inner-Temple, neere the
Church. 1 6 3 3.
Sir, I pray deliver this little book to my dear brother Farrar, and tell him he shall find in it a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed betwixt God and my soul, before I would subject mine to the will of Jesus, my Master, in Whose service I have now found perfect freedom. Desire him to read it; and then, if he can think it may turn to the advantage of any dejected poor soul, let it be made public; if not, let him burn it; for I and it are less than the least of God's mercies.
Herbert
THET E M P L E.SACRED POEMSANDPRIVATE EJACULATIONS.By Mr.George Herbert.Psal. 29.In his Temple doth everyman speak of his honour.(Ilustration)CAMBRIDGEPrinted byThom.Buck,andRoger Daniel, printersto the Universitie.1 6 3 3.
THE
T E M P L E.
SACRED POEMS
AND
PRIVATE EJACULATIONS.
By Mr.George Herbert.
Psal. 29.
In his Temple doth every
man speak of his honour.
(Ilustration)
CAMBRIDGE
Printed byThom.Buck,
andRoger Daniel, printers
to the Universitie.
1 6 3 3.
Did his youth scatter poetry whereinLay Love's philosophy? Was every sinPictured in his sharp satires, made so foul,That some have fear'd sin's shapes, and kept their soulSafer by reading verse: did he give days,Past marble monuments, to those whose praiseHe would perpetuate? Did he—I fearEnvy will doubt—these at his twentieth year?But, more matured, did his rich soul conceiveAnd in harmonious holy numbers weaveA crown of sacred sonnets, fit to adornA dying martyr's brow, or to be wornOn that blest head of Mary Magdalen,After she wiped Christ's feet, but not till then;Did he—fit for such penitents as sheAnd he to use—leave us a LitanyWhich all devout men love, and doubtless shall,As times grow better, grow more classical?Did he write hymns, for piety and wit,Equal to those great grave Prudentius writ?
Did his youth scatter poetry whereinLay Love's philosophy? Was every sinPictured in his sharp satires, made so foul,That some have fear'd sin's shapes, and kept their soulSafer by reading verse: did he give days,Past marble monuments, to those whose praiseHe would perpetuate? Did he—I fearEnvy will doubt—these at his twentieth year?But, more matured, did his rich soul conceiveAnd in harmonious holy numbers weaveA crown of sacred sonnets, fit to adornA dying martyr's brow, or to be wornOn that blest head of Mary Magdalen,After she wiped Christ's feet, but not till then;Did he—fit for such penitents as sheAnd he to use—leave us a LitanyWhich all devout men love, and doubtless shall,As times grow better, grow more classical?Did he write hymns, for piety and wit,Equal to those great grave Prudentius writ?
Walton
P O E M S,byJ. D.WITHE L E G I E SON THE AUTHORSDEATH.LONDON.Printed byM. F.forIohn Marriot,and are to be sold at his shop in StDunstansChurch-yard inFleet-street. 1 6 3 3.
P O E M S,
byJ. D.
WITH
E L E G I E S
ON THE AUTHORS
DEATH.
LONDON.
Printed byM. F.forIohn Marriot,
and are to be sold at his shop in StDunstans
Church-yard inFleet-street. 1 6 3 3.
It is not on the praises of others, but on his own writings that he is to depend for the esteem of posterity; of which he will not easily be deprived while learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in which he does not discover some skill; and scarce any kind of knowledge, profane or sacred, abstruse or elegant, which he does not appear to have cultivated with success.
Johnson
à coelo salusReligio,Medici.Printed for Andrew Crooke. 1642. Will Marshatt. scu.
à coelo salus
Religio,
Medici.
Printed for Andrew Crooke. 1642. Will Marshatt. scu.
Waller was smooth.
Pope
THEW O R K E SOFEDMOND WALLEREsquire,Lately a Member of the HonourableHouseofCommons,In this present Parliament.ImprimaturNa. Brent.Decem. 30. 1644.LONDON,Printed forThomas Walkley.1645.
THE
W O R K E S
OF
EDMOND WALLER
Esquire,
Lately a Member of the Honourable
Houseof
Commons,
In this present Parliament.
Imprimatur
Na. Brent.Decem. 30. 1644.
LONDON,
Printed forThomas Walkley.
1645.
O volume, worthy, leaf by leaf and cover,To be with juice of cedar washed all over!Here's words with lines, and lines with scenes consentTo raise an act to full astonishment;Here melting numbers, words of power to moveYoung men to swoon, and maids to die for love:Love lies a-bleedinghere; Evadne thereSwells with brave rage, yet comely everywhere;Here'sA Mad Lover; there that high designOfKing and No King, and the rare plot thine.So that where'er we circumvolve our eyes,Such rich, such fresh, such sweet varietiesRavish our spirits, that entranc'd we see,None writes love's passion in the world like thee.
O volume, worthy, leaf by leaf and cover,To be with juice of cedar washed all over!Here's words with lines, and lines with scenes consentTo raise an act to full astonishment;Here melting numbers, words of power to moveYoung men to swoon, and maids to die for love:Love lies a-bleedinghere; Evadne thereSwells with brave rage, yet comely everywhere;Here'sA Mad Lover; there that high designOfKing and No King, and the rare plot thine.So that where'er we circumvolve our eyes,Such rich, such fresh, such sweet varietiesRavish our spirits, that entranc'd we see,None writes love's passion in the world like thee.
Herrick
COMEDIESANDTRAGEDIESFRANCIS BEAVMONTWritten by—And—Gentlemen.IOHN FLETCHERNever printed before,And now published by the AuthoursOriginall Copies.Si quid habent veri Vatum præsagia, vivam.LONDON,Printed forHumphrey Robinson, at the threePidgeons, and forHumphrey Moseleyat thePrinces ArmesinStPaulsChurch-yard. 1 6 4 7.
COMEDIES
AND
TRAGEDIES
FRANCIS BEAVMONT
Written by—And—Gentlemen.
IOHN FLETCHER
Never printed before,
And now published by the Authours
Originall Copies.
Si quid habent veri Vatum præsagia, vivam.
LONDON,
Printed forHumphrey Robinson, at the threePidgeons, and for
Humphrey Moseleyat thePrinces ArmesinStPauls
Church-yard. 1 6 4 7.
ReducedLeaf in original, 8.37 x 13.12 inches
What mighty epics have been wrecked by timeSince Herrick launched his cockle-shell of rhyme!
What mighty epics have been wrecked by timeSince Herrick launched his cockle-shell of rhyme!
Aldrich
HESPERIDES:OR,THE WORKSBOTHHUMANE & DIVINEOFRobert HerrickEsq.Ovid.Effugient avidos Carmina nostra Rogos.(Illustration)L O N D O NPrinted forJohn Williams, andFrancis Eglesfield,and are to be sold at the Crown and Marygoldin SaintPaulsChurch-yard. 1648.
HESPERIDES:
OR,
THE WORKS
BOTH
HUMANE & DIVINE
OF
Robert HerrickEsq.
Ovid.
Effugient avidos Carmina nostra Rogos.
(Illustration)
L O N D O N
Printed forJohn Williams, andFrancis Eglesfield,
and are to be sold at the Crown and Marygold
in SaintPaulsChurch-yard. 1648.
Taylor, the Shakespeare of divines.
Emerson
THERULE ANDEXERCISESOF HOLYLIVINGBy Jer. Taylor D:D.Non magna loquimursed vivimusLONDON printed for R. Roystonin Ivye Lane. 1650.Ro: Vaughan sculp.
THE
RULE AND
EXERCISES
OF HOLY
LIVING
By Jer. Taylor D:D.
Non magna loquimur
sed vivimus
LONDON printed for R. Royston
in Ivye Lane. 1650.
Ro: Vaughan sculp.
That is a book you should read: such sweet religion in it, next to Woolman's, though the subject be bait, and hooks, and worms, and fishes.
Lamb
TheCompleat Angleror theContemplative man'sRecreationBeing a Discourse ofFISH and FISHING,Not unworthy the perusal of mostAnglers.Simon Peter said,I go afishing:and they said, Wealso wil go with thee. John 21. 3.London, Printed byT. MaxeyforRich. Marriot, inS.DunstansChurch-yard Fleetstreet, 1653.
The
Compleat Angler
or the
Contemplative man's
Recreation
Being a Discourse of
FISH and FISHING,
Not unworthy the perusal of mostAnglers.
Simon Peter said,I go afishing:and they said, We
also wil go with thee. John 21. 3.
London, Printed byT. MaxeyforRich. Marriot, in
S.DunstansChurch-yard Fleetstreet, 1653.
Yet he, consummate master, knewWhen to recede and when pursue.His noble negligences teachWhat others' toils despair to reach.He, perfect dancer, climbs the rope,And balances your fear and hope;If, after some distinguished leap,He drops his pole, and seems to slip,Straight gathering all his active strength,He rises higher half his length.With wonder you approve his slight,And owe your pleasure to your fright.
Yet he, consummate master, knewWhen to recede and when pursue.His noble negligences teachWhat others' toils despair to reach.He, perfect dancer, climbs the rope,And balances your fear and hope;If, after some distinguished leap,He drops his pole, and seems to slip,Straight gathering all his active strength,He rises higher half his length.With wonder you approve his slight,And owe your pleasure to your fright.
Prior
HUDIBRASTHE FIRST PART.Written in the time of the late Wars.(Illustration)L O N D O N.Printed byJ. G.forRichard Marriot, under SaintDunstan's Church inFleetstreet. 1663.
HUDIBRAS
THE FIRST PART.
Written in the time of the late Wars.
(Illustration)
L O N D O N.
Printed byJ. G.forRichard Marriot, under Saint
Dunstan's Church inFleetstreet. 1663.
The third among the sons of light.
Shelley
Paradise lost.APOEMWritten inTEN BOOKSByJOHN MILTON.Licensed and Entred accordingto Order.L O N D O NPrinted, and are to be sold byPeter ParkerunderCreedChurch neerAldgate; And byRobert Boulterat theTurks HeadinBishopsgate-street;AndMatthias Walker, under St.DunstonsChurchinFleet-street, 1667.
Paradise lost.
A
POEM
Written in
TEN BOOKS
ByJOHN MILTON.
Licensed and Entred according
to Order.
L O N D O N
Printed, and are to be sold byPeter Parker
underCreedChurch neerAldgate; And by
Robert Boulterat theTurks HeadinBishopsgate-street;
AndMatthias Walker, under St.DunstonsChurch
inFleet-street, 1667.
Ingenious dreamer! in whose well-told taleSweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail;Whose humorous vein, strong sense, and simple style,May teach the gayest, make the gravest smile;Witty and well-employed, and, like thy Lord,Speaking in parables his slighted word:—I name thee not, lest so despised a nameShould move a sneer at thy deserved fame.
Ingenious dreamer! in whose well-told taleSweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail;Whose humorous vein, strong sense, and simple style,May teach the gayest, make the gravest smile;Witty and well-employed, and, like thy Lord,Speaking in parables his slighted word:—I name thee not, lest so despised a nameShould move a sneer at thy deserved fame.
Cowper
THEPilgrim's ProgressFROMTHIS WORLD,TOThat which is to come:Delivered under the Similitude of aDREAMWherein is Discovered,The manner of his setting out,His Dangerous Journey; And safeArrival at the Desired Countrey.I have used Similitudes,Hos. 12. 10.ByJohn Bunyan.Licensed and Entred according to Order.L O N D O N,Printed forNath. Ponderat thePeacockin thePoultreynearCornhil, 1678.
THE
Pilgrim's Progress
FROM
THIS WORLD,
TO
That which is to come:
Delivered under the Similitude of a
DREAM
Wherein is Discovered,
The manner of his setting out,
His Dangerous Journey; And safe
Arrival at the Desired Countrey.
I have used Similitudes,Hos. 12. 10.
ByJohn Bunyan.
Licensed and Entred according to Order.
L O N D O N,
Printed forNath. Ponderat thePeacock
in thePoultreynearCornhil, 1678.
Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous carWide o'er the fields of glory bearTwo coursers of ethereal race,With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous carWide o'er the fields of glory bearTwo coursers of ethereal race,With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Gray
ABSALOMANDACHITOPHEL.AP O E M.——Si Propiùs stesTe Capiet Magis——L O N D O N,Printed forJ. T.and are to be Sold byW. DavisinAmen-Corner, 1681.
ABSALOM
AND
ACHITOPHEL.
A
P O E M.
——Si Propiùs stes
Te Capiet Magis——
L O N D O N,
Printed forJ. T.and are to be Sold byW. Davisin
Amen-Corner, 1681.
ReducedLeaf in original, 7.75 × 12.56 inches.
Few books in the literature of philosophy have so widely represented the spirit of the age and country in which they appeared, or have so influenced opinion afterwards as Locke'sEssay concerning Human Understanding. The art of education, political thought, theology and philosophy, especially in Britain, France and America, long bore the stamp of theEssay, or of reaction against it.
Fraser
ANE S S A YCONCERNINGHumane Understanding.In Four B O O K S.Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire quod nescias, quam ista effutientem nauseare, atque ipsum sibi displicere!Cic. de Natur. Deor.l. 1.(illustration)L O N D O N:Printed byEliz. Holt, forThomas Basset, at theGeorgeinFleetstreet, near St.Dunstan'sChurch. MDCXC.
AN
E S S A Y
CONCERNING
Humane Understanding.
In Four B O O K S.
Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire quod nescias, quam ista effutientem nauseare, atque ipsum sibi displicere!Cic. de Natur. Deor.l. 1.
Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire quod nescias, quam ista effutientem nauseare, atque ipsum sibi displicere!Cic. de Natur. Deor.l. 1.
(illustration)
L O N D O N:
Printed byEliz. Holt, forThomas Basset, at the
GeorgeinFleetstreet, near St.Dunstan's
Church. MDCXC.
ReducedLeaf in original, 7.18 × 12.62 inches
Oh! that your brows my laurel had sustained,Well had I been deposed if you had reigned!The father had descended for the son;For only you are lineal to the throne.Yet I this prophesy: thou shalt be seen,(Though with some short parenthesis between,)High on the throne of wit; and, seated there,Not mine (that's little) but thy laurel wear.Thy first attempt an early promise made,That early promise this has more than paid;So bold, yet so judiciously you dare,That your least praise is to be regular.Already I am worn with cares and age,And just abandoning the ungrateful stage;Unprofitably kept at heaven's expense,I live a rent-charge on his providence.But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn,Whom I foresee to better fortune born,Be kind to my remains; and, oh defend,Against your judgment, your departed friend!Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue,But shield those laurels which descend to you:And take for tribute what these lines express:You merit more, but could my love do less.
Oh! that your brows my laurel had sustained,Well had I been deposed if you had reigned!The father had descended for the son;For only you are lineal to the throne.
Yet I this prophesy: thou shalt be seen,(Though with some short parenthesis between,)High on the throne of wit; and, seated there,Not mine (that's little) but thy laurel wear.Thy first attempt an early promise made,That early promise this has more than paid;So bold, yet so judiciously you dare,That your least praise is to be regular.
Already I am worn with cares and age,And just abandoning the ungrateful stage;Unprofitably kept at heaven's expense,I live a rent-charge on his providence.But you, whom every Muse and Grace adorn,Whom I foresee to better fortune born,Be kind to my remains; and, oh defend,Against your judgment, your departed friend!Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue,But shield those laurels which descend to you:And take for tribute what these lines express:You merit more, but could my love do less.
Dryden
THEWay of the World,ACOMEDY.As it is ACTEDAT THETheatre inLincoln's-Inn-Fields,BYHis Majesty's Servants.Written by Mr.CONGREVE.Audire est Operæ pretium, procedere recteQui mæchis non vultis—— Hor. Sat. 2. l. 1.——Metuat doti deprensa.—— Ibid.L O N D O N:Printed forJacob Tonson, withinGray's-Inn-GatenextGray's-Inn-Lane. 1700.
THE
Way of the World,
A
COMEDY.
As it is ACTED
AT THE
Theatre inLincoln's-Inn-Fields,
BY
His Majesty's Servants.
Written by Mr.CONGREVE.
Audire est Operæ pretium, procedere recte
Qui mæchis non vultis—— Hor. Sat. 2. l. 1.
——Metuat doti deprensa.—— Ibid.
L O N D O N:
Printed forJacob Tonson, withinGray's-Inn-Gatenext
Gray's-Inn-Lane. 1700.
ReducedLeaf in original, 6.5 × 8.5 inches.
For an Englishman there is no single historical work with which it can be so necessary for him to be well and thoroughly acquainted as with Clarendon.
Southey
THEHISTORYOF THERebellionandCivil WarsINE N G L A N D,Begun in the Year 1641.With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the KING's blessed RESTORATION, and RETURN upon the 29thofMay, in the Year 1660.Written by the Right HonourableEDWARD Earl of CLARENDON,Late Lord High Chancellour ofEngland, Privy Counsellourin the Reigns of KingCharlesthe First and the Second.κτῆμα ἐς ἀεί Thucyd.Ne quid Falsi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero.Volume the First.(Illustration)O X F O R D,Printed at theTheater,An. Dom.MDCCII.
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
RebellionandCivil Wars
IN
E N G L A N D,
Begun in the Year 1641.
With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the KING's blessed RESTORATION, and RETURN upon the 29thofMay, in the Year 1660.
With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the KING's blessed RESTORATION, and RETURN upon the 29thofMay, in the Year 1660.
Written by the Right Honourable
EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON,
Late Lord High Chancellour ofEngland, Privy Counsellour
in the Reigns of KingCharlesthe First and the Second.
κτῆμα ἐς ἀεί Thucyd.
Ne quid Falsi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero.
Volume the First.
(Illustration)
O X F O R D,
Printed at theTheater,An. Dom.MDCCII.
ReducedLeaf in original, 11 × 17.5 inches.
It is incredible to conceive the effect his writings have had upon the Town; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished or given a very great check to! how much countenance they have added to Virtue and Religion! how many people they have rendered happy, by showing them it was their own fault if they were not so! and lastly how entirely they have convinced our young fops and young fellows of the value and advantages of Learning! He has indeed rescued it out of the hands of pedants, and fools, and discovered the true method of making it amiable and lovely to all mankind. In the dress he gives it, it is a most welcome guest at tea-tables and assemblies, and is relished and caressed by the merchants on the Change. Accordingly, there is not a Lady at Court, nor a Broker in Lombard Street, who is not easily persuaded that CaptainSteeleis the greatest Scholar and Casuist of any man in England.
Gay
THELUCUBRATIONSOFIsaac Bickerstaff Esq;VOL. I.οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα Homer.(Illustration)L O N D O N,Printed: And sold byJohn Morphew, nearStationers-Hall. MDCCX.
THE
LUCUBRATIONS
OF
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq;
VOL. I.
οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα Homer.
(Illustration)
L O N D O N,
Printed: And sold byJohn Morphew, nearStationers-Hall. MDCCX.
Note, The Bookbinder is desired to place the INDEX after [Tosler, No. 114]
which ends theFirst Volumein Folio.
ReducedLeaf in original, 9.50 × 14.37 inches
Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Johnson
Numb. 1The SPECTATOR.Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucemCogitat; ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. Hor.To be Continued every Day.Thursday, March 1. 1711.I Have observed, that a Reader seldom peruses a Book with Pleasure 'till he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair Man, of a mild or cholerick Disposition, Married or a Batchelor, with other Particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right Understanding of an Author. To gratify this Curiosity, which is so natural to a Reader, I design this Paper, and my next, as Prefatory Discourses to my following Writings, and shall give some Account in them of the several Persons that are engaged in this Work. As the chief Trouble of Compiling, Digesting and Correcting will fall to my Share, I must do my self the Justice to open the Work with my own History.I was born to a small Hereditary Estate, which I find, by the Writings of the Family, was bounded by the same Hedges and Ditches inWilliamthe Conqueror's Time that it is at present, and has been delivered down from Father to Son whole and entire, without the Loss or Acquisition of a single Field or Meadow, during the Space of six hundred Years. There goes a Story in the Family, that when my Mother was gone with Child of me about three Months, she dreamt that she was brought to Bed of a Judge: Whether this might proceed from a Law-Suit which was then depending in the Family, or my Father's being a Justice of the Peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any Dignity that I should arrive at in my future Life, though that was the Interpretation which the Neighbourhood put upon it. The Gravity of my Behaviour at my very first Appearance in the World, and all the Time that I sucked, seemed to favour my Mother's Dream: For, as she has often told me, I threw away my Rattle before I was two Months old, and would not make use of my Coral 'till they had taken away the Bells from it.As for the rest of my Infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence. I find that, during my Nonage, I had the Reputation of a very sullen Youth, but was always a Favourite of my School-Master, who used to say,that my Parts were solid and would wear well. I had not been long at the University, before I distinguished my self by a most profound Silence: For, during the Space of eight Years, excepting in the publick Exercises of the College, I scarce uttered the Quantity of an hundred Words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three Sentences together in my whole Life. Whilst I was in this Learned Body I applied my self with so much Diligence to my Studies, that there are very few celebrated Books, either in the Learned or the Modern Tongues, which I am not acquainted with.Upon the Death of my Father I was resolved to travel into Foreign Countries, and therefore left the University, with the Character of an odd unaccountable Fellow, that had a great deal of Learning, if I would but show it. An insatiable Thirst after Knowledge carried me into all the Countries ofEurope, where there was any thing new or strange to be seen; nay, to such a Degree was my Curiosity raised, that having read the Controversies of some great Men concerning the Antiquities ofEgypt, I made a Voyage toGrand Cairo, on purpose to take the Measure of a Pyramid; and as soon as I had set my self right in that Particular, returned to my Native Country with great Satisfaction.I have passed my latter Years in this City, where I am frequently seen in most publick Places, tho' there are not above half a dozen of my select Friends that know me; of whom my next Paper shall give a more particular Account. There is no Place of publick Resort, wherein I do not often make my Appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my Head into a Round of Politicians atWill's, and listning with great Attention to the Narratives that are made in those little Circular Audiences. Sometimes I smoak a Pipe atChild's; and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but thePost-Man, over-hear the Conversation of every Table in the Room. I appear onSunday NightsatSt. James's Coffee-House, and sometimes join the little Committee of Politicks in the Inner-Room, as one who comes there to hear and improve. My Face is likewise very well known at theGrecian, theCocoa-Tree, and in the Theaters both ofDrury-Lane, and theHay-Market. I have been taken for a Merchant
Numb. 1
The SPECTATOR.
Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem
Cogitat; ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. Hor.
To be Continued every Day.
Thursday, March 1. 1711.
I Have observed, that a Reader seldom peruses a Book with Pleasure 'till he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair Man, of a mild or cholerick Disposition, Married or a Batchelor, with other Particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right Understanding of an Author. To gratify this Curiosity, which is so natural to a Reader, I design this Paper, and my next, as Prefatory Discourses to my following Writings, and shall give some Account in them of the several Persons that are engaged in this Work. As the chief Trouble of Compiling, Digesting and Correcting will fall to my Share, I must do my self the Justice to open the Work with my own History.
I was born to a small Hereditary Estate, which I find, by the Writings of the Family, was bounded by the same Hedges and Ditches inWilliamthe Conqueror's Time that it is at present, and has been delivered down from Father to Son whole and entire, without the Loss or Acquisition of a single Field or Meadow, during the Space of six hundred Years. There goes a Story in the Family, that when my Mother was gone with Child of me about three Months, she dreamt that she was brought to Bed of a Judge: Whether this might proceed from a Law-Suit which was then depending in the Family, or my Father's being a Justice of the Peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any Dignity that I should arrive at in my future Life, though that was the Interpretation which the Neighbourhood put upon it. The Gravity of my Behaviour at my very first Appearance in the World, and all the Time that I sucked, seemed to favour my Mother's Dream: For, as she has often told me, I threw away my Rattle before I was two Months old, and would not make use of my Coral 'till they had taken away the Bells from it.
As for the rest of my Infancy, there being nothing in it remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence. I find that, during my Nonage, I had the Reputation of a very sullen Youth, but was always a Favourite of my School-Master, who used to say,that my Parts were solid and would wear well. I had not been long at the University, before I distinguished my self by a most profound Silence: For, during the Space of eight Years, excepting in the publick Exercises of the College, I scarce uttered the Quantity of an hundred Words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three Sentences together in my whole Life. Whilst I was in this Learned Body I applied my self with so much Diligence to my Studies, that there are very few celebrated Books, either in the Learned or the Modern Tongues, which I am not acquainted with.
Upon the Death of my Father I was resolved to travel into Foreign Countries, and therefore left the University, with the Character of an odd unaccountable Fellow, that had a great deal of Learning, if I would but show it. An insatiable Thirst after Knowledge carried me into all the Countries ofEurope, where there was any thing new or strange to be seen; nay, to such a Degree was my Curiosity raised, that having read the Controversies of some great Men concerning the Antiquities ofEgypt, I made a Voyage toGrand Cairo, on purpose to take the Measure of a Pyramid; and as soon as I had set my self right in that Particular, returned to my Native Country with great Satisfaction.
I have passed my latter Years in this City, where I am frequently seen in most publick Places, tho' there are not above half a dozen of my select Friends that know me; of whom my next Paper shall give a more particular Account. There is no Place of publick Resort, wherein I do not often make my Appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my Head into a Round of Politicians atWill's, and listning with great Attention to the Narratives that are made in those little Circular Audiences. Sometimes I smoak a Pipe atChild's; and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but thePost-Man, over-hear the Conversation of every Table in the Room. I appear onSunday NightsatSt. James's Coffee-House, and sometimes join the little Committee of Politicks in the Inner-Room, as one who comes there to hear and improve. My Face is likewise very well known at theGrecian, theCocoa-Tree, and in the Theaters both ofDrury-Lane, and theHay-Market. I have been taken for a Merchant
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It breathes throughout a spirit of piety and benevolence; it sets in a very striking light the importance of the mechanic arts, which they who know not what it is to be without them are apt to undervalue. It fixes in the mind a lively idea of the horrors of solitude, and, consequently, of the sweets of social life, and of the blessings we derive from conversation and mutual aid; and it shows how by labouring with one's own hands, one may secure independence, and open for one's self many sources of health and amusement. I agree, therefore, with Rousseau, that this is one of the best books that can be put into the hands of children.
Beattie
THELIFEANDStrange SurprizingADVENTURESOFROBINSON CRUSOE,OfYORK,Mariner:Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,all alone in an un-inhabited Island on theCoast ofAmerica, near the Mouth ofthe Great River ofOroonoque;Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, whereinall the Men perished but himself.WITHAn Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'dby PYRATES.Written by Himself.LONDON:Printed forW. Taylorat theShipinPater-Noster-Row.MDCCXIX.
THE
LIFE
AND
Strange Surprizing
ADVENTURES
OF
ROBINSON CRUSOE,
OfYORK,Mariner:
Who lived Eight and Twenty Years,
all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the
Coast ofAmerica, near the Mouth of
the Great River ofOroonoque;
Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein
all the Men perished but himself.
WITH
An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd
by PYRATES.
Written by Himself.
LONDON:
Printed forW. Taylorat theShipinPater-Noster-Row.
MDCCXIX.
Anima Rabelasii habitans in sicco
Coleridge