The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan

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Author

Somerville, William, 1675-1742

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- 18th century

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Text

eBook-No.

10587

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10587

Release Date

January 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POETICAL WORKS — CONTENTS. — ADDISON'S POETICAL WORKS. — THE LIFE OF JOHN GAY — PART II. — SOMERVILLE'S CHASE.
2. 2.LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON.
3. 3.ADDISON'S POETICAL WORKS. — POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. — TO MR DRYDEN. — A POEM TO HIS MAJESTY,[2] PRESENTED TO THE LORD KEEPER. — TO THE KING. — A TRANSLATION OF ALL — A SONG FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY, — IV. — CHORUS. — AN ODE FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY. — CHORUS. — AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREATEST ENGLISH POETS — A LETTER FROM ITALY, — MILTON'S STYLE IMITATED, — THE CAMPAIGN, A POEM. — COWLEY'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF. — PROLOGUE TO THE TENDER HUSBAND.[8] — EPILOGUE TO THE BRITISH — PROLOGUE TO SMITH'S[10] PHÆDRA AND HIPPOLITUS. — HORACE.-ODE III., BOOK III. — THE VESTAL. — OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. — PHÆTON'S SISTERS TRANSFORMED INTO TREES. — THE TRANSFORMATION OF CYCNUS INTO A SWAN. — THE STORY OF CALISTO. — THE STORY OF CORONIS, AND BIRTH OF ÆSCULAPIUS. — EUROPA'S RAPE. — BOOK III. — THE TRANSFORMATION OF ACTÆON INTO A STAG. — THE BIRTH OF BACCHUS. — THE TRANSFORMATION OF TIRESIAS. — THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECHO. — THE STORY OF NARCISSUS. — THE STORY OF PENTHEUS. — THE MARINERS TRANSFORMED TO DOLPHINS. — THE DEATH OF PENTHEUS. — BOOK IV. — TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES,[12] — TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER[14] ON HIS PICTURE OF THE KING.[15] — THE PLAY-HOUSE. — ON THE LADY MANCHESTER. — AN ODE. — AN HYMN. — AN ODE. — AN HYMN. — PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII. — END OF ADDISON'S POEMS.
4. 4.THE LIFE OF JOHN GAY. — GAY'S FABLES. — PART I. — THE SHEPHERD AND THE PHILOSOPHER. — TO HIS HIGHNESS — FABLE I. — FABLE II. — FABLE III. — FABLE IV. — FABLE V. — FABLE VI. — FABLE VII. — FABLE VIII. — FABLE IX. — FABLE X. — FABLE XI. — FABLE XII. — FABLE XIII. — FABLE XIV. — FABLE XV. — FABLE XVI. — FABLE XVII. — FABLE XVIII. — FABLE XIX. — FABLE XX. — FABLE XXI. — FABLE XXII. — FABLE XXIII. — FABLE XXIV. — FABLE XXV. — FABLE XXVI. — FABLE XXVII. — FABLE XXVIII. — FABLE XXIX. — FABLE XXX. — FABLE XXXI. — FABLE XXXII. — FABLE XXXIII. — FABLE XXXIV. — FABLE XXXV. — FABLE XXXVI.
5. 5.FABLE XXXVII. — FABLE XXXVIII. — FABLE XXXIX. — FABLE XL. — FABLE XLI. — FABLE XLII. — FABLE XLIII. — FABLE XLIV. — FABLE XLV. — FABLE XLVI. — FABLE XLVII. — FABLE XLVIII. — FABLE XLIX. — FABLE L. — PART II. — FABLE I. — FABLE II. — FABLE III. — FABLE IV. — FABLE V. — FABLE VI. — FABLE VII. — FABLE VIII. — FABLE IX. — FABLE X. — FABLE XI. — FABLE XII. — FABLE XIII. — FABLE XIV. — FABLE XV.
6. 6.FABLE XVI. — SONGS. — SWEET WILLIAM'S FAREWELL TO BLACK-EYED SUSAN. — A BALLAD, — THE — SOMERVILLE'S CHASE. — BOOK II. — BOOK III.
7. 7.BOOK IV.

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