The miscellaneous works of Mr. Philip Freneau containing his essays, and additional poems.
- Title
- The miscellaneous works of Mr. Philip Freneau containing his essays, and additional poems.
- Author
- Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
- Publication
- Philadelphia: :: Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market Street.,
- MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
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- Poems -- 1788.
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Contents
- title page
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- list of subscribers
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THE PICTURES OF COLUMBUS, THE GENOESE.
- PICTURE I. COLUMBUS making MAPS.
- PICTURE II. The CELL of an INCHANTRESS.
- PICTURE III. The MIRROR.
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PICTURE IV. COLUMBUS
addresses King FERDINAND. -
PICTURE V. FERDINAND
and his FIRST MINISTER. - PICTURE VI. COLUMBUS addresses Queen ISABELLA.
- PICTURE VII. Queen ISABELLA'S Page of Honour writing a reply to COLUMBUS.
- PICTURE VIII. COLUMBUS at the Harbour of PALOS, in Andalusia.
- PICTURE IX. A SAILOR'S HUT, near the Shore. THOMAS and SUSAN.
- PICTURE X. BERNARDO, a Spanish Friar, in his canonicals.
- PICTURE XI. OROSIO, a Mathematician, with his scales and compasses.
- PICTURE XII. COLUMBUS and a PILOT.
- PICTURE XIII. DISCONTENTS at Sea.
- PICTURE XIV. COLUMBUS at CAT ISLAND.
- PICTURE XV. COLUMBUS in a Tempest, on his return to Spain.
- PICTURE XVI. COLUMBUS visits the COURT at Barcelona.
- PICTURE XVII. COLUMBUS in CHAINS.
- PICTURE XVIII. COLUMBUS at VALLADOLID.
- THE HERMIT OF SABA.
- ON THE FOLLY OF WRITING POETRY. (1785).
- ARIOSTO'S DESCRIPTION OF THE GARDENS in ALCINA'S INCHANTED ISLAND.
- ADVICE TO AUTHORS.
- THE PICTURE GALLERY.
- A DISCOURSE UPON BEARDS.
- A LECTURE ON BEARDS.
- THE ANTIQUARIAN.
- THE MAN OF NINETY; OR, A VISIT TO THE OAK.
- THE SCORNFUL LADY.
- HORACE, Lib. II. Ode 16. IMITATED, AND ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR PARR.
- THE INDIAN STUDENT, OR, FORCE OF NATURE.
- THE PRISONER.
- THE LOST SAILOR.
- ON THE HON. EMANUEL SWEDENBORG'S UNIVERSAL THEOLOGY.
- MAY TO APRIL.
- FEW HONEST COBLERS; A POEM. In Imitation of Dr. WATTS'S Indian Philosopher.
- THE SAILOR'S RELIEF.
- ROBERT SLENDER'S IDEA OF THE HUMAN SOUL.
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TRACTS AND ESSAYS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS. By Mr. SLENDER.
- I. AN ORATION UPON RUM. (In the stile of Dr. Hervey.)
- II. THE MARKET MAN.
- III. THE MAN IN BUSINESS.
- IV. THE MAN OUT OF BUSINESS.
- V. THE DEBTOR.
- VI. RULES AND DIRECTIONS HOW TO AVOID CREDITORS, SHERIFFS, CON|STABLES, &c.
- VII. THE PRIVATE TUTOR.
- VIII. THE CITY POET.
- IX. THE BACHELOR'S HOUSE.
- X. THE SPLENETIC INDIAN.
- XI. THE INEXORABLE CAPTAIN. A SHORT STORY. (From Mr. SLENDER'S Journals.)
- XII. DIRECTIONS FOR COURTSHIP.
- THE PAMPHLETEER AND THE CRITIC.
- NEW YEAR'S VERSES, FOR 1786. [Written for the Carriers of the Columbian Herald.]
- ON PROHIBITING THE SALE OF Dr. DAVID RAMSAY'S History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, in London, 1786.
- LITERARY IMPORTATION.
- THE ENGLISHMAN'S COMPLAINT.
- THE NEWSMONGER.
- THE ALMANAC MAKER.
- THE WILD HONEY SUCKLE.
- FEMALE CAPRICE; OR, THE STUDENT's COMPLAINT.
- THE DRUNKEN SOLDIER. A PARODY.
- STANZAS WRITTEN In a blank leaf of BURKE'S History of the West India Islands.
- THE INSOLVENT'S RELEASE; AND MISERIES OF A COUNTRY JAIL.
- ST. PREUX TO ELOISA.
- TO MISFORTUNE.
- THE FIDDLER'S FAREWELL.
- THE DEPARTURE. 1785
- THE DISTREST SHEPHERDESS; OR, MARIANA'S Complaint for the Death of DAMON. Written, 1775.
- LINES ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.
- THE MODERN MIRACLE.
- AN AUTHOR's SOLILOQUY.
- HORACE, LIB. I. ODE 15. TRANSLATED.
- THE DULL MORALIST.
- LINES WRITTEN AT PORT-ROYAL, in the Island of JAMAICA.
- THE MISFORTUNE OF MARCH. [Written in the pastoral style of the old British Poets.]
- PHILANDER AND LAVINIA.
- ELEGIAC LINES.
- LINES OCCASIONED BY The Death of Mr. ROBERT BELL, the celebrated humourist, and truly philanthropic Bookseller, for|merly of Philadelphia.
- LINES OCCASIONED BY A Visit to an old INDIAN BURYING GROUND.
- EPITAPH.
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ESSAYS, TALES, AND POEMS. BY Mr. SLENDER.
- I. THE POWER OF NOVELTY.
- II. THE SICK AUTHOR.
- III. THE VOYAGE OF TIMBEROO|TABO-EEDE, AN OTAHEITE INDIAN. Copied from the Hieroglyphical Records of that distant nation.
- IV. REPORT OF A LAW CASE. SOLOMON DASH, Plaintiff, FREDERICK FLUTE, Defendant.
- V. THE ACADEMY OF DEATH, A FRAGMENT.
- VI. ROBERT SLENDER'S IDEA OF A VISIT TO A MODERN GREAT MAN.
- VII. A DISCOURSE UPON LAW.
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VIII. LIGHT, SUMMER READING: Which may possibly please such as have a
for modern Novels. - IX. NARRATIVES, OBSERVATIONS AND ADVICE ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. I. Written, and first printed in the Freeman's Journal, Nov. 1781.
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE, ACCOM|PLISHED AND PATRIOTIC COL. JOHN LAURENS, Who, in the 27th year of his age, was killed in an engagement with a detachment of the British from Charleston, near the river CAMBAHEE, in South Carolina, August, 1782.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. II.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. III.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. IV.
- SENTIMENTS OF A TRAVELLER. Written 1780.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. V. [Containing some particulars relative to the Island of SNATCHAWAY.]
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. VI. (Concluding the account of the Clergyman of the Forest.)
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. VII.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. VIII.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. IX.
- REFLECTIONS, NARRATIVES, AND IDEAS OF THE LATE ROBERT SLENDER.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. X.
- A DISCOURSE UPON WHIGS AND TORIES, BY MR. SLENDER.
- THE PHILOSOPHER OF THE FOREST. NUMB. XI.
- INTERESTING THOUGHTS, DESIGNED FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD; By Christopher Clodhopper, Yeoman.
- PRISCILLA TRIPSTREET'S ANSWER TO CHRISTOPHER CLODHOPPER.
- A SHORT REPLY TO THE ABOVE; BY MR. CLODHOPPER.
- A POLITICAL CATECHISM, FOR THOSE WHOM IT MAY SUIT.
- NEW YEAR's VERSES FOR 1788.
- A DISCOURSE ON ESQUIRES, WITH A SHORT NARRATIVE. By his honor the President of the Debtor's Club.
- ON CITY BURYING PLACES. A SPEECH, By a Member of the Lower House.
- A JOURNEY FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW-YORK, BY WAY OF BURLINGTON AND SOUTH-AMBOY. BY THE LATE MR. ROBERT SLENDER.