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

Authors: Joseph Addison, John Gay, William Sommerville

Release Date: January 4, 2004 [EBook #10587]

Language: English

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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOSEPH ADDISON;

GAY'S FABLES;

AND

SOMERVILLE'S CHASE.

* * * * *

With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations,

BY THE

REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.

* * * * *

M.DCCC.LIX.

CONTENTS.

ADDISON'S POETICAL WORKS.

LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON,

POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS:—

To Mr Dryden,

A Poem to his Majesty, presented to the Lord Keeper,

A Translation of all Virgil's Fourth

  Georgic, except the Story of
  Aristæus,

A Song for St Cecilia's Day,

An Ode for St Cecilia's Day,

An Account of the greatest English Poets,

A Letter from Italy,

Milton's Style Imitated, in a Translation of a Story out of the Third Æneid,

The Campaign,

Cowley's Epitaph on Himself,

Prologue to the 'Tender Husband,'

Epilogue to the 'British Enchanters,'

  Prologue to Smith's 'Phædra and
  Hippolitus,'

Horace Ode III., Book III.,

The Vestal,

OVID'S METAMORPHOSES:—

BOOK II.

The Story of Phaeton,

  Phaeton's Sisters transformed
  into Trees,

  The Transformation of Cyenus
  into a Swan,

The Story of Calisto,

The Story of Coronis, and Birth of Æsculapius,

Ocyrrhoe Transformed to a Mare,

 The Transformation of Battus to
  a Touchstone,

  The Story of Aglauros, transformed
  into a Statue,

Europa's Rape,

BOOK III.

The Story of Cadmus,

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.

The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus,

TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES,

TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER, ON HIS PICTURE OF THE KING,

THE PLAY-HOUSE,

ON THE LADY MANCHESTER,

AN ODE,

AN HYMN,

AN ODE,

AN HYMN,

PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII.

THE LIFE OF JOHN GAY

GAY'S FABLES:—

INTRODUCTION.—PART I.

The Shepherd and Philosopher

Fable I.—The Lion, the Tiger, and the Traveller

Fable II.—The Spaniel and the Cameleon

Fable III.—The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy

Fable IV.—The Eagle, and the Assembly of Animals

Fable V.—The Wild Boar and the Ram

Fable VI.—The Miser and Plutus

Fable VII.—The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese

Fable VIII.—The Lady and the Wasp

Fable IX.—The Bull and the Mastiff

Fable X.—The Elephant and the Bookseller

Fable XI.—The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goose

Fable XII.—Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus

Fable XIII.—The Tame Stag

Fable XIV.—The Monkey who had seen the World

Fable XV.—The Philosopher and the Pheasants

Fable XVI.—The Pin and the Needle

Fable XVII.—The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf

Fable XVIII.—The Painter who pleased Nobody and Everybody

Fable XIX.—The Lion and the Cub

Fable XX.—The Old Hen and the Cock

Fable XXI.—The Rat-catcher and Cats

Fable XXII.—The Goat without a Beard

Fable XXIII.—The Old Woman and her Cats

Fable XXIV.—The Butterfly and the Snail

Fable XXV.—The Scold and the Parrot

Fable XXVI.—The Cur and the Mastiff

Fable XXVII.—The Sick Man and the Angel

Fable XXVIII.—The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

Fable XXIX.—The Fox at the point of Death

Fable XXX.—The Setting-dog and the Partridge

Fable XXXI.—The Universal Apparition

Fable XXXII.—The Two Owls and the Sparrow

Fable XXXIII.—The Courtier and Proteus

Fable XXXIV.—The Mastiffs

Fable XXXV.—The Barley-mow and the Dunghill

Fable XXXVI.—Pythagoras and the Countryman

Fable XXXVII.—The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Fable XXXVIII.—The Turkey and the Ant

Fable XXXIX.—The Father and Jupiter

Fable XL.—The Two Monkeys

Fable XLI.—The Owl and the Farmer

Fable XLII.-The Jugglers

Fable XLIII.-The Council of Horses

Fable XLIV.—The Hound and the Huntsman

Fable XLV.—The Poet and the Rose

Fable XLVI.—The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog

Fable XLVII.—The Court of Death

Fable XLVIII.—The Gardener and the Hog

Fable XLIX.—The Man and the Flea

Fable L.—The Hare and many Friends