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Women Poets of the Romantic Period

The female speaker; or, Miscellaneous pieces, in prose and verse

Barbauld, (Anna Letitia)

1743-1825

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

Poets

Language material

1811

1811

Monograph/item

England--London

Printed for J. Johnson and Co. ...

English

electronic

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xii, 421, [1] p. ; 18 cm

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Contents. -- Book I. -- Select Sentences. 1 -- Book II. -- Moral And Didactic Pieces. -- Religion / Economy Of Human Life. -- Woman / ibid. -- Vice and Virtue / Fordyce. -- Moral Sexes / ibid. -- Proof of a future State from Analogy / ibid. -- View of the different Stages of Life / ibid. -- On Marriage / Mrs. Hannah More. -- Flavia and Miranda / Law’s Call. -- Inconsistency / ibid. -- CÊlia, a Character / ibid. -- Conduct and Behaviour / Gregory. -- Female Economy / Mrs. Hannah More. -- Female Accomplishments / ibid. -- Family Duties / Mrs. Chapone. -- On Sensibility / ibid. -- A Comparison / Pope. -- On Politeness / Miss Talbot. -- On Temper / Pope. -- Advice To A Lady / Lord Lyttleton. -- Government Of The Temper / Mrs. Chapone. -- Insufficiency Of Beauty / Pope. -- Virtuous Love / Thomson. -- Beauty Dependent On Sentiment / Adventurer. -- On Good Nature / ibid. -- On Amusement / Fordyce. -- Dissipation Of The Rising Generation / ibid. -- Thoughts On Death. / Reynolds. -- On Vanity And Affectation / Lord Halifax. -- On Family Management / ibid. -- A Climax / Prior. -- On Conversation / Dr. Watts. -- Stella’s Birthday / Swift. -- Recollections / Cowper. -- On Beauty / Akenside. -- Il Latte / Jerningham. -- Trust In God / Young. -- On Memory / Rogers. -- Coming Of The Messiah / Pope. -- Objects Of Prayer / Dr. Johnson. -- How To Make The Most Of Life / Fawcett. -- Qualities Requisite In A Wife / Dr. Aikin. -- The Country Favourable To Health / Armstrong. -- Address To The Deity / Mrs. Barbauld. -- Book III.-- Narrative Pieces. -- The Judgment Of Rhadamanthus / Addison. -- Vision Of Theodore / Dr. Johnson. -- Story Of La Roche / Mirror. -- The Folly Of Disputing Upon Trifles. / Miss Edgeworth. -- Comparison Of Watches / ibid. -- A Party Of Pleasure / Rambler. -- Story Of Flavilla / Adventurer. -- A Domestic Incident / Adventurer. -- Female Fortitude / Melmoth’s Pliny --Pliny To His Wife / ibid. -- Baucis And Philemon / Swift. -- The Country Parson And His Wife / World. -- The Race Of Fashion / ibid. -- The Dolphin Of Hippo / Melmoth’s Pliny. -- An Economical Project / Dr. Franklin. -- A Week In The Country / World. -- The Ephemera / Freethinker. -- A Party At Vauxhall / Connoisseur. -- A Petition To Those Who Have The Superintendency Of Education / Dr. Franklin. -- Book IV. -- Descriptive And Pathetic. -- Description Of Ancient Germany / Gibbon. -- ------------- -- Constantinople / ibid. -- ------------- -- Arabia / ibid. -- The Horse and Camel / ibid. -- Pillars of Sand in the Desert / Bruce’s Travels. -- The Nile / Thomson. -- Breaking Up Of The Ice At Quebec / Mrs. Brook. -- The Nightingale / Goldsmith’s Animated Nature. -- The Lark / ibid. -- The Farmyard / Thomson. -- North Cape / Acerbi’s Travels. -- Earthquake In Calabria / Goldsmith’s Animated Nature. -- Progress Of Sensations In The First Man / Buffon. -- Journey To Paris / World. -- The Cit’s Box. / Connoisseur. -- Lady Richard / Russel -- Too Much And Too Little / World. -- Execution Of Mary Queen Of Scotland. Robertson’s History Of Scotland. -- The Indian Philosopher / Watt’s Lyrics. -- Description Of The First Pair / Milton. -- On the Marriage Tie / ibid. -- The Patriot’s Elysium / Montgomery’s Poems. -- To A Friend On His Marriage. / Roger’s Pleasures Of Memory. -- Nausicaa / Pope’s Odyssey. -- On Sensibility / Jerningham. -- My Mary / Cowper. -- Few Happy Matches / Watt’s Lyrics. -- The First Housewife / Milton. -- The Lamb / Dyer’s Fleece. -- Sheep-washing / ibid. -- Buxton Wells / Darwin’s Botanic Garden. -- Elegy On Revisiting The Scenes Of Early Life. / Fawcett’s Poems. -- The Prospect. / Cowper. -- The Woodman / ibid. -- The deserted Female / Goldsmith. -- The Rose / Cowper. -- The Child Of Sorrow / Langhorne. -- The Balloon / Darwin’s Botanic Garden. -- May Day / ibid. -- On a Tree cut in Paper / Waller. -- The Pleasures Of The Country / Cowper. -- A Comparison / ibid. -- The Grasshopper / Cowley. -- The Contrast / ibid. -- Baucis and Philemon / Garth’s Ovid. -- The Female Coterie / Swift. -- The Friseur / Bath Guide. -- A Comparison / Pope’s Iliad. -- A Winter Piece / Dr. Aikin. -- Maternal Love / Lucy Aikin. -- A Mother To Her Waking Infant -- Description Of Italy / Addison .-- A Prison Scene / Dryden. -- Constancy / Prior. -- Officious Love / ibid. -- Monastic Gloom / Pope. -- ----------- Enthusiasm / ibid. -- Jupiter and Europa / Garth’s Ovid. -- Trees Characterized / Spencer. -- The Robin / Thomson. -- A Winter Evening / Cowper. -- Address To The Creator / Shaftesbury. -- Apostrophe to the Sun / ibid. -- The Torrid and Frigid Zones / ibid. -- Mountain Scenery / ibid. -- Book V. -- Dialogues. -- Elder and younger Brother / Milton’s Comus. -- Lady and Comus / ibid. -- Lord and Lady Townly / Provoked Husband. -- Agib And Secander / Collins. --The Dirge / Gay. -- Imogen And Pisanio / Shakespeare. -- Ferdinand and Miranda / ibid. -- Portia and Brutus / ibid. -- Orlando and Rosalind / ibid. -- Lear and Cordelia / ibid. -- Alicia and Jane Shore / Rowe. -- Sterling And Mrs. Heidelberg / Clandestine Marriage. -- Sterling, Lord Ogleby, and Canton / ibid. -- Lord Ogleby, Sterling, Mrs. Heidelberg, Miss Sterling, Fanny, and Canton./ClandestineMarriage. -- Calista And Sciolto / Rowe. -- Lady Townly, Mrs. Trusty, And Poundage / Provoked Husband. -- Captain Absolute And Faulkland / The Rivals. -- Katherine Summoned Before The High Commission Court / Shakespeare. -- Jaffier And Belvidera / Otway. -- Book VI. -- Epistles. -- To the Rev. William Unwin / Cowper. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To Mrs. Cowper / ibid. -- To the Rev. William Unwin / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Rev. John Newton / ibid. -- To Lady Hesketh / ibid. --To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid. -- To the Rev. John Newton / ibid. -- To Lady Hesketh / ibid. -- To Mr. Walpole / Gray. -- To Mr. Wharton / ibid. --To Mr. Nicholls / ibid. -- To the Countess of --------- / Lady M. W. Montague. -- To the Lady R----- / ibid. -- To the Same / ibid.

selected from the best writers, and adapted to the use of young women. By Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Erratum: p. vi

Advertisement: p. [422]

Missing pages at end? ; autograph inscription on t.p. LU-S

Citation : Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 83.

Includes Preface of the Editor.

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