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The Virgin's Choice; or Youth preferred to Old Age. To which are added, Let Ambition Fire Thy Mind. Fidele's Tomb. Tarry Woo. Love and Despair. The Queen of France's Lamentation.
A collection of ballads and songs on a variety of topics. The first is a short song about a young woman comparing the two men who are courting her, one old and rich and the other poor and young, which alludes to the common theme of the sexual…
The village sexton, to which is added, The boatie rows, The days o' lang syne, The lass o' Gowrie, We're a noddin'
A short collection of ballads and songs, including a humorous portrayal of minister from the Highlands, a rowing song, the reminiscing of two old soldiers, a love song, and a short humorous song about the conversation between two old gossips, which…
The Village Curate: An interresting [sic] Tale.
This short story tells the tale of a well-off Lord who pretends to have lost his fortune in order to distinguish his true friends from the flatterers. When all but one of his friends abandon him, he decides that none of the upper-class ladies are…
The vanity of pride. To which are added, Matrimonial deafness. Young men are deceitful. For the love of Jean. The distressed maiden, with The answer. The men will romance.
A collection of ballads or poems. The first is a litany of the many sins that plague Britain at this time, including pride, drunkenness, prostitution, dishonoring one’s parents, and forsaking the Sabbath. The second is a humorous verse that…
The unhappy couple. To which are added, Lord Howe's victory. The lass of Humber-side. Jenny May.
A collection of ballads and songs on a variety of topics. The first is a standard tale of tragedy of two lovers of unequal classes, with an interesting twist at the end. The daughter of a Lord falls in love with her father’s groom; they marry in…
The Turkish lady. To which are added, My mother did so before me. Jockey to the fair. The happy beggars. Cynthia's perplexity.
A collection of ballads and songs on a variety of topics and themes. The first tells the tale of a Turkish woman who falls in love with her English slave and consequently becomes Christian and runs away with him to England. The second is a playful…
The true hearted maiden. To which are added, A sweet country life, A trip to the fair, The constant lady, The gin drinker's frolic, the forsaken nymph.
A collection of songs and ballads on a variety of topics and themes. The first song tells of two lovers separated by war; when they are reunited before the war ends, the young woman offers to pay for his discharge to keep him safe. The second song…
