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CAUTION TO HUSBANDS
AGAINST
THRIFTY
WIVES.
DEMONSTRATING
T H E RUINOUS
TENDENCY
OF
TOO
MUCH
ECONOMY.
By CHRISTOPHER CAKELING,
OF CRANBOUR.NE-ALLEY.
" It is truly alarming to reJleSl on the great number of Huf~
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bands 'who are in the high ivay of being abfoluidy ruin*
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ed by the matchlefs economy of their wives."
ANON
TO w h i c h a r e a d d e d ,
S E L E C T
J E S T S .
G L A S G O W :
PRINTED
FOR AND SOLD
Brafh & Reid*
BY
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CAUTION,
TO
T H E
EDITOR.
CRANBOURNE-ALLEY.
D o
you k n o w , m y d e a r Sir, t h a t I am in t h e h i g h
r o a d to be ruined b y e c o n o m y ? N e v e r did a p o o r
m a n p a y fo d e a r in o r d e r to fave m o n e y ; a n d it is
ail o w i n g to t h e c r y t h a t has b e e n lately fet u p a b o u t f c a r c i t y , t h a t I am f a i r l y d r i v e n out of my o w n
h o u f e , and am t h e l a u g h i n g flock of all m y n e i g h bours.
You m u f l k n o w t h a t I h a v e the good f o r t u n e t o e n j o y t h e beft wife in t h e w o r l d . She is a p a t t e r n t o
all her a c q u a i n t a n c e . She looks i n t o e v e r y t h i n g h e r felf, is q u i t e n o t a b l e , a g r e a t m a n a g e r ; an excellent
m a r k e t - w o m a n , and k n o w s t h e cheapeft: f h o p in t o w n
for every article t h a t we w a n t . T h i s is n o t o n l y a
g r e a t c o m f o r t as well as f a v i n g to oiirfelves, b u t a
great convenience to o u r f r i e n d s * f u r , w h e n a n y of
t h e m w a n t to buy a g o w n , or a p o u n d of railins, t h e y
are f u r e not only to c o n f u l t m y wife, b u t to t a k e h e r
w i t h them for fear t h a t t h e y f h o u l d be i m p o f e d Upon ;
and t h e k i n d foul is e v e r y day u p o n h e r feet t r u d g i n g
i n t o the c i t y w i t h one f r i e n d or a n o t h e r , b e c a u f e
really in t h e city things may be b o u g h t f o r a l m o f t h a l f
p r i c e ; and*this I can allure y o u , is t r u e , f r o m t h e ext r a o r d i n a r y bargains t h a t ilie c o n f l a n t l y m a k e s .
But, my d e a r Sir, to m y m i s f o r t u n e s . — t need n o t
tell y o u , Sir, w h o h a v e fo well d e f c r i b e d t h e p r e f e n t
l c a r c i t v , t h a t every feeling h e a r t is anxious to leffea
t h e c o n f u m p t i o n of w h e a t , a n d to m a k e as g r e a t a f a v ing as poflible of bread in thefe h a r d times. T h e n u m b e r of f u b f t i t u t e s for flour w h i c h have been fuggeftcd b y
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t h e ingenious Sir John Sinclair, Prefident of the Board
of Agriculture, and others, ftruck my wife very forcibly.
— " Dear me !" (lie faid one morning at breakfaft-—•
" how fimple the receipt is !—Juft: one half flour, and
one half potatoes. I declare I will try it—and then
we ill a 11 make ouf own b r e a d , and what a faving t h a t
will be ! It is but having a little cart-iron oven put u p
at the fide of the kitchen grate, and it will be the m o d
convenient and h a n d y thing in the world-—it will
bake a pie or a few tarts upon occafion; and you k n o w ,
m y love, it will keep your leg of mutton hoc and comfortable any time that you fliould happen to be detained at Lloyd's. W h a t do you t h i n k of it, my d e a r ? "
1 never have an opinion of my own upon any fubje<5t
of this kind. M y wife is fovereign out of the counting-houfe, which is my only t e r r i t o r y . <c My d e a r , "
fays I — " you k n o w be ft. It is furely the d u t y of ever y one to leflen the c o n f u m p t i o n of wheat; and, if you
t h i n k a ini^ed bread will anfwer, I would have you
t r y i t ; b u t , my love, might you not make your exper i m e n t , and fend the loaf to the ba^kehoufe, and not
b u y an oven till you fee how it a n f w e r s ? " ? Qh dear,
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no, by no m e a n s ; now that is always your way. M y
G o d ! t r u f l a baker with an experiment when lie is to
be deprived of our cuftom if it fucceeds! No, I t h a n k
y o u . W h y , he would b u r n it on purpofe. , ? T h e r e is
no arguing with my wife,{he is fo clever; and, bciides,
when once flie takes> up a thing, flie finds out fo m a n y
advantages in a m i n u t e , t h a t did not ftrike h e r at firft,
t h a t the fecond reafons are often more forcible t h a n
the original inducement. Thi.s was precifely the cafe
about the little caft-iron o v e n ; it was thought of o n r
ly for the fake of the potatoe-bread ; but fuch a variety of ufes, for an oven pame crowding upon her mind,
that {he wondered how we had ever been able to go
OR without an oven.—An oven would fave itfelf m
£\yo months in the expence of f u e l ; for ilie declared
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for her own p a r t that fhe liked baked meat as well as
roaft, and whenever I dined out, fhe and the children
could do very well with a bit of a beef-fteak pie, or a
b a k e d fhoulder of m u t t o n , and, befides, a eafi-iron
oven was no expence—She faw one fold at an au&iori
for a couple of guineas, and (lie knew the b r o k e r t h a t
bought i t ; he lived in Moorfields, for fhe often dealt
w i t h him.*'—-I did not fay a word more.
W h e n I came home to d i n n e r , my wife told me with
great joy, that f h e had got the oven, and the b r i c k layer was coming in the morning to fet it; and f h e
bad only paid two guineas and a half, and it was as
good as new. T h e r e was not a fmgle crack about it,
and it was quite charming.
T h e r e was only one
t h i n g that fhe did not k n o w how to m a n a g e — t h e r e
was not room by the fide of the fire for the oven without removing the boiler. But flie was f a r e , if the
bricklayer had not been an afs, he might have c o n t r i v ed it fomehow. But, hang the c o p p e r , it was not
wanted o f t e n ; it might be put u p in the lirtie back
cellar under the counting-houfe, It would be eafy,
the bricklayer faid, to carry up a flue. I faw fhe had
fettled the whole plan, and fhe entertained me d u r i n g
dinner with the preparations fhe had made for our
new bread. She was hire, f h e faid, that potatoes
would be dear, bccaufe every body was going to eat
t h e m , and (lie had therefore the precaution to buy in
as many as fhe thought ivould ferve us for the winter*
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' G o o d G o d ! my dear, they wii! fpoil. W h e r e can
you keep them?'* " I warrant you I'll find r o o m , "
fays flie; " a n d as to their f p o i | i n g , I'll anfwer for
t h e m . How do I preferve pears till the m o n t h of
J u n e ? and fureiv they are more delicate than potatoes." I kno>v how clever m y wife is at thefe things.
H e r prefe'rves are excellent, and there is not a week
b u t fome of our friends are forced to fend to us for
a pot or two, when their own are all f p o i l t ; . and my
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wife always takes care to have enough on t h a t v e r y
account.
Well, Sir, next day my wife begged of me to dine at
t h e cofFee-houfe, becaufe I knew the kitchen would be
quite taken u p with the b r i c k l a y e r ; and flie was de->
termined to lofe n o time, for flie would have a loaf
r e a d y to put in as foon as the oven was fet. Well,
Sir, I went to Slaughter's coffee- houfe, and told m y
friends how neceflary it was for every body to fet an
example, in thefe hard times, of eating a mixed b r e a d ,
and that I had determined to introduce it in my own
family. Indeed, I faid, my wife was a&ually about it.
Aye, M r . Cakeling," faid a neighbour, " you are t h e
man to lead us the w a y ; you have a wife that knows
how to do every thing. I'll be bound that flie makes
bread fit for a prince if f h e f e t s about i t . " T h i s is t h e
way, my dear Sir, that ail my friends f p e a k about m y
wife, flie has got fuch a name for clevernefs. So I
went home quite full of our new bread-^-No—quite elated I m e a n — f o r oh, my dear Sir, to this day, and it
is fix weeks ago fince we began to bake, I have not
•got a belly-full of home made b r e a d .
I wifli I had time to go t h r o u g h all our experiments.
One time our loaf would not r i f e — a n o t h e r time it
would not come out—it fluck faft to the b o t t o m — i t
wanted fait, it had too much fait—it \vas too wet, it
was too dry ! it was fometimes quite dough, but in ge»
neral it was b u r n t t o a cinder. It went on this way
for the firft w e e k ; my wife and I could not difcover
the reafon. W e had tried potatoes in every w a y ; we
had boiled t h e m , m a f h e d them, pulverifed them, p o u r ed water after water over them to make them white ?
we had reduced (I fay ive, for being a national objedt, I
was h a p p y to take a p a r t ; befides, I own, I was a little
on t h e alert, for I had promifed my friends at Slaughter's to bring them a loaf) we had reduced ao lbs. of
potatoes to 2, and had made excellent flarcb of it ?
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though we could not make b r e a d . W e had conftimed
half the flock of potatoes that was to ferve us all winter, without getting a fmgle loaf that was eatable.—
My wife cried for vexation. She was f u r e there muft
be fomething in the m a t t e r that we did not dream of,
for ilie knew as well how to make bread as any baker
in E n g l a n d ; but llie would find it out before f h e
Uept.
A n old baker who had now turned flour-fa&or, of
<»ur acquaintance, was called in, not becaufe f h e did
not know, as well as any baker in England, how to
make bread ; but there might be fome knack in m a n a ging the oven, that ille was unacquainted with—fomething in the way of heating it—or of putring the
bread in it — or of taking it out. In ihort, for once
f h e would take advice. " L o r d , M a ' a m , " fays the
fiour-fa<5tor, " it is no wonder you could not fucceed
-—why, M a ' a m , you have got one of thofe k i c k f h a w
iron ovens. L o r d blefs you! they don't anfwer, t h e y ' d
b u r n all the bread in the world before they'd bake it.
T h e r e ' s no doing any good with an iron o v e n . " M y
wife was flruck d u m b , but yet (lie was fatisfied. Sh©
was completely a c q u i t t e d - ^ t h e fault did not lie with
Tier; but, however, it would be eafv to alter it, a fmafl
oven might be built for a mere trifle on the good old
p l a n ; and an oven I accordingly got.
But mark the confequences. T h e kitchen chimney
was torn down, and fome how or other the flue was
i n j u r e d . It wasimpoffible to live in it for fmoke.—
My maid gave us wurning, flie could not live in it; and
I was forced to dine at the coffee-houfe every d a y .
M y wife, however, is a woman of refource. She applied to an ingenious mechanic, who has great fkill in
chimneys. T h i s man has invented a fine a p p a r a t u s
for a kitchen. He has a range that does every t h i n g
-—it boiis, roads, (lews, and bakes al) by the fame fire,
£nd the expenee is nothing, for it faves itfelf in fire m
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a t w e l v e m o n t h . Nothing would fatis r y my wife b u t
to have a riew-fafhioned r a n g e ; and accOrdiiigly at aii
expence of more than 50I. I have got my kitchen met a m o r p h o f e d ; and 1 am making mixed bread at no a l lowance.
M y wife has got into the way. T h i s caft-iron oven
on the new pian fucceeds to a miracle; arid 1 lbouid
be quite h a p p y if it were riot for the expence. But
really, my dear Sir, there is nothing fo dear as economy. I calculate that every quartern-loaf of bread
which I make cofts me h a l f - a - c r o w n ; and this is not
the w o r d of it. Sometimes we all get the gripes into
t h e bargain. I believe that my apothecaries bill will
come to a good r o u n d f u m for counteracting tlie effects of the ftaff of life.
1 do not afcribe this to my w i f e ; no, Sir, flie is the
t
befl woman upon e a r t h ; but you k n o w it was natural
t h a t fhe ihould try all mixtures. So one day we had
wheat and barley, and that gave us d y f e n t e r y . T h e
next we had a mixture of oatmeal, arid that put o u r
blood into a f e v e r : on the third we had potatoe bread,
and then we had indigeflion. In f h o r t , without knowing at fiid the reafon, we have all been u n w e l l ; have
all had occafion for the apothecary. A n d we are ail
beginning again, without v e n t u r i n g , however* to fay
fo, to wifli for plain old hoiifehold bread from the b a ker.
M y neighbours h a v e fomehow or a n o t h e r found this
Out; and Lam truly to be pitied. T h e y afk me jeeringiy how many h u n d r e d weight of potatoes go to a
q u a r t e r n loaf; and the very fhmr-fa<£tor that my wife
called in faid to my face, at the Langbourn W a r d coffee-houfe, t h a t , if this faving plan went on, all the
flour in the kingdom would be wafted ; and to tel! you
the t r u t h I begin to t h i n k fo.
CHRISTOPHER
CAKELING.
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JESTS.
1. SOME y e a r s ago, t w o C o m e d i a n s b e l o n g i n g t o C o v e n t - G a r d e n T h e a t r e h a v i n g a wager a b o u t w h i c h of
t h e m f u n g beft, t h e y a g r e e d to r e f e r it t o D r . A r n e ,
w h o u n d e r t o o k t o be a r b i t r a t o r on this occafion. A l a y
w a s a c c o r d i n g l y agreed o n , and b o t h t h e p a r t i e s exec u t e d to t h e b e d of t h e i r abilities b e f o r e h i m . A s f o o n
as t h e y h a d finished, t h e DocStor p r o c e e d e d t o g i v e
j u d g m e n t in t h e following m a n n e r : " A s for y o u , S i r , "
a d d r e f l i n g himfelf t o t h e firft, " you a r e b y m u c h t h e
nvorjl linger 1 ever h e a r d in m y life.*' A h , f a y s t h e o t h e r , e x u l t i n g l y , 1 k n e w I fliould win m y w a g e r . —
M
S t o p , S i r , " fays t h e D o & o r , " I h a v e a w o r d to f a y
t o you b e f o r e y o u g o ; w h i c h is t h i s , t h a t as f o r y o u ,
Sir, you cannot fing at all?*
2. A MAN w h o t r a v e l l e d t h e c o u n t r y , a n d got his
b r e a d b y flying upoll a r o p e off t h e tops of fteeples*
&c. a p p l i e d once to a l e a r n e d Bifliop f o r leave to fly
f r o m t h e t o p of t h e C a t h e d r a l , and engaged f o m e p e o p l e of w e i g h t to f p e a k in his f a v o u r : t o w h o m his
L o r d i h i p replied ; " *Tis inconfiftent w i t h my d u t y
a n d t h e n a t u r e of my f u n c t i o n , to p e r m i t a n y m a n t o
fly from t h e C h u r c h ; b u t y o u r f r i e n d m a y fly to i t , if
he will."
3. WHILE a f c h o l a r was b l o w i n g his fire, t h e n o f e of
his bellows d r o p t o f f : I fee i n d e e d , fays h e , it is cold
w e a t h e r , for t h e nofe of t h e v e r y bellows d r o p s .
4. A GENTLEMAN being at C h u r c h , h a d his p o c k e t
p i c k e d of his w a t c h , a n d c o m p l a i n i n g of it to a f r i e n d
of his, he r e p l i e d , H a d you w a t c h e d as well as p r a y e d ,
y o u r w a t c h h a d been f e c u r e : But t h e next w a t c h y o u
carry about you, remember thefe lines;
lid that a Watch mould ivear, this he mujl do,
Packet his IVatch, and ivatch his,pocket too.
F I N I S .
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A Caution To Husbands against thrifty wives demonstrating the ruinous tendency of too much economy by of Cranbourne-Alley. To which are added, Select jests.
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Select jests.
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Address To Clydesdale. To which is added, Kattie. A song. By Robert Burns of Hamilton.
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"Clydesdale, thy bonnie fertile plains, Thy lasses blythe, thy toil-brown swains, Warm glows the blood within my veins, Their fame to raise, Till echo back returning strains Repeat my lays." is quoted on the title-page.
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An Honest Man The Best O' Men: A Favourite Song. By Robert Burns. To which is added, The Character or A Good Wife Delineated, In an epistle to a friend. By the Honourable Lord Gardenstone.
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The Character or A Good Wife Delineated, In an epistle to a friend. By the Honourable Lord Gardenstone.
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ballads & songs
# of Woodcuts: 1
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
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Bad Company, or The Magpye. A Tale. To which are added, The Negro Boy, and The Short Great-Coat.
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The Magpye. A Tale.
The Negro Boy
The Short Great-Coat
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Quoted on title-page: "Let others, with poetic fire, In raptures praise the tuneful choir, The Linnet, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Thrush, And every warbler of the bush; I sing the Mimic Magpye's fame, In wicker cage well fed and tame."
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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Chapbook #12 and #34 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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ESTC#: T21326
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
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Cheap Whisky; A Familiar Epistle To Mr. Pitt. On the Recommencement of Distilling in Scotland. To which is added, The Gowd O' Gowrie; A Scots Song. Never before published.
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Chapbook #32 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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The Gowd O' Gowrie; A Scots Song. Never before published.
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"Food filld the wame, and keeps us livin, Tho' life's a gift no worth receivin, When heavy dragg'd wi'pine and grievin, But oil'd by THEE, The wheels of life gae down hill scrievin, Wi' rattling glee. Burns." is quoted on the title-page.
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Scots
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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Ballads and songs
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ESTC #T030548
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
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C O L I N
AND
A FAVOURITE
L U C Y .
BALLAD.
BY
M R .
T I C K E L .
T o which is added,
A N
E
L
E
G
Y
W R I T T E N ON THE
P L A I N
O F
F O N T
E N O Y.
Of LEINSTER famV for maidens fair,
Bright LUCY ivas the grace;
*STor e'er did LIFFY'S limpid f i r earn
Refleft a fairer
face.
G L A S G O W :
PRINTED
FOR AND SOLD
Brafh
h
Reid.
BY
�C O L I N AND LUCY*
A FAVOURITE
BALLAD,
I.
O F Lelnjler fam'd for maidens faiiy
Bright LUCY was the grace;
Nor e'er did Liffy's. iimpid ftream
Reflect a fairer face.,
II.
'Till lucklefs love and pining care
Impaired her rofy hue,
Her dainty lip, her damalk chcek s
A n d eyes of gloffy blue.
III.
A h ! have you feen z lily pale
When beating rains defcend?"
So droop'd this flow-confuming maid^.
Her life now near its end.
IV.
By LUCY warn'd, of flattering fwainsTake heed, ye eafy fair !
Of vengeance due to broken vow?,
Y e flatt'ring fwainsj beware!
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V.
T h r e e times all in the dead of night
A bell was hear'd to ring;
And at her window, ftirieking thrice,
The raven flap'd his wing.
VI.
Full well the love-lorn maiden knew
The folemn-boding found,
And thus in dying words befpoka
The virgin® weeping round.
VII.
I hear a voice you cannot* hear,
" That cries I muft not ftay;
" I fee a hand you cannot fee,
" That beckons me away.
M
VIII.
« Of a falfe Twain, and broken hearty
" In early youth I die:
" A m I to blame, becaufe the brid*
" Is twice as rich as I ?
IX.
Ci
Ah,
C O L I N , g i v e n o t h e r t h y VOWS,
" Vows due to me alone !
" Nor thou, raih girl, receive his lufs,
" Nor think him all thy owol
X.
" To-morrow in the church, to wed,
" Impatient both prepare;
" But know, falfe man, and know, i'JDd
" Poor LȴCY will be there,,
�( 4 )
XI.
" Then bear my corfe, ye comrades dear*
" The bridegroom blithe to meet;
c< He in hjs wedding-trim fo gay,
" I in my winding-fheet!"
v X R
She fpolte, fhe dy'd/ her corfe was borne
The bridegroom blithe to jncet;
I le in his wedding-trim fo gay,
She in her winding-fheet.
XIII.
What then were COUIN'S dreadful thoughts?
How were thcfe nuptials kept?
The bride's-men flock'd round LUCY dead,
And all the village wept.
XIV.
.Compaffion, fhame, remorfe, defpair,
A t once his bofom fwelh
The damps of death bedew'd his brow,
He grcan'd, he fhook, he fell.
XV.
From\he vain bride, a bride no more*
The varying crimfon fled;
When, ftretch'd befide her rival's corfe.
She faw her lover dead.
XVI.
He to his LUCY'S new-made grave,
Convey'd by trembling fwains;
Is the fame mould, beneath one foci,
Fcr-ever now remains.
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5
)
XVII.
Oft at this place the conftant hind
A n d plighted maid are feen;
W i t h garlands gay, and true-love knots
They aeck'd the facred green,
XVIII.
But, fwain forefworn, whoe'er thou art,
This hallow'd ground forbear!
Remember CoLIN'S dreadful fate,
A n d fear to meet him there.
E
L
E
G
Y
,
W R I T T E N ON THE
P L A I N OF FONTENOY.
I.
C H I L L blows the blaft, and Twilight's dewy hand:
Draws in the^Weft her duiky veil away;
A deeper fhadow fteals along the land,
A n d N A T U R E m u f e s a t t h e DEATH o f D A Y !
II.
Near this bleak Wafte no friendly manfion rears
Its walls, where Mirth and focial joys refound,
But each dim objed: melts the foul to tears,
While Horror treads thr icatter'd bones around.
�III.
A s thus, alone and comfortlefs I ream,
W e t with the drizling fnow'r; I figh fincene,
I caft a look towards my native home,
A n d think what-valiant BRITONS perifh'D here.
IV.
Yes, the time was, not very far the date,
W h e n carnage here her crimfon toil began;
W h e n Nations' Standards wav'd in threat'ning flate^.
A n d Man the murd'rer met the murd'rer Man.
V.
For WAR is MURDER, tho' the voice of Slings
Has ftyl'd it Juftice, ftyl'd it Glory too!
Yet from worft motives, fierce Ambition fprings,
A n d there, fix'd Prejudice is all we view!
VI.
"But fure, 'tis Heaven's immutable decree,
For thoufands ev'ry age in % h t to fall;
Some NAT'RAL CAUSE prevails, we cannot fe^,
A n d that is FATE, which w e Ambition caiL
VII.
O let th' afpiring Warrior think with grief,
That as produe'd by CKVMIC art refm'd;—
So glitt'ring CONQUEST, from the laurel-leaf
E x t r a & s a GEN'RAL POISON f o r M a n k i n d .
VIII.
Here let him wander at the midnight hour,
T h e f e morbid rains, theft? gelid gales to meet;
A n d mourn like m e , the ravages of P o w ' r !
A n d feel i:kc m e , that V i & ' r y is d e f e a t !
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7
)
IX.
Nor deem, ye vain! that e'er I mean to fwelf
M y feeble Verfe w i t h many a founding Name;
Of fuch, the mercenary Bard may tell,
A n d call fuch dreary defolation, Fame.
X.
The genuine M u f e removes the thin difguife,
That cheats the World, whene'er fhe deigns to fing
A n d full as meritorious to her eyes
Seems the Poor Soldier, as the Mighty King!
XI.
Alike I ftiun in labour'd ftrain to fhow,
How BRITAIN more than triumph'd, tho lhe*fled,
Where LOUIS flood, where ftalk'd the column f l o w ;
I turn f r o m thefe, and DWELL UPON THE DEAD.
XII.
Yet much my beating breaft refpedU the brave.;
Too well I love them, not to mourn their f a t e r
W h y fhould they feek for greatnefsin the Grave?
Their hearts are noble—and in life they're great*
XIII.
Nor think 'tis but in W a r the Brave excel,—»
T o V A L O U R EV'RY V I R T U E IS ALLIED !
Here faithful Friendfhip 'mid the Battle fell,
A n d Love, true Love, in bitter anguifh died.
XIV.
Alas! the folemn flaughter I retrace,
That checks life's current circling thro' my veins^
Bath'd in moift forrow, many a beauteous face;
A n d gave a grief, perhaps, that Hill remains*
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)
xv.
^ can no more—an agony too keen
Abforbs my fenfes, and my mind fubdues,
Hard were that heart which here cotild beat ierengy
Or the juft tribute of a pang refufe.
XVI.
But lo! thro' yonder op'ning cIouds*afar
Shoots the bright planet's fanguinary ray
jTh&t bears thy name, FICTITIOUS LORD OF WAR!
j A n d with, red luftre guides my lonely way.
XVII.
[Then FONTENOY, farewell! Yet much I fear,
(Wherever chance my courfe compels) to find
Difcordand' blood—the thrilling founds I hear,
" The noife <Jf battles hurtles in the wind."
XVIII.
From barb'rous Turkey to Britannia's fhore,
I Oppofing int r reils into rage increafe;
Jleflru&ion rears her fceptre, tumults roar,
A h ! where fhall haplefs man repofe in pcace!
F I N I &
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Colin and Lucy. A favourite ballad. By Mr. Tickel. To which is added, an elegy written on the plain of fontenoy.
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Quote on title page: "Of Leinster fam'd for maidens fair, bright Lucy was the grace; Nor e'er did Liffy's limpid stream reflect a fairer face."
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8 pages
14 cm
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1798 per National Library of Scotland
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Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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ballads & songs
elegy
# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
Chapbook Genre: elegy
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Colin. A Pastoral Elegy to the memory of Robert Burns.
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"Blest be that day when his bland natal star Benignly beam'd on Carrick's fruitful shore; Blest be that day, when thron'd in Fancy's Car, His pregnant genius first display'd its store." is quoted on the title-page.
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
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[1797?] per English Short Title Catalogue
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8 pages
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ESTC#: N27189
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elegy
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# of Woodcuts: 0
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: elegy
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Cumin and Margaret. A Ballad. Never before published. To which are added, A Soliloquy Upon my Last Sixpence. And The Rose.
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A Soliloquy Upon my Last Sixpence.
The Rose.
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Chapbook #25 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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Quoted on title-page: "In Scotia beauteous Marg'ret dwelt; A noble Baron was her fire; Her charms the hardest hearts did melt; With love the coldest breasts did fire."
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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Ballads and songs
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<a title="National Library of Scotland" href="http://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland </a>
ESTC#: N40489
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Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs
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Description of a Battle. By Robert Brown, Corporal in the Coldstream Guards.
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Chapbook #24 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
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Quoted on title-page:" I hate that Drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round, To me it talks of ravag'd plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And Widow's tears, and Orphan's moans, And all that Misery's hand bestows. To swell the catalogue of human woes."
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[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
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8 pages
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War
Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
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<a title="National Library of Scotland" href="http://www.nls.uk/">National Library of Scotland </a>
ESTC#: T32343
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Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Glasgow: Brash & Reid
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poetry
# of Woodcuts: 1
Chapbook Date: 1791-1800
Chapbook Genre: poetry
Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Brash & Reid
Musical Instrument: fiddle(s)
Musical Instrument: flute
Musical Instrument: horn(s)
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Domejlic Happinefs
Exhibited\
I N
1.
THE
FIRESIDE.
A POJLM.
BY D R . C O T T O N *
H.
JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE.
IMPROVED.
BY R O B E R T B U R N S .
G L A S G O W :
H I N T E D FOR A N D SOLD BY
Brafli & Reid.
�5 / 9 o
THE
FIRESIDE.
r.
D k A R Cloe, while the b u f y croud*
T h e vain, the w e a l t h y , and the p r o u d .
In folly's maze advance;
T h o ' fingularity and p r i d e
Ee call'd our choice, we'll ftep afide,
N o r join the giddy dance.
II.
F r o m the gay world we'll oft retire
T o our own family and fire,
W h e r e love our hours e m p l o y s ;
N o noify neighbour enters here,
N o intermeddling Granger n e a r ,
T o fpoil our heartfelt joys.
III.
If fobd happinefs we p r i z e ,
W i t h i n our breafi this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam ;
T h e world hath n o t h i n g to beftow,
From our own felves our blifs mud-flow^
A n d that dear hut our home.
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IV.
Of reft: was N o a h ' s dove b e r e f t ,
W h e n with impatient wing f h e left
T h a t fafe r e t r e a t , the a r k ;
Giving her vain excursions o ' e r ,
T h e d i f a p p o j n t e d bird once m o r e
E x p l o r ' d t h e facred b a r k .
V.
Tho* fools f p u r n H y m e n ' s gentle powers.
W e , w h o i m p r o v e his golden hours,
By fweet experience k n o w ,
T h a t marriage, rightly u n d e r f t o o d ,
Gives to t h e t e n d e r and the good*
A p a r a d i f e below.
VI.
Our babes fliall richefl comforts b r i n g ;
If t u t o r ' d right they'll prove a f p r i n g ,
W h e n c e pleafures ever rife :
W e ' l l form their minds w i t h ftudious c a r ^
T o all that's manly, good, and fair,
A n d train t h e m for the ikies.
VII.
While they our wifeft hours engagd,
T h e y ' l l joy our y o u t h , f u p p o r t ourage$
A n d crown our h o a r y hairs;
T h e y ' l l grow in virtue every d a y ,
A n d thus our fondeft loves repay s
A n d recompense our cares*
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VIII.
Mo borrowed joys! t h e y ' r e all o u r own 8
W h i l e to t h e world we live Unknown,
Or by the world f o r g o t :
M o n a r c h s ! we envy not y o u r ftatey
W e look with pity on the G r e a t ,
A n d blefs o u r h u m b l e lot.
IX.
O u r portion is not large, indeed,
But then how little do we need,
For N a t u r e ' s calls are few !
In this the art of living lies,
T o want no more than m a y fuffice s
A n d make that little do.
X.
W e ' l l t h e r e f o r e felifli with content*
Whate*er kind P r o v i d e n c e has fertt^
N o r aim beyond our power ;
f o r if our (lock be very fmall,
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Tis p r u d e n c e to enjoy it all,
N o r Iofe the prefent h o u r .
tt.
to be refign'd when ills betide,
P a t i e n t when favours are d e n y ' d ,
A n d pleas'd with favours given
D e a r Cloe, this is wifdom's p a r t ,
"jphis is that incenfe of the h e a r t ,
W h o l e fragrance f m e l k to heaven.
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XII.
W e ' l l afk no long-protra&ed treaty
Since winter-life is feldom f w e e t ;
But when our feaflis o'er,
G r a t e f u l from table we'll arife,
N o r grudge our fons, with envious eyes t
T h e relics of our (lore*
XIII.
T h u s h a n d in hand t h r o ' life we'll g o ;
Its checkered paths of joy and woe
W i t h cautious fteps we'll t r e a d ;
Q u i t its vain fcenes without a tear,
W i t h o u t a trouble, or a fear,
A n d mingle with the dead.
XIV.
W h i l e confc?ence, like a faithful f r i e n d /
Shall t h r o ' the gloomy vale a t t e n d ,
A n d cheer our dying b r e a t h ;
Shall, when all other comforts ceafej
iLike a kind angel w h i f p e r peace,
A ^ d f m o o t h the bed of d e a t h .
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�JOHN ANDERSON, MY JOE,
X MP R 0 r E D.
I.
J O H N A n d e r f o n , rny joe, J o h n , I wonder w h a t
you mean,
T o rife fo foon in the m o r n i n g , and fit up fo late at
e'en,
Ye'll blear out a* y o u r een, J o h n , and why f h o u l d
you do fo,
© a n g fooner to y o u r bed at e'en, J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y
joe.
It.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a n natiirc fir&
began
T o t r y her canny h a n d , J o h n , h e r mailer-work
was rian ;
A n d you amang them a s J o h n , fo trig f r a e t a p to
toe,
She p r o v ' d to be nae j o u r n e y - w o r k , J o h n A n "
4terfoB s my joe.
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III.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , ye w e r e m y firfl
conceit,
A n d ye need na t h i n k it ftrange, J o h n , tho* I ca*
ye trim and neat ;
Tho* fbme fock fay ye're a u l d , J o h n , I never t h i n k
ye fo,
But I t h i n k y e ' r e ay t h e fame to me, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
IV.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , m y joe, J o h n , we've feen our b a i r n s
bairns,
A n d yet my dear, John A n d e r f o n , I'm h a p p y in
y o u r arms,
A n d fae are ye in mine, J o h n , I'm f u r e ye'll n e ' e r
fay no,
T h o ' t h e days are gane that we hae feen, J o h n
A n d e r f o n , my joe.
V.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h a t p l e a f u r e d o e s
it gie»
T o fee fae mony f p r o u t s , J o h n , f p r i n g u p ' t w e e n
you and m e ,
A n d ilka lad and lafs, J o h n , in o u r footfteps to go
Makes p e r f e A heaven Jiere on e a r t h , J o h n Ajv*
d e r f o n , my joe.
VI.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , w h e n we were firft
acquaint,
Y o u r locks were like the r a v e n , y o u r b o n n y b r o w
was b r e n t .
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But now y o u r head's t u r n ' d bald, J o h n , y o u r locks
are like t h e fnow,
Yet bleffings on y o u r frofty p o w , J o h n A n d e r f o n ,
m y joe,
VII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , f r a e y e a r to year
we've part,
A n d Toon that year raaun come, J o h n , will b r i n g
us to our laft,
But let n a ' that affright us J o h n , our hearts were
n e ' e r o u r foe,
W h i l e in innocent delight y/e liv'd, J o h n A n d e r fon, my joe,
VIII.
J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe, J o h n , we clarnb the hill
thegither,
A n d mony a canty day, J o h n , we've had vvi' ane
anither;
N o w we maun totter down, J o h n , b u t hand in
b a n d we'll go,
^ n d we'll fleep thegither at the foot, J o h n A n d e r f o n , my joe.
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Domestic Happiness Exhibited, in I. The Fireside. A Poem. By Dr. Cotton. II. John Anderson, My Joe. Improved
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