An
examination
of the principles of a late Rt Hon.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
1753.
An Answer to Tindal's Christianity as old as the Creation. 1733.
A View of the principal Deistical writers. 1754-6.
Lowman, Moses. Dissertation on the civil government of the Hebrews.
1740.
The argument from prophecy. 1733.
Morgan, Thomas. The Moral Philosopher. 1737.
Watts, Isaac. Three Sermons on the Inward Witness of Christianity, or An
Evidence of the Truth of the Gospel from its Divine Effects. 1730.
IV. WRITERS OF HYMNS AND RELIGIOUS VERSE
A. Congregationalists
Doddridge, Philip. Hymns. (Posthumous; ed. Orton, J. ) Salop. 1755. Re-
issued, with additional hymns, as Scriptural Hymns, ed. Humphreys, J. D.
Newton, John. Olney Hymns. 1779. (With his friend Cowper. )
1839.
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C. Baptists
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CHAPTER XVII
POLITICAL LITERATURE, 1755–75
I. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY, 1754–75
A. Periodicals
The Auditor. June 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
The Briton. May 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Smollett, T. )
The Con-Test, Nos. 1-38. 23 Nov. 1756–6 Aug. 1757. (Ed. ? Roughead, O. ,
or ? Francis, P. )
The Monitor, or British Freeholder, Nos. 1-403. 9 Aug. 1755–6 Oct. 1763.
(Ed. ? Entick, John. )
The North Briton. 1762-3. (By John Wilkes and Charles Churchill. )
2nd edn, with notes. 3 vols. 1763. Continued 1768-9.
The Test, Nos. 1-35. 6 Nov. 1756-9 July 1757. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
Wilkes, J. C. The Political Controversy, or weekly magazine of ministerial
and anti-ministerial essays. 5 vols. 1762-3. (This includes reprints of
the issues for 1762-3 of The Monitor, The Auditor, The Briton, The
North Briton, and other papers. )
B. Separate Works
The most important tracts of this period (1763-1770) are reprinted in:
Almon, J. A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. 4 vols. 1787-8.
Bath, W. Pulteney, Earl of. Seasonable hints from an honest man on the
new reign and the new parliament. 1761.
Burke, Edmund. Short account of a late short administration. 1766.
Observations on a late State of the nation. 1769.
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents. 1770.
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a
Candor. A Letter to the Public Advertiser. 1764.
A Letter concerning libels, warrants, etc. 6th edn. 1766.
For a list and account of other pamphlets, some signed Phileleutherus
Anglicanus, which have been attributed to Candor, see W. J. Smith's
essay in Grenville Papers, vol. III, pp. clxxvi ff.
Francis, P. A Letter from the Cocoa Tree to the Country Gentleman. 1762.
Grenville, G. The present state of the nation. 1768.
Speech on the motion for expelling Mr Wilkes, 3 February, 1769.
Guthrie, W. An Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (Conway). 1764.
Jenyns, Soame. Poems. 1752.
A Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. 1757.
View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1776.
Disquisitions on Several Subjects. 1782.
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform. 1784.
Works. Ed. Cole, C. N. 4 vols. 1790.
Johnson, Samuel. The False Alarm. 1770. [On the Middlesex Election. ]
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Lloyd, Charles. A Vindication of the conduct of the ministry in the case of
Mr Wilkes. 1763.
The anatomy of a late negotiation. 1763.
A defence of the Majority in the House of Commons on the question of
general warrants. 1764.
A critical review of the new administration. 1765.
The conduct of the late administration examined. 1765.
An honest man's reasons for declining to take part in the new adminis-
tration. 1765.
An examination of the principles of a late Rt Hon. Gentleman [Pitt].
1766.
A true history of a short administration. 1766.
Massie, Joseph. An Essay on the governing causes of the natural rate of
Interest. 1750.
- A Representation concerning the Knowledge of Commerce as a National
Concern. 1760.
Shebbeare, J. Letters to the people of England. 8 parts. 1756-70.
Letters on the English nation. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1756.
The history of the excellence and decline of the constitution. . . of the
Sumatrans. 2 vols. [1763. ]
Townshend, C. A Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the
question relating to general warrants. 1764.
The State of the Nation in 1766 and 1767.
Walpole, Horace. The opposition to the late Minister (Bute] vindicated.
1763.
A Counter Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (General Conway). 1764.
Whately, T. Remarks on The Budget. 1765.
Considerations on the trade and finances of the kingdom. 1766.
Wilkes, John. A Letter to Earl Temple. 1763.
A Letter to the Duke of Grafton. 1767.
A Letter to Mr Grenville in answer to his Speech. 1769.
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II. CHARLES CHURCHILL
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Poetical Works, with an authentic account of his life [by Tooke, W. ]. 2 vols.
1804.
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Poets. ) 3 vols. 1844. (Tooke's edition of 1804 reprinted and enlarged. )
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B. Separate Works
The Rosciad. By the Author. 1761. 9th edn. 1765.
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The Apology. Addressed to the Critical Reviewers. 1761.
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1763.
An Epistle to William Hogarth. 1763. 2nd edn. 1763.
The Conference. 1763.
The Duellist. In three books. 1763.
The Author. 1763.
Gotham. In three books. 1764.
The Candidate. 1764.
The Farewell. 1764.
The Times. 1764.
Independence. 1764.
Sermons, with a satirical dedication in verse to Warburton. (Published
posthumously. ) 1765.
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C. Biography and Criticism
(In addition to the memoirs cited above under sec. II, A. )
Courthope, W. J. History of English Poetry. 1905. (On Churchill: vol. v,
pp. 224–37. )
Forster, J. Charles Churchill, 1731-1764. The Edinburgh Review for January
1845. Rptd 1855 and in Historical and Biographical Essays, vol. 11, 1858.
Fitzgerald, P. The Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Gennine memoirs of Mr Charles Churchill. 1765.
Putschi, F. Charles Churchill, sein Leben und seine Werke. [Wiener
Beiträge zur engl. Philologie. ] Vienna and Leipzig, 1909.
Scott, R. F. Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist. Cam-
bridge, 1903.
An Answer to Tindal's Christianity as old as the Creation. 1733.
A View of the principal Deistical writers. 1754-6.
Lowman, Moses. Dissertation on the civil government of the Hebrews.
1740.
The argument from prophecy. 1733.
Morgan, Thomas. The Moral Philosopher. 1737.
Watts, Isaac. Three Sermons on the Inward Witness of Christianity, or An
Evidence of the Truth of the Gospel from its Divine Effects. 1730.
IV. WRITERS OF HYMNS AND RELIGIOUS VERSE
A. Congregationalists
Doddridge, Philip. Hymns. (Posthumous; ed. Orton, J. ) Salop. 1755. Re-
issued, with additional hymns, as Scriptural Hymns, ed. Humphreys, J. D.
Newton, John. Olney Hymns. 1779. (With his friend Cowper. )
1839.
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Watts, Isaac. (Of his six hundred hymns, many are still sung, and formed
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B. Presbyterians
Brown, Simon. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 3 books. 1720.
Slater, Samuel (died 1704). Poems. 1679.
C. Baptists
Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704). Spiritual Melodies. . . Psalms and Hymns
from the Old and New Testament. 1691.
A Feast of Fat Things. . . Spiritual Songs. 1692.
Robinson, Robert (1735-90). Hymns for the Fast-Day. (Issued by Whitefield,
1757. See, as to these and others of like merit, D. of N. B. vol. xlix. )
Ryland, John Collett (1723-92). Life and Actions of Jesus Christ, by Way
of Question and Answer, in Verse. 1767.
Steele, Anne (1717-78). Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional (1760).
Stennett, Joseph (1663-1713). Hymns in vol. iv of his Works, 4 vols. 1732.
(Originally publ. 1697–1712; version of Solomon's Song, 1700. )
CHAPTER XVII
POLITICAL LITERATURE, 1755–75
I. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY, 1754–75
A. Periodicals
The Auditor. June 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
The Briton. May 1762-Feb. 1763. (Ed. Smollett, T. )
The Con-Test, Nos. 1-38. 23 Nov. 1756–6 Aug. 1757. (Ed. ? Roughead, O. ,
or ? Francis, P. )
The Monitor, or British Freeholder, Nos. 1-403. 9 Aug. 1755–6 Oct. 1763.
(Ed. ? Entick, John. )
The North Briton. 1762-3. (By John Wilkes and Charles Churchill. )
2nd edn, with notes. 3 vols. 1763. Continued 1768-9.
The Test, Nos. 1-35. 6 Nov. 1756-9 July 1757. (Ed. Murphy, A. )
Wilkes, J. C. The Political Controversy, or weekly magazine of ministerial
and anti-ministerial essays. 5 vols. 1762-3. (This includes reprints of
the issues for 1762-3 of The Monitor, The Auditor, The Briton, The
North Briton, and other papers. )
B. Separate Works
The most important tracts of this period (1763-1770) are reprinted in:
Almon, J. A Collection of scarce and interesting tracts. 4 vols. 1787-8.
Bath, W. Pulteney, Earl of. Seasonable hints from an honest man on the
new reign and the new parliament. 1761.
Burke, Edmund. Short account of a late short administration. 1766.
Observations on a late State of the nation. 1769.
Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents. 1770.
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523
a
Candor. A Letter to the Public Advertiser. 1764.
A Letter concerning libels, warrants, etc. 6th edn. 1766.
For a list and account of other pamphlets, some signed Phileleutherus
Anglicanus, which have been attributed to Candor, see W. J. Smith's
essay in Grenville Papers, vol. III, pp. clxxvi ff.
Francis, P. A Letter from the Cocoa Tree to the Country Gentleman. 1762.
Grenville, G. The present state of the nation. 1768.
Speech on the motion for expelling Mr Wilkes, 3 February, 1769.
Guthrie, W. An Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (Conway). 1764.
Jenyns, Soame. Poems. 1752.
A Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. 1757.
View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. 1776.
Disquisitions on Several Subjects. 1782.
Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform. 1784.
Works. Ed. Cole, C. N. 4 vols. 1790.
Johnson, Samuel. The False Alarm. 1770. [On the Middlesex Election. ]
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. 1771.
The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain. 1774.
Lloyd, Charles. A Vindication of the conduct of the ministry in the case of
Mr Wilkes. 1763.
The anatomy of a late negotiation. 1763.
A defence of the Majority in the House of Commons on the question of
general warrants. 1764.
A critical review of the new administration. 1765.
The conduct of the late administration examined. 1765.
An honest man's reasons for declining to take part in the new adminis-
tration. 1765.
An examination of the principles of a late Rt Hon. Gentleman [Pitt].
1766.
A true history of a short administration. 1766.
Massie, Joseph. An Essay on the governing causes of the natural rate of
Interest. 1750.
- A Representation concerning the Knowledge of Commerce as a National
Concern. 1760.
Shebbeare, J. Letters to the people of England. 8 parts. 1756-70.
Letters on the English nation. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 1756.
The history of the excellence and decline of the constitution. . . of the
Sumatrans. 2 vols. [1763. ]
Townshend, C. A Defence of the Minority in the House of Commons on the
question relating to general warrants. 1764.
The State of the Nation in 1766 and 1767.
Walpole, Horace. The opposition to the late Minister (Bute] vindicated.
1763.
A Counter Address to the Public on the late dismission of a General
Officer (General Conway). 1764.
Whately, T. Remarks on The Budget. 1765.
Considerations on the trade and finances of the kingdom. 1766.
Wilkes, John. A Letter to Earl Temple. 1763.
A Letter to the Duke of Grafton. 1767.
A Letter to Mr Grenville in answer to his Speech. 1769.
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Andrews, A. History of British Journalism to 1855. 2 vols. 1859.
Bourne, H. R. F. English Newspapers. Chapters in the history of Jour-
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Escott, T. H. S. Masters of English Journalism. 1911. (Chap. iv. )
Fitzgerald, P. Life and Times of John Wilkes. 2 vols. 1888.
Johnstone, C. Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea. 4 vols. 1760-5.
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Stephens, A. Memoirs of John Horne Tooke, interspersed with original
documents. 2 vols. 1813.
Wilkes, J. Correspondence. . . With memoirs of his life by Almon, J.
5 vols. 1805.
Wright, T. England under the House of Hanover; its history during the
reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from caricatures and satires.
2 vols. 1848. Another edn. 1868.
II. CHARLES CHURCHILL
A. Collected Editions
Poems. 1763-5, 1766; 7th edn, 1772; 1774, 1776.
Poetical Works, with an authentic account of his life [by Tooke, W. ]. 2 vols.
1804.
Poetical Works. With notes and a life of the author by Tooke, W. (Aldine
a
Poets. ) 3 vols. 1844. (Tooke's edition of 1804 reprinted and enlarged. )
Poetical Works, with memoir, eto, by Gilfillan, G. Edinburgh, 1855.
Poetical Works, with a memoir by Hannay, J. L. , and copious notes by
Tooke, W. 2 vols. 1866. Revised edn. 1892.
B. Separate Works
The Rosciad. By the Author. 1761. 9th edn. 1765.
Reviewed in Critical Review, March 1761.
The Apology. Addressed to the Critical Reviewers. 1761.
These three reprinted and annotated by Lowe, R. W. , 1891.
Night. An Epistle to Robert Lloyd. 1762.
The Ghost. 4 books. 1762-3.
The North Briton. (By Churchill and Wilkes. ) 1762-3.
The Prophecy of Famine; a Scots pastoral inscribed to John Wilkes, Esq.
1763.
An Epistle to William Hogarth. 1763. 2nd edn. 1763.
The Conference. 1763.
The Duellist. In three books. 1763.
The Author. 1763.
Gotham. In three books. 1764.
The Candidate. 1764.
The Farewell. 1764.
The Times. 1764.
Independence. 1764.
Sermons, with a satirical dedication in verse to Warburton. (Published
posthumously. ) 1765.
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Gennine memoirs of Mr Charles Churchill. 1765.
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