This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1709 edition. Excerpt: ...ftand, Merting Legal Pow'r, and juft Commit: To To the great Houfe thy Favour fhall be mown, The Father's Star tranfmiflive to the Son. From thee, 'the Talbat's and the Seymour's Race Jnform'd, their Sire's immortal Steps fhall trace: Happy may their Sons receive. ( The bright Reward, which thou alone ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1709 edition. Excerpt: ...ftand, Merting Legal Pow'r, and juft Commit: To To the great Houfe thy Favour fhall be mown, The Father's Star tranfmiflive to the Son. From thee, 'the Talbat's and the Seymour's Race Jnform'd, their Sire's immortal Steps fhall trace: Happy may their Sons receive. ( The bright Reward, which thou alone carift give. t And, if a God thefe lucky Numbers guide, If fure Apollo o'er the Verfe prefide, Jerfey belov'd by all: For all muft feel The Influence of a Form and Mind, Where comely Grace and conftant Virtue dwell 3 Like mingl'd Streams, more forcible, when join'd: Jerfey fhall at thy Altars ftand, Shall there receive the Azure Band; That faireft Mark of Favour and of Fame, Familiar to the Villiers Name. Science to raife, and Knowledge to enlarge, Be our great Matter's future Charge ) To write his own Memoirs, and leave his Heirs High Schemes of Government, and Plans of Wars 5 By By fair Rewards our Noble Youth to raife To emulous Merit, and to thirft of Praife.5 To lead them out from Eafe e'er opening Dawn, Through the thick Foreft and the diftant Lawn, Where the fleet Stag employs their ardent Care, And Chafes give them Images of War. To teach them Vigilance by falfe Alarms, Inure them in feign'd Camps to real Arms Pradife them, now to curb the turning Steed, Mocking the Foe j now to his rapid Speed To give the Rein5 and in the full Career, To draw the certain Sword, or fend the pointed Spear. Let him unite his Subjeds Hearts, Planting Societies for peaceful Arts Some that in Nature mall true Knowledge found, And by Experiment make Precept found 5 Some that to Morals mall recal the Age, And purge from vitious Drofs the finking Stage., Some that with Care true Eloquence mall teach, And to juft Ideoms fix our doubtful Speech; That...
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Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $8.50, very good condition, Sold by James Cummings Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Signal Mountain, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Cambridge.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions (a Scolar Press Facsimile) to cart. $14.25, like new condition, Sold by Cardinalis Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, ON, CANADA, published 1973 by Scolar Press.
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Fine in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Grey cloth hardcover in dust jacket. Tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped, with a few small areas of "mousing" not affecting cloth underneath. A clean, tight and completely unmarked copy in nice jacket (now covered in removable archival mylar). Very handsome!
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $18.00, good condition, Sold by Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1905 by Cambridge at the University Press.
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Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Library discard. NO jacket. Stamped on title page and edge. Checkout slip, card pocket, bookplate, and label on endpapers. Label on spine. Wear at corners; inside clean. 367 pages. Notes. Index of titles; first lines. Top edge gilt; front cover has oval gilt decoration.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Scolar Press.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by at the University Press.
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Good. Reprint. Edited by A.R. Waller. Foxing on endpapers with owner's bookplate on front pastedown, cloth starting to bubble, spine sunned, good only lacking the dustwrapper.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $25.49, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by Scolar Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 0859670791.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $59.37, very good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1721 by J. Tonson.
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Very good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp (ii), 272. Disbound. Volume One. Disbound (i.e. lacking covers) but otherwise in decent sound condition with clean text. Suitable for rebinding or reading and reference.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions, Volumes 1 and 2 in One to cart. $90.63, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1725 by J. Tonson & J. Barber.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in full leather. Vol.1: frontis [1]-(26) 1-231: [1-4]; vol.2: 1-259: blank; 1-3: blank: 10 pages of ads. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown; remains of transfer (? ) on front free end paper; part of frontis portrait transferred to title page; owner's name in contemporary hand on title page, with copious pencil annotations at rear; in full brown calf, worn a little at head & foot of spine & at board corners.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $134.22, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1733 by R. Knaplock, J. Round, and J. Tonson.
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Not Stated. Very Good. The uncommon fifth edition of Poems on Several Occasions by famous diplomat and poet, Matthew Prior. With an armorial nameplate for Samuel Edward Cook on the front pastedown of each volume. Complete in Two Volumes. "Prior, famous British diplomatist, was arguably the most important poet writing in English between the death of Dryden (1700) and the poetic majority of Pope in 1712." (DNB) In full calf bindings. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild rubbing. The front hinge of volume 2 is just starting but still firm, and the inner hinges are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Internally the pages have slight browning with the occasional spot, becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good.
Add this copy of Poems on Several Occasions to cart. $187.50, good condition, Sold by Elders Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1709 by London: Jacob Tonson.
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Good. Good-full leather edition. Leather on cover is scuffed and the hinges are cracked. Spine ends are chipped off and corner tips are exposed. There is a bookplate on the inside of the front cover and several names written on the endpapers and one written at the top of the title page.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 328 pages.
