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Title

School hours ; or, A collection of exercises and prize poems / composed by the young gentlemen under the tuition of The Reverend A. Burnaby.

Author

Burnaby, A. (Andrew), -1856.

Publication

London : Printed for Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-Hall-Court; and Budd and Calkin, booksellers to the king, Pall-Mall, 1823.

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Additional Authors

• George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
• J. and J. Jackson, printer.
• Simpkin and Marshall, publisher.
• Budd and Calkin, publisher.

Description

ix, [3], 183, [1] pages; 17 cm

Genre/Form

• Poetry.
• Essays.

Note

• Dedication: "Regi optimo maximo, literarum ac bonarum artium patrono, Georgio Quarto . . . ."
• Erratum: page [x].
• Colophon: "Printed by J. and J. Jackson, Louth."
• English and Latin verses, essays and themes.

Contents

Part 1. English verse (Hymn to Providence -- David and Goliath -- Belshazzar's feast -- Britannia rediviva -- Monody of the death of the Late Princess Charlotte of Wales --On the climbing of Louth Steeple / by Benjamin Smith -- On the same -- Hymn to the praise of God -- Epitaph (Written by the brother of the deceased) Sacred to the memory of Richard Calthrop ... On the dreadful but glorious attack upon Algiers, on the 27th day of August, 1816. -- Youth (From the Greek of Tweddell) -- An Introductory speech -- On a bad epigram.) -- Part 2. Latin verse (Carmina. Prælium in campis Waterlocis commissum -- Arx Belvoirina -- Napoleon Insula remota exilium agit. -- Ne prospera animos efferant -- Est miser nemo nisi comparatus -- Nulla est sincera voluptas, sollicitumque lætis intervenit -- Curæ non ipsa in morte relinqununt -- Conciliant homines mala -- Anachoreta -- Mors Socratis -- Non e vitæ statione decedendum est, injussu illius qui vitam nobis tribuit -- Quercus -- Carmen Bucolicum Helveticis pastoribus peregre decantatum.) -- Part 3. Themes and essays (On experience -- On a guilty conscience -- Look into the vale below you -- Nip sin in the bud -- Against levity of manners -- Know thyself -- On affection -- Be what you seem to be -- On restraint -- On freindship -- Against idleness -- Justice before learning -- Part 4. Latin themes (Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes -- Paulùm sepulte distat inertiæ celata virtus -- Rapiamus, amici, occasionem de die -- Non est e terris mollis ad astra via -- Tutum scelus quis, nemo securum tulit -- Forsan miseros meliora seqantur -- Qui studet cursu contingere metam ... -- Primum hoc statuo esse virtutis, conciliare onimos hominum -- Placide quiescas-decoramus -- Animum rege, qui nisi paret, imperat -- At fides et ingent benigna vena est -- Prudens futuri temporis exitum caliginosa nocte premit Deus -- Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto.).

Call Number

Pforz (Burnaby, A. School hours)

OCLC

14869633

Author

Burnaby, A. (Andrew), -1856.

Title

School hours ; or, A collection of exercises and prize poems / composed by the young gentlemen under the tuition of The Reverend A. Burnaby.

Imprint

London : Printed for Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-Hall-Court; and Budd and Calkin, booksellers to the king, Pall-Mall, 1823.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Formerly owned by Lord Eldon, with his armorial book label and signature; also with the bookplate of J. O. Edwards. -- Original drab boards, original printed paper spine label.

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Added Author

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, dedicatee.

J. and J. Jackson, printer.

Simpkin and Marshall, publisher.

Budd and Calkin, publisher.

Edwards, James O., 1943- former owner.

Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, former owner.

Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, signer.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Burnaby, A. School hours)