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  Thoughts for the day of rain. In two essay's: I. The Gospel of the rainbow. In the meditations of piety, on the appearance of the bright clouds, with the bow of God upon them. II. The Saviour with his rainbow. And the covenant which God will remember to his people in the cloudy times that are passing over them. / By Cotton Mather., D.D. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1712
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. and R. H.
  Description:
  Second essay preached in 1711. Elegy by Mather in English and Latin, p. vi. Poem to Mather, p. 35-36, signed: R.H.
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  The Yearly verses of the printer's lad, who carrieth about the Pennsylvania gazette, to the customers thereof. January 1. 1740.
  Date of publication:
  1739
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Presumably printed late in 1739 by Benjamin Franklin, printer of the Pennsylvania gazette, for distribution on or about New Year's Day. Relief cut (Reilly 1835); printed area measures 31.0 x 8.2 cm.
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  The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment. Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. : The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts. / By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. ; [Eight lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Oulton, Walley Chamberlain, 1770?-1820?, comp.
  Description:
  "Partly selected from the works of our most ancient authors, and partly original, being written on purpose by several well-known characters (both ladies and gentlemen) for this valuable undertaking ..."--Preface. "Poetical ...
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  The vision of Columbus; a poem in nine books. / By Joel Barlow, Esquire.
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, dedicatee.
  Description:
  The basis of the author's "Columbiad." Dedicated to King Louis the Sixteenth. Error in paging: p. 203 misnumbered 103. "Subscribers names."--p. [259-272].
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  The virtues of society. A tale, founded on fact. / By the author of The virtues of nature. ; [Two lines from Cartwright] ; Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846. and Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818, dedicatee.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. Dedicated to Abigail Adams. "To time."--p. 39-46, in verse.
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  The village merchant: a poem. : To which is added The country printer. : [Four lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Both poems appear in: Poems written between the years 1768 & 1794 by Philip Freneau of New Jersey ... Monmouth, N.J., 1794.
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  The unfortunate hero; a Pindaric ode. Occasion'd by the lamented fate of Viscount George Augustus Howe, Baron of Clenawley, &c. Who was slain in the battle near Carillon, July the 6th, 1758. : [One line of Scripture text] : Together with an ode, on the reduction of Louisbourg, July 27, 1758. : [Six lines of Latin quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1758
  

  Author(s):

  Prime, Benjamin Young, 1733-1791.
  Description:
  Attributed to Benjamin Young Prime by Bristol.
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  The triumphs of temper; a poem; in six cantos. / By William Hayley. Esq. ; [Three lines in Latin from Dante]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
  Description:
  Error in paging; p. 109 misnumbered 199.
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  The triumph of truth. History and visions of Clio. : [Six lines of quotations] / By John Paul Martin, A.M. M.S.P.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Bishop, Abraham, 1763-1844. and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Messiah.
  Description:
  Half-title: Martin's Clio. Attributed to Bishop by Evans and in Dexter's Yale graduates. Signatures: A-D^8 (D8 blank). "Pope's Messiah. A sacred eclogue."--p. 60-62, in verse.
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  The triumph of infidelity: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. and Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  Description:
  Attributed to Timothy Dwight in BAL. Ironically dedicated to Voltaire, for having "opposed truth, religion, and their authors, with sophistry, contempt, and obloquy ..." Place of publication suggested by Trumbull. An edition ...
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