WORKS

PUBLISHED BY T. RODD.

AN ATTEMPT at a GLOSSARY of SOME WORDS USED IN CHESHIRE; by ROGER WILBRAHAM, F.R.S. F.S.A. Price 5s.

PORPHYRY on ABSTINENCE from ANIMAL FOOD; translated from the Greek, by THOMAS TAYLOR. Price in extra boards, 10s. 6d.

APULEIUS'S GOLDEN ASS, and PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS; translated from the Latin, by THOMAS TAYLOR. Price in extra boards, 15s.

"A person who would take the pains and had the requisite qualifications, and he must have a great many, might draw up a very curious and instructive commentary on this romance; which contains many uncommon words, worthy of explanation, as being intimately connected with the history and manners of the second century. The last book is singularly interesting, and indeed unique it is elegant and erudite, and comprehends many of the more secret doctrines of philosophy and of the ancient religion of Egypt; a learned and copious description of certain sacerdotal ceremonies, and of the initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

"But nevertheless, let him who has read it, read it again; let him who has never read it, all other business being omitted, suddenly read it; and if he cannot procure a copy on easier terms, let him, Apuleius-like, sell his coat, and buy one."-The Liberal.

BOMBASTES FURIOSO: a Burlesque Tragic Opera; by the late WILLIAM BARNES RHODES, Esq. Price 1s. 6d.

A SERMON of CUTHBERT TONSTALL, BISHOP of DURHAM, preached on Palm Sunday, 1539, before KING HENRY VIII. Reprinted from the original Edition printed by T. Berthelet, 1539, boards, price 4s.

For a very interesting Review, and Extracts from the above Sermon, see the Christian Remembrancer, March 1823.

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SPECIMENS

4075

OF

BRITISH POETESSES;

SELECTED

AND CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED,

BY

THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE, B.A. Oxon.

LONDON:

T. RODD, 2 GREAT NEWPORT STREET.

M.DCCC.XXVII.

PREFACE.

Or the Selections which have been made from the chaos of our past Poetry, the majority has been confined almost entirely to the writings of men; and from the great Collections of the English Poets, where so many worthless compositions find a place, the productions of women have been carefully excluded. The small quantity of female effusions, and their concealment in obscure publications, have perhaps contributed to this neglect; and the object of the present volume is to exhibit the growth and progress of the genius of our country-women in the department of Poetry.

It is true that the grander inspirations of the Muse have not been often breathed into