Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 11 (1741)
- 11 (1741): [iii].
S: "Preface."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Fleeman 1: 58]
- 11 (1741): 2-13.
A: "Proceedings and Debates in the Senate of Lilliput
[cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 118, citing Bernard 67-P: 410]
- 11 (1741): 25-26. A:
"Weekly Miscellany, Jan. 10 [1741]; 'Old Soldier's Complaint of
the Neglect of Religion']."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "The Old Soldier"]
- 11 (1741): 30-32. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, Jan. 15 [1741]. Answer to Mr.
Common Sense ['Letter to a Member on the Illegality of instructing
Members and a Place-Bill defended against Mr Common-Sense']."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 11 (1741): 38-44.
A: "Life of Admiral [Sir Francis] Drake [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 11; Fleeman 1: 54]
- 11 (1741): 45.
V: "On the Grotto at Twick'nham."
Alexander Pope.
[Bond 97]
- 11 (1741): 45.
V: "To Mira ['Trust not, bright maid, the self-admiring
beau']."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 11 (1741): 46.
V: "A Dialogue [between body and mind]."
Elizabeth Carter.
[Bond 92]
- 11 (1741): 46.
V: "On the Death of Miss R--- N---."
Robert Brereton [?].
[Pailler 2: 562]
- 11 (1741): 46.
V: "Horace, Book. V. Ode I."
Foster Webb.
[Carlson 264] [Orig. "Telarius"]
- 11 (1741): 47.
V: "To Telarius on J. C's Answer to his
Riddle [v. GM 10 (1740): 462-463, 519]."
Rev. William Rider.
[Carlson 259] [Orig. "Philargyrus"]
- 11 (1741): 48.
V: "[Excerpt from poem,] Upon the Danger of writing in Verse, by Mr.
W. Whitehead of Cambridge."
William Whitehead.
[Pailler 2: 602]
- 11 (1741): 48. V: "G-
--l Ch--ch--ll's [General Charles Churchill's] Prayer to Venus ['O Venus! joy of
men and gods!']."
Noel Broxholm.
[Ram 394]
- 11 (1741): 82-83. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellany, Feb. 14. 21 [1741]. On the Abuse
of Psalmody in Churches, and Proposals for remedying it."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222] [Orig. "Rusticus"]
- 11 (1741): 87-89 [misnumbered
as 87-93]. A: "The Life of [John Philip] Barretier
[conc.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Carlson 129; Fleeman 1: 55]
- 11 (1741): 93-100.
A: "A Debate between the Committee of the House of
Commons in 1657, and O. Cromwell, upon the Humble Petition and Advice of the
Parliament, by which he was desired to assume the Title of King."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Fleeman 1: 58-59]
- 11 (1741): 101. V:
"Epistle for Ld L---l, to Ld C---d, by Mr P. ['O Hol--m! blest, belov'd
abode!']."
William Pulteney, Earl of Bath.
[Ram 394]
- 11 (1741): 102. V:
"On Mr Nash's present of his own Picture at full Length fixt between the
Busto's of Mr Pope, and Sir Is. Newton, in the Long Room at Bath."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Ram 394]
- 11 (1741): 148-154.
A: "O. Cromwell further urged by the Committee of the H. of Commons
to assume the Title of King [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Fleeman 1: 58-59]
- 11 (1741): 159.
V: "The Pastoral Ballad by the late Lord Binning ['Ungrateful
Nanny']."
Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning.
[Pailler 2: 557]
- 11 (1741): 160.
V: "To Chloe; on her Fondness for the
Enigmatists."
Rev. Richard Graves.
[Sherbo 84: 230] [Orig. "G."]
- 11 (1741): 170.
S: Note re "Webber's Charge in the London Evening
Post, April 11. . . ."
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Kaminski 239, n. 17, tentatively attributes this item to Johnson; Fleeman 1: 59 accepts Johnson's authorship.]
- 11 (1741): 197-198. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellany, April 11 [1741]. A noble Instance
of conjugal Fidelity."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 11 (1741): 198-199. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, April 17 [1741]. Reflections on the
present State of Europe."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 11 (1741): 202-208.
A: "A Dissertation on the Amazons. From the
History of the Amazons, written in French by the Abbe de
Guyon [Claude Marie, Abb de Guyon]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 213. V: "A
Song. By Mr Craggs in 1713; afterwards Secretary of State ['I'l tell
you a story most merry']."
James Craggs the Younger.
[Ram 395]
- 11 (1741): 214. V:
"Evadne to Theander, upon Emma's inviting him to visit her in the
Spring."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Ram 396]
- 11 (1741): 215. V:
"Part of the Speech of Sloth addressing herself to
Hercules."
William Shenstone.
[Pailler 2: 594]
- 11 (1741): 271.
V: "On Miss Carter's being drawn in the Habit of
Minerva, with Plato in her Hand."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245] [Orig. "Alcaeus"]
- 11 (1741): 272.
L: Letter enc. verses in praise of Cervantes ['The Samian Fabulist,
with pleasing art'].
Dr. Mark Akenside [?].
[Carlson 243] [Orig. "Britannicus"]
- 11 (1741): 272.
V: "On J. C.'s Verses to Philargyrus ['When witty Fools begin to
write']."
Rev. William Rider.
[Pailler 2: 589] [Orig. "Philargyrus"]
- 11 (1741): 272.
L: The author's verses, "In Obitum Amici" and "On Friendship,"
enc.
Robert Brereton [?].
[Pailler 2: 562]
- 11 (1741): 272. V:
"On Friendship ['Friendship adieu! thou dear deceitful good']."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245]
- 11 (1741): 320-323. A:
"From the Weekly Miscellany, No. 411, 412. Doctrines and
Divisions of the Methodists."
Rev. William Webster [?] (or others).
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 11 (1741): 323. A:
"From Weekly Miscellany, Numb. 414 [27 June 1741; 'The Rise and
Fall of the Weekly Miscellany']."
Rev. William Webster.
[Pailler 1: 222]
- 11 (1741): 324-325. V:
"Extracts from Virtue's Speech [from The Judgment of
Hercules]."
William Shenstone.
[Pailler 2: 594]
- 11 (1741): 325.
V: "The Earl of Orrery to Mrs Caesar."
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery.
[Pailler 2: 585]
- 11 (1741): 325-326. L:
"[Trans. of] Horace. Ode XXV. Book I. To Lydia, a decay'd Beauty"
enc.
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 6] [Orig. "G. Smith"]
- 11 (1741): 326-327.
V: "To her Grace Katherine Dutchess of Buckingham. On
the Death of The Duke her Son; by the Earl of Orrery."
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery.
[Pailler 2: 585]
- 11 (1741): 327-328.
V: "The Fop, Cock, and Diamond. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville" (in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 11 (1741): 339-358.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]>
- 11 (1741): 375-377.
A: "A Panegyric on Dr [Louis] Morin, By Mr [Bernard Le Bovier de]
Fontenelle."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 379.
V: "The Danger of trusting Individuals with exorbitant
Power. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville" (in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 11 (1741): 379. V:
"To Richard Savage, Esq.; on his Poem inscribed to Mrs [Bridget] Jones, of
Llanelly, in Carmaerthenshire; p. 324 ['Dear friend, in whose harmonious lays we
find']."
C. Humphries.
["Index to the Poetry" for the vol. attributes this idem to "Mr Humphries."] [Orig. "C. H---s"]
- 11 (1741): 379-381.
V: The author's verses, "To the disconsolate Hilaria on the much
lamented Death of her dear Sister Clarissa," enc.
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245] [Orig. "Alcaeus"]
- 11 (1741): 382.
V: "To Mr. J. C. in answer to his Reply [v. GM 11 (1741):
328]."
Rev. William Rider.
[Carlson 259] [Orig. "Philargyrus"]
- 11 (1741): 383.
V: "Wine the Cure [of] Love. A Ballad."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245]
- 11 (1741): 395-420.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]
- 11 (1741): 437.
L: The author's verses, "Friendship: An
Ode," enc.
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245] [Orig. "[Y.]"]
- 11 (1741): 438.
V: "Written August 7, being the Anniversary of a
Mother's Death."
Charlotte Brereton.
[Pailler 2: 561] [Orig. "Carolina"]
- 11 (1741): 439.
V: "To the young Military Author in your last Mag [v.
GM 11 (1741): 381]."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 245] [Orig. "[Y.]"]
- 11 (1741): 439. V:
"To Mrs L--gh."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 11 (1741): 439.
V: "To the worshipful Thomas Whitmore, of Apley, Esq."
Richard Yate.
[Carlson 264] [Orig. "R. Yate"]
- 11 (1741): 440.
V: "The Patriot Prince. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville" (in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 11( 1741): 441.
A: "Historical Chronicle, August, 1741": concluding paragraph re the
hospital being built in Exeter.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Kaminski 148; Fleeman 1: 59 considers the attribution questionable on stylistic grounds.]
- 11 (1741): 444-448.
A: "Foreign [History]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 82); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 451-473.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]
- 11 (1741): 477-479.
L: "The Jests of Hierocles."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 12; Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 80-81); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 492.
V: "The Pleasure-Seekers: Or, The Way to Happiness. A
Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville" (in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 11 (1741): 493.
V: "Personal Merit: An Ode. From the French of M. La
Motte."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Y."]
-
11
(1741)
495
V
"To the Author of the Verses on the Shamrogge."
Samuel Boyse.
Orig. "[Y.]"
- 11 (1741): 495.
V: "Address to Poverty."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Alcaeus"]
- 11 (1741): 502-503.
A: "Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 82); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 507-532.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]
- 11 (1741): 547 [2nd 547].
V: "On the Devon and Exeter Hospital. Founded Aug. 27,
1741."
Arthur Dawson.
[Pailler 2: 570]
- 11 (1741): 548 [1st 548].
V: "The Male-Content reform'd. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 211, n.4]
- 11 (1741): 548 [2nd 548].
V: "Sir Isaac Newton's epitaph, by Mr Pope ['Nature and
Nature's Law lay hid in Night']."
Alexander Pope.
[Ram 400]
- 11 (1741): 548 [2nd 548].
V: "To Orinthia."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Alcaeus"]
- 11 (1741): 548 [2nd 548].
V: "To Carolina, occasioned by her ingenious poem on the
anniversary of her mother's death [v. GM 11 (1741): 438]."
Dr. John Swan.
[Carlson 263] [Orig. "Amasius"]
- 11 (1741): 549.
V: "To the Author of the Politico-physical
Receipts [v. GM 11 (1741): 481-482]."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "[Y.]"]
- 11 (1741): 549.
V: "On Platonic Love."
Samuel Boyse.
[Bond 90] [Orig. "[Y.]"]
- 11 (1741): 550.
V: "The Satirists satirized. A Satire."
William Hawkins [?].
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 78)]. [Orig. "W.H.S.P.C.O."]
- 11 (1741): 550.
V: "On the Death of Sir John James, Bart."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "Alcaeus"]
- 11 (1741): 556.
A: "Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 82); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 561-586.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]
- 11 (1741): 591-592. A:
"From the Daily Gazetteer, Nov. 13 [1741], in Answer to the above
[i.e., 'Address to Members of Parliament' in Common Sense, 7 November
1741]."
Ralph Courteville [?].
[Haig 7] [Orig. "R. Freeman"]
- 11 (1741): 601.
V: Latin trans. of Pope's "Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac
Newton."
Henry Price.
[Bond 97] [Orig. "H.P." of Poole]
- 11 (1741): 602-603.
V: "The Experimental Moralist. A Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville" (in "Index to the Poetry" for the vol.)]
- 11 (1741): 603.
V: "The fall of Ingratitude. An Asiatic Story."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 11 (1741): 604.
V: "Alex. Pope celeberrimi Poetae Orationem Catholicam
Latino."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 11 (1741): 605.
V: "Verses written Nov. 12, 1741: The Birth-Day of Admiral
Vernon."
Samuel Boyse.
[Carlson 246] [Orig. "[Y]"]
- 11 (1741): 606.
V: "To the Author of the Satirists satiriz'd [v. GM 11
(1741): 550]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 578]
- 11 (1741): 610-612.A:
"Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 82); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 613.
A: "Foreign Books."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 83); Fleeman 1: 60]
- 11 (1741): 617-633.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207]
- 11 (1741): 633.
S: Introductory note to Cooley's Considerations upon the
Embargo of Provision of Victual.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Kaminski 239, n. 18]
- 11 (1741): 634-638.
S: Italicized remarks inserted into William Cooley's
Considerations upon the Embargo on Provision of Victual.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Greene 59: 79; New Camb. Biblio. 1137; Kaminski 149 and 239, n. 19; Fleeman 1: 60]
- 11 (1741): 641.
S: Headnote to "Remonstrance to the French
King [re Louis XV's 'imposing the Tax of the Tenth Penny']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Kaminski 148 and 239, n. 13; Fleeman 1: 60]
- 11 (1741): 650. P:
"The Roman Altar lately found at Cast Steeds [Castlesteads] in Cumberland,
with other Curiosities there; communicated by G. Smith."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 6]
- 11 (1741): 659-660.
V: "The Whisperer, a Fable."
John Hawkesworth.
[Carlson 253] [Orig. "H. Greville"]
- 11 (1741): 660.
V: "Rev. Viro B. W. amico suo spectatissimo."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 11 (1741): 660.
V: "Carmen Natale Domino nostro Jesu Christo humillime
dicatum."
Robert Luck.
[Carlson 257]
- 11 (1741): 660.
V: "Mr Pope on his Grotto."
Alexander Pope.
[Bond 97]
- 11 (1741): 661-662.
V: "A Poem. By the Rev. Mr Chamberlayne. Occasioned
by a View of Powers-court House, the Improvements, Park, &c."
Rev. John [?] Chamberlayne.
[Pailler 2: 568]
- 11 (1741): 663.
V: "Sir Isaac Newton's Epitaph by Mr Pope, attempted in
Latin."
Richard Yate.
[Pailler 2: 603] [Orig. "R.Y."]
- 11 (1741): 663.
V: "Another by our old Friend R.L. ['Sir Isaac Newton's Epitaph by
Mr. Pope attempted in Latin']."
Robert Luck.
[Pailler 2: 582] [Orig. "R.L."]
- 11 (1741): 667-669.
A: "Foreign History."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 82); Fleeman 1: 59]
- 11 (1741): 670.
A: "Foreign Books."
Samuel Johnson.
[Pailler 2: 681 (citing Greene 59: 83); Fleeman 1: 60]
- 11 (1741): 671-688.
A: "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput [cont.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 5; Hoover 207- 208]