Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 25 (1755)
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25
(1755)
5-6
A
"Effect of the Lightening."
George Smith of Wigton.
de Montluzin 01: 7 Orig. "G.S."
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25
(1755)
6
L
"Error in [William] Warburton's Shakesp. [re references
to 'Colmes-kill-isle' and 'Colmes-hill,' i.e., Iona] corrected."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
6-7
A
"Account of the Weather [in December 1754]."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
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25
(1755)
7
A
"Account of the Weather in January 1755."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 10-12. A:
"The World. No. CV ['Self-Painters censured; Lawyer's Opinion of
the Practice; Self-Painters Indictable on the Black Act']."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 144, n. 29, disagreeing with Maty 1: 174-178 and Pitcher-DP 428, which attribute it to Lord Chesterfield]
- 25 (1755): 18-20.
L: "Story of Adelaide and young Freval ['Love once a virtuous
Affection; A Mother inexorably unkind']."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 216, n. 32]
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25
(1755)
25-29
L
"Cardinal Wolsey."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 29-30.
L: "Account of poisonous English Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): 45-46.
R: William Toldervy's Select epitaphs.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1139 tentatively attributes it to Johnson; Fleeman 1: 485 follows Sherbo 62: 156-157 in accepting the attribution.]
- 25 (1755): 47.
R: Zacharay Williams's An account of an attempt to
ascertain the longitude at sea; by an exact theory of the variation of the
magnetic needle, with a table of variations at the most remarkable cities in
Europe, from the year 1660 to 1680.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[Sherbo 62: 156-157; New Camb. Biblio. 1140; Fleeman 1: 485 follows Sherbo in attributing this item to Johnson.]
- 25 (1755): 54-55. A:
"A Letter from R. Brooke, M.D. in Maryland, dated Oct. 15, 1754, to J.
Bevis [i.e., John Bevis, or Bevans], M.D. in London, with a whole Year's Journal
of Fahrenheit's Thermometer."
Dr. Richard Brooke of Maryland.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
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25
(1755)
55
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec.9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 56. L:
"Extract of a Letter from Wigton in Cumberland, dated Feb. 15 [concerning
the weather and recent local mortality figures]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 25 (1755): 57-59.
A: Trans. from the French, "The Danger of keeping Company with the
Great; a Fable [enc. in letter (p. 57) signed 'T.B.']."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 216, n. 32] [Orig. "H.J."]
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25
(1755)
59-61
A
"Secret of the Fire-eating Art."
Rev. Ellis Farneworth [?].
Lit. Anec. 2: 391-392 Orig. "Philopyrphagus Ashburniensis"
- 25 (1755): 64-66. A:
"The Connoisseur. No. LIV [6 Feb. 1755; 'Mischief attending a
modish Frolick']."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16]
- 25 (1755): 69.
A: "Continuation of the account of English poisonous
Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): 72. L:
"Fisher's calculation of a lunar eclipse."
Thomas Fisher [?].
[Signed "J. Fisher," which appears to be a misprint for "T. Fisher"; Thomas Fisher contributed various items on astronomy to the GM during this period.]
- 25 (1755): 83. V:
"Song in the Gamester. Set by Mr Oswald ['When Damon languish'd
at my feet']."
Edward Moore [?] or Mrs. Edward Moore [?].
[Caskey 161]
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25
(1755)
84
V
"An Elegy written when the Bells were chiming for the Interment of a
Corpse."
Rev. Joseph Robertson [?].
Orig. "Eusebius"; Kuist 82: 139 lists multiple attributions to Robertson (1726-1802) under the pseudonyms "Eusebius" or "Eu---s" beginning in 1786. Since the Nichols family annotators who compiled what is now the Kuist list made no effort at a systematic attribution of items in the GM before vol. 53-i (1783), the absence of earlier attributions to Robertson under the signature "Eusebius" does not militate against Robertson's possible authorship of items so signed in earlier volumes.
- 25 (1755): 86. V:
"Prologue to the Fairies. An Opera. Written and spoken by Mr
Garrick."
David Garrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 93.
R: Thomas Edwards's A new English translation of the psalms
from the original Hebrew.
Samuel Johnson [?].
[New Camb. Biblio. 1140 attributes it to Johnson; Sherbo 62: 157 considers Johnson's authorship too uncertain to trust; Fleeman 1: 485, apparently mistaking Sherbo's intent, attributes it to Johnson on the strength of Sherbo 62: 157.]
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25
(1755)
103
A
"Diseases in March."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec.9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 103. A:
"Account of Weather and Diseases in Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
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25
(1755)
106-108
A
"Case of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
108-109
L
"A Female Impostor in France detected [i.e., case of a woman
who introduced stones into her bladder to simulate kidney stones]."
David Henry [?].
Orig. "D.Y."
- 25 (1755): 109-111. A:
"The Connoisseur, No. 58 [6 Mar. 1755; 'The People proper to be
pressed' (re impressment)]."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16]
- 25 (1755): 112-114. A:
"From the World. No. 113 ['Duelling ridiculed']."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 186-191; Caskey 137, n. 6]
- 25 (1755): 114-115.
A: "Continuation of the Account of English poisonous
Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): 115. L:
"Obscure Phrases explained."
George Smith of Wigton [?].
[de Montluzin 01: 11] [Orig. "G.S."]
- 25 (1755): 132. V:
"The Monkeys, a Tale. By the Rev. Mr Merrick. From the 4th Volume of Mr
Doddesly's [Robert Dodsley's] Collection of Poems, lately published."
Rev. James Merrick.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 133.
V: "To Mr Hacket [John Hackett] of Baliol-College, Oxford, on his
playing the Part of Othello, at a private entertainment."
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton.
[Sherbo 82: 297] [Orig. "G. Lyttelton"]
- 25 (1755): 143.
R: The love encounter.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 99]
- 25 (1755): 147-151.
R: "Some Account of a Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel
Johnson."
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 103; Fleeman 1: 486 assumes this to be by Adam Smith.]
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25
(1755)
152
A
"Diseases in April."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec.9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 153-154. A:
"The Connoisseur. No, 63 [10 Apr. 1755]. To Mr Town
['Humorous Account of the Pedigree of Race Horses']."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16]
- 25 (1755): 159-160.
A: "Continuation of the account of English poisonous
Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
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25
(1755)
179
V
"An Address to the Right Honourable, the Earl of H--ld--rss
[Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holderness], on the Preferment of the
celebrated Mr
[William] Mason."
David Garrick.
Orig. "D. G--r--ck"
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25
(1755)
197
A
"Account of the Weather [for March]."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
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25
(1755)
197
A
"Account of the Weather [for April]."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
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25
(1755)
197-198
A
"Account of the Weather, &c. for May."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 201-203.
L: "The Indigo Plant described."
Rev. Charles Woodmason.
[Jones 189- 190] [Orig. "C.W."]
- 25 (1755): 206-208. A:
"The Connoisseur. No, 68 [15 May 1755; 'Of the Manner
of passing away Time'; re Vauxhall]."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16] [Orig. "W."]
- 25 (1755): 208-210. A:
"The World, No. 122. To Mr Fitz-Adam ['Adventures of an
unfortunate Physician']."
----- Herring.
[Caskey 139-140]
- 25 (1755): 210-211.
A: "Continuation of the account of English poisonous
Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
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25
(1755)
211
L
"Strange Discovery of an immur'd Skeleton [in the wall of the
Castle at Dublin]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796):980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
212-213
L
"Critical Explanations of the Word earing."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
246
A
"Weather and Diseases."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 249-250. A:
"The World, No. 128 ['Essay on Matrimonial Happiness']."
Edward Moore.
[Caskey 144, n. 29]
- 25 (1755): 256-259.
A: "Method of manufacturing Indigo [cont.]."
Rev. Charles Woodmason.
[Jones 189- 190]
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25
(1755)
265
L
"A farther Explanation of Genesis xiv. 6."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "S.P."
- 25 (1755): 270-272.
A: "Continuation of the account of English poisonous
Plants."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
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25
(1755)
272-274
L
"Maiden-Way [Westmoreland] explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 278. V:
"The Vindication, A new Song. Sung by Mr [Thomas] Lowe at
Vauxhall."
William Boyce.
[Orig. "Boyce"]
- 25 (1755): 278. V:
"The Latin Epigram in our last, p. 229, translated ['To youth, Cornelia,
whilst thou mak'st pretence']."
Rev. William Bickerstaff.
[Sherbo 97-a: 21, 34 (n. 1)] [Orig. "W. Bickerstaffe"]
- 25 (1755): 295. A:
"The general state of the Weather and Wind, as also the Height of the
Thermometer, and the greatest Variation of the Barometer, from three
Observations taken each Day at my House in Ludgate-street."
James Ayscough.
[Orig. "J. Ayscough"]
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25
(1755)
299-302
A
"Some Account of the Articles exhibited against Cardinal Wolsey in
Parliament, by whom they were prepared, and the probable cause of their
miscarriage."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 302-303. L:
"Curious Account of an inflammable Well."
George Perry.
[Orig. "G. Perry"; dated Coalbrookdale; Biography Database CD1 lists two 1758 book subscriptions for a George Perry of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.]
- 25 (1755): 303-304. A:
"The Connoisseur. No, 73 [19 June 1755; 'On the
indiscriminate Use of Epitaphs; And the Absurdity of modern Monuments to the
Dead']."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16]
- 25 (1755): 308-310.
A: "Account of English poisonous Plants
[cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): facing 320. P:
Plate showing two Roman altars and a stone trough (Figures I, II, and
III).
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
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25
(1755)
321
L
"Biblical Difficulty [Exod. 9.31-32] obviated."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
321
L
"Remarks on Pontopidan."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "S.P."
- 25 (1755): 322-323. V:
"A favourite Air, sung at Vaux-hall, set by Mr Oswald. The words by Dr
Smolet."
Dr. Tobias George Smollett.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 324. V:
"Lines addressed to the Right Hon. Sir John Lewis Ligonier, on a Report
having been spread of his death, June 14, 1755."
John Carteret Pilkington.
[Orig. "J. C. Pilkington"]
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25
(1755)
343
A
"Account of the Weather."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
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25
(1755)
345-347
L
"The Charge against Cardinal Wolsey farther considered."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 348-349.
A: "Account of English poisonous Plants
[cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): 360-361. L:
"British Antiquities described."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11] [Orig. "G.S."]
- 25 (1755): 373. V:
"Westminster Abbey."
Rev. William Rider.
[Orig. "W. Rider"]
- 25 (1755): 374.
V: "A Pastoral on the Death of the Rev. Mr H--rtl--y."
Rev. John Langhorne.
[Sherbo 82: 296] [Orig. "Langhorn"]
- 25 (1755): 393-394.
A: "Account of English poisonous Plants
[cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
-
25
(1755)
394-395
L
"Antient and fabulous History not always allegorical."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 401-406.
A: "Rosetta and Chamont. A true Story."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
- 25 (1755): 406-407. A:
"From the World, No. 140. A Meditation among the Books."
Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
[Caskey 139]
- 25 (1755): 418-419. V:
"Amanda. The Words by the late Mr Thomson, Set to Musick by Mr
Oswald."
James Thomson.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
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25
(1755)
438
L
"Answer to Lasenbiensis [re inscription found at Nunnery,
Cumb.]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
-
25
(1755)
439
A
"Account of the Weather, for September."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9: 738, 740
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25
(1755)
439
A
"Account of the Weather for October."
Dr. John Fothergill.
Lit. Anec. 9 : 738, 740
- 25 (1755): 441-445.
A: "Rosetta and Chamont [cont.]."
John Hawkesworth [?].
[Abbott 82: 215, n. 32]
- 25 (1755): 450-451.
A: "Account of English poisonous Plants
[cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
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25
(1755)
451-452
A
"Ancient Inscription and Pillar [from Nunnery, Cumb.]
explained."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 452-453. A:
"Extract of two Letters from Mr Porter, the English Ambassador at
Constantinople, concerning the Practice of Inoculation in that Part of the
World."
Sir James Porter.
[Orig. "J. Porter"]
- 25 (1755): 467-468. L:
The author's trans. of Horace, Book ii, Ode 16 ("To a Friend in L--ch--
ld") enc.
William Vernon.
[Orig. "W. Vernon"]
- 25 (1755): 483-485. A:
"Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, peopling of Countries,
&c. By B. Franklin, Esq; of Philadelphia."
Benjamin Franklin.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 491-492.
A: "General Observations upon some other Plants, less
hurtful than those hitherto described."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
- 25 (1755): 492-493. A:
"The World, No. 148 [30 Oct. 1755; 'Good-breeding a Succedaneum
for Virtue and Beauty']."
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
[Maty 1: 203-205]
- 25 (1755): 494. A:
"Some Account of a very curious Experiment, repeated several Times in the
Presence of the King of Sardinia . . . for trying the force of Gunpowder, and
the Quantity of Air contained therein. By Sig. Massei, Mechaniste du Roy de
Sardaigne. Communicated to Mr H. Baker, F.R.S., by Dr Joseph Bruni, Professor
of Anatomy at Turin [and summarized herein by Baker]."
Henry Baker.
[Orig. "H. Baker"]
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25
(1755)
494
L
"Of antient Mythology [re story of
Phaeton]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
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25
(1755)
495
L
"Discovery of an unnoticed Edition of Pierce Plowman."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "S.P."
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25
(1755)
503-504
L
"Of cultivating the White-pine."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 228-229 Orig. "P.C."
- 25 (1755): 504. L:
"Curious Account of a Merman, or Mermaid."
Peter Collinson [?].
[The letter, enclosing an excerpt from Captain Richard Whitbourne's pamphlet, A Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland (1622), concerns natural history in North America; the letter follows another known Collinson contribution (GM 25 [1755]: 503-504), also signed "P.C."] [Orig. "P.C."]
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25
(1755)
541-542
L
"Remarkable Agitation of Pibley Dam."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 980 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 25 (1755): 542-545.
A: "A brief Dissertation upon Fungi in general, and concerning the
poisonous Faculty of some Species in particular."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 25 (1755): 545-549.
R: Voltaire's L'Orphelin de la Chine.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 66]
- 25 (1755): 549-550. A:
"The Connoisseur, No. 99 [18 Dec. 1755]. To Mr Town ['Scheme for
a new Almanack of Fashion']."
George Colman the Elder and Bonnell Thornton.
[Chalmers 25: 15-16] [Orig. "Tycho Courtly"]
-
25
(1755)
550-551
L
"Account of American Pine."
Peter Collinson.
Brett-James 228-229
- 25 (1755): 567. V:
"An Occasional Prologue, written by Mr Boyce, and spoken by Mrs [Margaret]
Woffington at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, to the Play of The Conscious
Lovers [by Richard Steele]. . . ."
William Boyce.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 567. V:
"Epilogue [to The Conscious Lovers]. By. C. Smart, M.A."
Christopher Smart.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 25 (1755): 583-584.
L: "Controverted points in electricity stated."
Dr. John Lining [?].
[Smith (M) 123] [Orig. "A.B."]
- 25 (1755): 584. A:
"Error concerning the expected Comet corrected."
George Witchell.
[Orig. "G. Witchell"]
- 25 (1755): 585-587.
A: "A brief Dissertation upon Fungi in general
[cont.]."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]