Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine,
1731-1868: An Electronic Union List
Emily Lorraine de Montluzin
Volume 29 (1759)
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29
(1759)
15-16
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"Rustic Philosophy [re saying, 'At new
year's tide, They are lengthen'd a cock's stride']."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "P. Gemsege"
- 29 (1759): 16-18. A:
"Of Imprisonment for Debt [from The Idler, No. 39, 6 Jan. 1759;
listed as No. 38 in Yale ed.]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 30. V:
"Shrubs of Parnassus. Pudding."
William Woty.
[Orig. "Jemmy Copywell"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
- 29 (1759): 37.
R: John Hill's The Rout.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 77]
- 29 (1759): 56. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 29 (1759): 61-63. A:
"Account of the Conquest of Spain by the Romans [cont.]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 48] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
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29
(1759)
65-68
A
"On a Stone Coffin found at Litchfield."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 29 (1759): 71-72. A:
"The Idler. No. 44 [10 Feb. 1759; listed as No. 43 in Yale ed.;
'The Day and Year considered as the Representations of Life']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 72-74. A:
"The Description and Method of using Mr [John] Dolland's new Catadioptric
Micrometer, as executed under the direction of James Short, M.A. F.R.S."
Dr. John Bevis.
[Orig. "J. Bevis"]
- 29 (1759): 81. V:
"A Description of an Ancient Festival honoured with a Solemn Sacrifice for
procuring a Blessing on the Fields. From a late elegant Translation of
Tibullus, by Dr Grainger."
Dr. James Grainger.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 29 (1759): 82. V:
"A Song ['What sadness reigns o'er all the plain']."
William Vernon.
[Orig. "Cleophil"; Vernon in GM 27 (1757): 519 acknowledges his use of the pseudonym "Cleophil."]
- 29 (1759): 84-86.
R: David Garrick's The Guardian.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 210, n. 19]
- 29 (1759): 104. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 29 (1759): 105-106. A:
"The Idler [No. 47, 3 Mar. 1759; listed as No. 46 in Yale ed.; 'Story of
Molly Gentle']. . . ."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 106-108. A:
"Account of the Conquest of Spain by the Romans [cont.]."
Rev. Samuel Watson.
[Sherbo 97-a: 48] [Orig. "S. Watson"]
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29
(1759)
115-117
L
"On the antient Manner of Sealing Deeds."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 29 (1759): 122-123. A:
"Some Thoughts on the Scarcity of Silver Money; with a Proposal for a
Remedy."
Sir John Barnard.
[Orig. "J. Barnard"]
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29
(1759)
131
V
"Verses by a Lady ['Go, hapless maid']."
Mary Masters.
Orig. "Maria"
- 29 (1759): 156. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near
Carlisle."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 29 (1759): 163-164. A:
"To the Idler [No. 48, 10 Mar. 1759; listed as No. 47 in Yale ed.; 'Life
of a City Wit']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80] [Orig. "Deborah Ginger"]
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29
(1759)
164-165
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"Of Honour due to the Wives of Prelates."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 29 (1759): 169-171.
L: Review of Goldsmith's An Enquiry into the Present State of
Polite
Learning in Europe.
David Garrick [?].
[Abbott 82: 106] [Orig. "A.B."]
- 29 (1759): 174. L: "A
useful Medicine prescribed and recommended."
Rev. Edward Watkinson.
["Edw. Watkinson" signs a letter in 30 (1760): 413-414 re medicine.] [Orig. "E. Watkinson"]
- 29 (1759): 179. V:
"On Sickness [reprinted from the Universal Chronicle]."
William Woty.
[Orig. "J. Copywell"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."
- 29 (1759): 179. V:
"Spring."
William Woty.
[Orig. "J. Copywell"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."
- 29 (1759): 184-186.
R: Samuel Johnson's Rasselas.
John Hawkesworth.
[Abbott 82: 104]
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29
(1759)
211-212
L
"Passage in Cicero de Senectute corrected from a MS."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 29 (1759): 212-213. L:
"On the Antient Custom of burning the Dead."
Edgar Bochart.
[Orig. "E. Bochart"]
- 29 (1759): 224-225. A:
"The Idler. No. 58 [19 May 1759; listed as No. 57 in Yale ed.;
'Prudence, how it operates in Life']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 252. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
- 29 (1759): 256-257. A:
"The Idler [No. 59, 26 May 1759; listed as No. 58 in Yale ed.;
'Casual Disappointments in expected Pleasure']."
Samuel Johnson
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 262.
L: "Of the Acacia."
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
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29
(1759)
267-269
L:
"Martyrdom of an ancient Bishop [St. William,
Archbishop of York]."
John Thorpe the Younger
Kuist 82: 148Orig. "Cantianus"
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29
(1759)
270-272
L
"Etymology of the Word Bumper."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 29 (1759): 281-282. V:
"Satire VIII. Book II. From Mr Duncombe's Translation of Horace."
Rev. John Duncombe.
[Authorship disclosed in title]
- 29 (1759): 283. V:
"To the Rev. Mr [Nathaniel] Hurd. An Elegy ['Friend of my youth, who,
when the willing muse']."
Rev. William Mason.
[Orig. "W. Mason"; Mason (b. 1724), took his B.A. at St. John's, Cambridge, where Rev. Nathaniel Hurd (b. 1705) was admitted a pensioner in 1724 (Alumni Cantab., Pt. I, 2: 436; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 495).]
- 29 (1759): 309. A:
"The Idler. No. 67 [misprint for 66; 14 July 1759; listed as No.
65 in Yale ed.; 'On the Publication of the Sequel of Clarendon's History' (re
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Being a Continuation of the History of the
Grand Rebellion, 1759)]."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
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29
(1759)
326-327
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"On the Stature of our Saviour Jesus Christ."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 29 (1759): 334. V:
"To Miss Harriet Airy ['To thee, dear girl, these numbers I
consign']."
William Woty.
[Orig. "J.C."; written in reply to Harriott Airy's poem, 'To Mr Copywell' in GM 29 (1759): 282; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
- 29 (1759): 361-363. A:
"The Idler. No. 68 [28 July 1759; listed as No. 67 in Yale ed.; 'Journal
of three Days Employment']."
Bennet Langton.
[Bate and Bullitt 207, n. 1]
- 29 (1759): 363-364. L:
"Coleridge's Translation of a Passage in Virgil justified."
Rev. John Coleridge.
[Sherbo 83: 89] [Orig. "J. Coleridge"]
- 29 (1759): 383. V:
"Written in Dr [Edward] Young's Night Thoughts, at Winton College."
William Vernon.
[Orig. "W. Vernon"]
- 29 (1759): 404. A:
"Meteorological Journal of the Weather in Cumberland near Carlisle [a
double account]."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]
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29
(1759)
407-408
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"Remarks on an ancient Roman Inscription [found at
Overborough]."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
- 29 (1759): 410-411. A:
"The Idler. No. 72 [25 Aug. 1759; listed as No. 71 in Yale ed.;
'Story of Dick Shifter']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 427-428. L:
"Further Explanation of the Ultima AEtas of Virgil."
William Massey.
[Orig. "W. Massey"]
- 29 (1759): 454-457.
R: Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 29 (1759): 457-458. A:
"The Idler [No. 76, 22 Sept. 1759; listed as No. 75 in Yale ed.;
'The Story of Gelaleddin, an Eastern Scholar']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
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29
(1759)
481-482
A
"Incident in [Colley Cibber's] Careless
Husband borrowed."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsage"
- 29 (1759): 485. V:
"Ode to Friendship."
William Woty.
[Orig. "Jemmy Copywell"; Biog. Dram. 1-ii: 760 notes that Woty used the pseudonym "Jemmy Copywell."]
- 29 (1759): 509-511.
R: Linnaeus's Systema Naturae [cont.].
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231]
- 29 (1759): 514-515. A:
"The Idler. No. 81 [27 Oct. 1759; listed as No. 80 in Yale ed.;
'On the Pleasures of the Town']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 520-521. L:
"Of the Warlike Weapons of the Antients."
Richard Greene.
[Sherbo 97-a: 5] [Orig. "R. Green"]
- 29 (1759): 563-564. A:
"The Idler [No. 87, 8 Dec. 1759; listed as No. 86 in Yale ed.;
'Story of a new Married Couple']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80] [Orig. "Peggy Heartless"]
- 29 (1759): 564-566.
R: Linnaeus's Systema Naturae [conc.].
Dr. Richard Pulteney.
[Sherbo 84: 231] [Orig. "R.P."]
- 29 (1759): 569. A:
"Aylett's Answer to [William] Bromfield's Account [of an amputation of the
leg performed jointly by Aylet and Bromfield upon Mr. Benwell at Eton against
the express desire of the patient that Bromfield exclusively should perform the
operation]."
George Aylet.
[Orig. "G. Aylett"]
- 29 (1759): 569-570. A:
"The Answer to Mr Aylette [George Aylet; response to Aylet's account of an
amputation of the leg performed jointly by Aylet and Bromfield upon Mr. Benwell
at Eton against the express desire of the patient that Bromfield exclusively
should perform the operation]."
William Bromfield.
[Orig. "W. Bromfield"]
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29
(1759)
571
A
"A Discovery of an unfortunate Mistake [re the bearings of
Britain] in the Geographer of Ravenna."
Rev. Samuel Pegge the Elder.
GM 66-ii (1796): 982 Orig. "Paul Gemsege"
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29
(1759)
593
V
"Stanzas addressed to a Great Minister and a Great Man."
Rev. John Duncombe.
Orig. "Crito"
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29
(1759)
595 [misnumbered as 2nd
587]
V
"The Year Fifty-Nine."
Rev. John Duncombe
Lit. Anec. 8: 276 Orig. "D.F."
- 29 (1759): 615-616. A:
"The Idler [No. 88, 15 Dec. 1759; listed as No. 87 in Yale ed.; 'Causes of
Incredulity']."
Samuel Johnson.
[Courtney 79-80]
- 29 (1759): 623-624. L:
"Remarks on Pope's Essay on Man."
Benjamin Donn [Donne].
[Orig. "B. Donn"]
- 29 (1759): 642-643. A:
"Meteorological Journals, near Carlisle, [Oct.,] Nov. & Dec. 1759."
George Smith of Wigton.
[de Montluzin 01: 11]