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The Poetry of the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1731 – 1800:
An Electronic Database of Titles, Authors, and First Lines
– An Ongoing Project –

Emily Lorraine de Montluzin


Vergil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (Roman poet; 70-19 B.C.).  69-ii (1799): 559, 664; 70-i (1800): 307n.

Vernon, William (soi-disant “Private Soldier in the Old Buffs”).  21 (1751): 372; 25 (1755): 467-468; 26 (1756): 537; 27 (1757): 226, 371, 421, 519; 29 (1759): 82, 383; 30 (1760): 382-383; 31 (1761): 135; 32 (1762): 333.

Vicars, John (poet and chronicler; 1580-1652).  70-ii (1800): 932.

Victor, Benjamin (poet and theatrical manager; d. 1778).  6 (1736): 616; 10 (1740): 565; 41 (1771): 280; 42 (1772): 87, 287-288; 43 (1773): 39.

Villette, Charles-Michel, Marquis de (miscellaneous writer; 1736-93).  48 (1778): 110n.

Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (politician; 1628-87).  1 (1731): 475.

Vincent, Augustine (herald; ca. 1584-1626).  63-i (1793): 312.

Vincent, Rev. William, Dean of Westminster (writer on ancient geography; 1739-1815).  69-i (1799): 148.

Virasel, Rev. Samuel (clergyman; b. ca. 1717).  18 (1748): 85-86.

Voisenon, Claude-Henri Fusée de, Abbé de Voisenon (poet; 1708-75).  44 (1774): 557.

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (philosopher and man of letters; 1694-1778).  10 (1740): 406; 16 (1746): 216; 17 (1747): 97; 23 (1753): 45; 28 (1758): 234-235; 43 (1773): 27-28; 44 (1774): 556-557; 48 (1778): 150, 280; 51 (1781): 532; 52 (1782): 591; 55-ii (1785): 993.

Vyse, Rev. William (divine; d. 1771).  70-ii (1800): 599 [2nd 599].

Wakefield, Rev. Gilbert (classicist and controversialist; 1756-1801).  60-i (1790): 70, 165, 257-258, 355, 448, 553; 60-ii (1790): 652, 745.

Waldron, Francis Godolphin (actor and writer on the theatre; 1744-1818).  63-ii (1793): 1039 [?]; 64-i (1794): 162-163.

Walker, Rev. John, of Norwich (clergyman; ca. 1754-1807).  53-ii (1783): 872; 54-i (1784): 122-123, 455-456 [?]; 59-i (1789): 352.

Waller, Edmund (poet; 1606-87).  15 (1745): 329; 16 (1746): 605; 22 (1752): 183; 66-ii (1796): 809-810; 70-i (1800): 134.

Waller, Major Henry (poet; d.1793?).  54-ii (1784): 613; 64-i (1794): 70.

Waller, Rev. Bryan (clergyman; 1765-1842).  58-ii (1788): 823-824; 59-ii (1789): 939-940, 940 (2); 66-ii (1796): 1036.

Wallis, Dr. George (physician and playwright; 1740-1802).  39 (1769): 48 (2); 60-i (1790): 257.

Walmsley, Geoffrey.  6 (1736): 107 [?], 223 [?] (2), 286 [?], 417 [?], 484 [?], 544 [?], 674 [?], 743 [?]; 15 (1745): 102-103 (revised by Rev. Stephen Barrett and Samuel Johnson).