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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


Tait, J. (of Edinburgh).  40 (1770): 584.

Taliesin (medieval Welsh bard).  59-ii (1789): 1077-1078; 60-i (1790): 214; 60-ii (1790): 989-990.

Tanfield, Elizabeth, Lady Tanfield (d. 1629).  62-ii (1792): 1196 [?].

Tart, Thomas (of Birmingham).  7 (1737): 374 [1st 374].

Tasker, Rev. William (poet and antiquary; 1740-1800).  63-ii (1793): 1203; 64-ii (1794): 745; 67-i (1797): 236; 67-ii (1797): 784; 68-ii (1798): 1066; 69-i (1799): 63-64, 150-151, 237-238, 326-327, 422-423; 69-ii (1799): 607, 695, 696, 884-885.

Tate, Nahum (Irish poet and playwright; 1652-1715).  7 (1737): 757; 65-ii (1795): 1079 [misnumbered as 2nd 1077] (with Rev. Nicholas Brady).

Taylor, John, the Water Poet (1578-1653).  69-ii (1799): 741.

Taylor, Mary Scott (poet; 1752-93).  53-i (1783): 519-520.

Taylor, Rev. Henry (writer of theological works; 1711-85).  7 (1737): 52-53 (2).

Taylor, Rev. John (chancellor of Lincoln and classical scholar; 1704-66).  9 (1739): 211; 24 (1754): 335; 49 (1779): 149, 250, 365-366.

Taylor, W. P. (of Brentingby, Leics.).  68-ii (1798): 979.

Taylor, William (poet).  40 (1770): 535; 42 (1772): 336.

Teale, Rev. Isaac (clergyman).  41 (1771): 371.

Temple, Henry, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (politician; 1739-1802).  45 (1775): 94; 48 (1778): 598 [?]; 69-i (1799): 239.

Temple, William.  5 (1735): 252 [2nd 252].

Test, Elizabeth, of Lincoln (poet).  11 (1741): 494; 12 (1742): 384; 13 (1743): 96 [?]; 15 (1745): 551 [?].

Tew, [Rev. Edward (divine and vice-provost of Eton; 1735-1816) ?].  69-i (1799): 422.

Thirlwall, Henry (of Darlington).  58-ii (1788): 637.

Thistlethwayte, Alexander (politician; 1718?-71).  54-i (1784): 201.

Thomas, D. (of Neath, Glamorganshire).  6 (1736): 678.

Thomas, David [Dafydd Ddu o Eryri] (Welsh bard; 1759-1822).  62-i (1792): 584 [misnumbered as 548] (2).

Thomas, Lieut.-Colonel Lewis (soldier; ca. 1713-62).  61-i (1796): 148.

Thompson, Captain Edward (Royal Navy officer, poet, and playwright; 1738?-86).  41 (1771): 419-420; 43 (1773): 571; 44 (1774): 590; 47 (1777): 140; 54-ii (1784): 855 (2); 70-i (1800): 384.

Thompson, Rev. William (poet; bapt. 1712; d. ca. 1766).  46 (1776): 313; 66-ii (1796): 863.

Thomson, Alexander (poet; 1763-1803).  62-ii (1792): 750.

Thomson, James (poet; 1700-48).  6 (1736): 103; 7 (1737): 372 [1st 372], 511, 569; 9 (1739): 95, 264; 18 (1748): 423; 19 (1749): 37 (2); 25 (1755): 131-132, 418-419; 28 (1758): 329; 58-i (1788): 274; 59-i (1789): 259; 61-ii (1791): 1078; 65-ii (1795): 1086; 69-ii (1799): 853; 70-i (1800): 331.

Thomson, Rev. William (miscellaneous writer; 1746-1817).  61-ii (1791): 1085.

Thornton, Bonnell (writer for the periodicals; 1725-68).  67-i (1797): 208.

Threlkeld, John (stocking frame knitter).  29 (1759): 383.

Tibullus (Roman poet; ca. 55?-19 B.C.).  44 (1774): 279; 69-ii (1799): 559n; 70-i (1800): 132.

Tickell, Richard (librettist; 1751-93).  48 (1778): 487.

Tickell, Thomas (Professor of Poetry at Queen’s College, Oxford; 1686-1740).  21 (1751): 229; 31 (1761): 594; 49 (1779): 149-150; 69-ii (1799): 1012.

Tierney, George (politician; 1761-1830).  70-i (1800): 69-70.

Titley, Walter (diplomat; 1700-68).  10 (1740): 616; 14 (1744): 613-614.

Toldervy, William (miscellaneous writer; fl. 1756).  63-i (1793): 479.

Tomkyns, -----.  9 (1739): 545.

Tomlinson, Ralph (president of the Anacreontic Society; 1744-88). 

Tooke, ----- (student at Felsted School, Essex; b. ca. 1769).  55-i (1785): 475.

Topham, Captain Edward (journalist and playwright; 1751-1820).  49 (1779): 367; 51 (1781): 187-188; 59-i (1789): 354.

Topping, Michael (marine surveyor in India).  63-i (1793): 167 [?] (2).

Townshend, George, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquis Townshend (general and lord-lieutenant of Ireland; 1724-1807).  53-ii (1783): 960.

Trapp, Rev. Joseph (divine; 1679-1747).  4 (1734): 658 [?]; 8 (1738): 317; 16 (1746): 661; 56-ii (1786): 661.

Tray, Rev. Richard (clergyman; d. 1664? or 1679?).  68-i (1798): 372 (2).

Trevanion, Rev. Hugh (clergyman; ca. 1708-41).  8 (1738): 155.

Trollop, Sir John.  31 (1761): 527 [?].

Turner, Rev. Baptist Noel (divine; 1739-1826).  69-ii (1799): 1026; 70-i (1800): 261.

Tusser, Thomas (poet and author of A Hundreth [sic] Good Pointes of Husbandrie; ca. 1524-1580).  70-i (1800): 511n.

Tyrwhitt, Thomas (classicist and clerk of the House of Commons; 1730-86).  55-ii (1785): 559.

Tyson, Rev. Isaac (clergyman, grammarian, and mathematician).  60-i (1790): 356-357; 60-ii (1790): 651-652.

Tytler, Dr. Henry William (physician; 1752-1808).  66-ii (1796): 772-773; 67-ii (1797): 872, 964; 69-i (1799): 510.

Underhill, John, Bishop of Oxford (1544/5?-92).  69-i (1799): 391.

Underwood, Thomas (poet; b. 1739 or 1740).  55-i (1785): 385-386.

Vale, Rev. Thomas (clergyman; ca. 1770-1809).  58-i (1788): 348 (2).

Valpy, Rev. Richard (schoolmaster; 1754-1836).  68-ii (1798): 554 (2).

Van Mildert, William, Bishop of Durham (divine; 1765-1836).  56-i (1786): 156.

Vanbrugh, Sir John (playwright and architect; 1664-1726).  3 (1733): 300.

Vanhomrigh, Esther (poet; 1690-1723).  37 (1767): 183 (2).

Vaughan, Rev. Arthur (vice-choral of Hereford; 1713-49).  4 (1734): 447.

Vaughan, Thomas (playwright; fl. 1772-1820).  45 (1775): 143-144; 47 (1777): 39; 56-i (1786): 429-430, 430.

Venables, Thomas (b. ca. 1598).  49 (1779): 96.

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).

Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (novelist; 1717-97).  33 (1763): 38; 39 (1769): 264; 41 (1771): 231, 231-232, 232 (6); 42 (1772): 142; 55-i (1785): 157; 57-ii (1787): 1002-1003; 65-ii (1795): 687-688; 68-ii (1798): 706, 795-796, 796 (2).

Walter, Thomas.  63-ii (1793): 655-656.

Walters, Rev. John (poet and schoolmaster; 1759-89).  50 (1780): 291; 68-ii (1798): 928, 978-979.

Walton, Edis.  63-i (1793): 264.

Walwyn, B. (journalist, essayist, and playwright; b. 1750).  51 (1781): 187.

Ward, Edward (poet and satirist; 1667-1731).  45 (1775): 142-143.

Ward, John (professor of rhetoric at Gresham College; 1678/9-1758).  8 (1738): 99, 158, 214, 268-269, 656; 9 (1739): 211 (2).

Ward, R.  59-i (1789): 449-450.

Ward, Rev. William (printer and Baptist missionary to India; 1769-1823).  62-i (1792): 261; 67-ii (1797): 966-967.

Ward, William.  42 (1772): 191.

Waring, Elijah, of Witney (Quaker minister; fl. 1761).  8 (1738): 212, 433; 18 (1748): 470 [?]; 19 (1749): 87 [?].

Warner, Rev. John (classicist; 1736-1800).  62-i (1792): 7.

Warton, Rev. Joseph (critic and poet; 1722-1800).  9 (1739): 545; 34 (1764): 242; 55-ii (1785): 558; 56-i (1786): 157 [? (or Rev. Thomas Warton?)]; 68-i (1798): 428.

Warton, Rev. Thomas (poet laureate and author of History of English Poetry; 1728-90).  8 (1738): 372, 483; 21 (1751): 34-35; 29 (1759): 596 [misnumbered as 2nd 586]; 33 (1763): 558; 34 (1764): 296; 40 (1770): 232; 51 (1781): 531-532; 55-i (1785): 473; 56-i (1786): 64, 157 [? (or Rev. Joseph Warton?)], 512; 57-i (1787): 68, 525; 58-i (1788): 61, 540; 59-i (1789): 552; 60-i (1790): 552; 66-i (1796): 236, 236-237; 68-i (1798): 392 [misnumbered as 2nd 384].

Warwick, Rev. Thomas (poet; b. ca. 1755).  54-ii (1784): 532.

Wastell, Simon (schoolmaster; d. 1632).  62-ii (1792): 750-751.

Wastie, John [formerly John Ingram Lockhart] (barrister; ca. 1766-1835).  57-ii (1787): 1176-1177.

Watson, J.  13 (1743): 606.

Watson, Thomas (translator and poet; 1555/6-92).  63-i (1793): 558 (3).

Watts, Isaac (Nonconformist minister and hymn-writer; 1674-1748).  9 (1739): 433-434 [with -----]; 30 (1760): 535 [misnumbered as 355]; 41 (1771): 420; 49 (1779): 461.