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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


Saville, Henry.  6 (1736): 548.

Sawkins, Rev. Charles (clergyman; ca. 1758-1818).  65-ii (1795): 894-896.

Say, Samuel (Dissenting minister; 1676-1743).  55-ii (1785): 735.

Sayers, James (caricaturist; 1748-1823).  61-ii (1791): 1235.

Scarisbing, Frederick S.  64-i (1794): 257-258.

Scot, Rev. James (political and religious writer; 1733-1814).  26 (1756): 536.

Scott, John (poet; 1730-83).  23 (1753): 583-584; 24 (1754): 525; 28 (1758): 327; 65-ii (1795): 685.

Scott, Rev. Thomas (Dissenting minister and poet; 1705-75).  45 (1775): 193-194 (revised by Rev. Thomas Gibbons).

Seccomb, Rev. John (Congregational clergyman; 1708-92).  2 (1732): 770.

Sedley, Sir Charles (poet, dramatist, and wit; bapt. 1639; d. 1701).  18 (1748): 372.

Seidensticker, Johann Anton Ludwig (legal scholar).  59-ii (1789): 743.

Seward, Anna (poet [the “Swan of Lichfield”]; 1747-1809).  52 (1782): 447; 53-i (1783): 428; 53-ii (1783): 693, 871; 54-ii (1784): 613; 55-i (1785): 135-136, 213-214, 309; 55-ii (1785): 817, 906, 990; 56-i (1786): 66, 156-157, 249, 337, 426, 512; 56-ii (1786): 601, 695, 789-790, 885-886, 982, 1074; 57-i (1787): 169, 349 (2), 437; 57-ii (1787): 913; 58-i (1788): 61, 249; 58-ii (1788): 912-913, 1008; 59-i (1789): 71, 257 (2); 59-ii (1789): 743; 60-i (1790): 448; 60-ii (1790): 841; 61-i (1791): 67, 564 (2); 61-ii (1791): 1140; 62-i (1792): 364; 62-ii (1792): 1037; 63-ii (1793): 619; 66-i (1796): 368, 420-421, 421; 66-ii (1796): 952; 68-ii (1798): 976-977, 977-978; 69-ii (1799): 831 (2), 975; 70-ii (1800): 1185.

Seward, Rev. Thomas (prebendary of Lichfield; 1708-90).  54-i (1784): 87; 55-i (1785): 166; 56-i (1786): 514-516.

Sewell, Mary Young (poet; widow of Rev. George Sewell, rector of Byfleet, Surrey).  61-i (1791): 261; 67-ii (1797): 1116.

Sewell, W. (of Byfleet, Surrey).  70-i (1800): 261.

Seymour, Charles (teacher in Canterbury).  46 (1776): 230.

Seymour, J.  46 (1776): 86-87; 66-ii (1796): 1039-1040.

Seymour, John.  48 (1778): 599.

Shakespeare, William (playwright; 1564-1616).  2 (1732): 741; 5 (1735): 24 (3); 7 (1737): 559; 10 (1740): 249; 14 (1744): 98; 16 (1746): 425; 25 (1755): 565; 55-i (1785): 325.

Shard, Isaac Peccatus (d. 1766).  40 (1770): 278-279, 479.

Sharp, Rev. John (divine; ca. 1729-72).  55-i (1785): 306-307.

Sharp, William, Jun. (pamphleteer; d. 1794).  55-ii (1785): 847; 56-i (1786): 514; 56-ii (1786): 790; 59-i (1789): 164, 452, 553; 62-ii (1792): 943 [?].

Sharpe, Rev. John (clergyman and translator of historical works; 1769-1860).  65-ii (1795): 1037; 66-i (1796): 239, 239-240; 66-ii (1796): 599-600, 684, 775, 860-861; 67-i (1797): 149-150, 236 (2), 236-237, 325-326, 421 (2); 68-i (1798): 522; 68-ii (1798): 706; 70-ii (1800): 942-943.

Shaw, Cuthbert (actor and poet; 1738-71).  35 (1765): 40; 45 (1775): 194.

Shaw, Dr. George (botanist, joint founder of the Linnean Society, and keeper of the natural history section of the British Museum; 1751-1813).  67-i (1797): 235; 68-i (1798): 522.

Shaw, Rev. Stebbing (topographer and historian of Staffordshire; 1762-1802).  68-ii (1798): 560.

Shebbeare, John (surgeon and political propagandist; 1709-88).  9 (1739): 545.

Sheffield, John, 1st Duke of Buckingham (politician; 1647-1721).  19 (1749): 233 [?].

Shenstone, William (poet; 1714-63).  8 (1738): 41; 9 (1739): 153, 156; 10 (1740): 519 [?]; 11 (1741): 215, 324-325; 18 (1748): 39; 28 (1758): 595; 34 (1764): 188, 190; 38 (1768): 341; 58-i (1788): 253; 63-ii (1793): 790; 64-ii (1794): 1037; 65-ii (1795): 905; 68-i (1798): 467; 68-ii (1798): 560.

Shepherd, Rev. Samuel (clergyman in Kildrought, Ireland).  6 (1736): 157-158, 287; 10 (1740): 84.

Shepherd, T. R. (of Charles Town, South Carolina).  66-ii (1796): 600.

Sheppard, Sir Fleetwood (poet and courtier; 1634-98).  48 (1778): 600.

Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann Linley (singer and wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; 1754-92).  49 (1779): 608; 54-ii (1784): 934-935; 55-i (1785): 55-56, 56.

Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine (novelist and playwright; 1724-66).  33 (1763): 91 (2), 609, 609-610; 38 (1768): 191.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (dramatist and politician; 1751-1816).  45 (1775): 95, 95-96; 47 (1777): 40, 86; 57-ii (1787): 587; 68-i (1798): 331.

Sheridan, Thomas (schoolmaster and translator; 1687-1738).  5 (1735): 378; 32 (1762): 440 [?]; 37 (1767): 183.

Shirley, James (playwright; bapt. 1596; d. 1666).  51 (1781): 583.

Shirley, William (dramatist and merchant; fl. 1739-77).  20 (1750): 38 (2); 47 (1777): 603, 603-604 [?].

Short, John, Jun. (divinity student in Exeter).  60-i (1790): 353 (2).

Sican, John (b. ca. 1711; d. 1753 [?]).  4 (1734): 699; 5 (1735): 48 [?], 322.

Silvester, Rev. Tipping (divine and poet; 1700-68).  4 (1734): 98, 99.

Simmias of Rhodes (Greek poet).  66-ii (1796): 1019.

Singleton, A. (of Loughborough).  26 (1756): 190.

Singleton, John (American writer of theatrical verse).  24 (1754): 331-332, 332 [?].

Singleton, Rev. W. (clergyman of Hanslope, Bucks.).  61-ii (1791): 1141-1142; 62-ii (1792): 1038; 63-i (1793): 69-70; 64-ii (1794): 651, 652; 69-ii (1799): 788-789.

Six, James, the Elder (silk weaver and naturalist; 1730-93).  47 (1777): 188 [?].

Six, Rev. James, the Younger (poet; 1757-86).  52 (1782): 494; 54-i (1784): 285-286, 286; 54-ii (1784): 694; 66-i (1796): 324 (2).

Skeffington, Sir Lumley St. George (playwright and dilettante; 1771-1850).  62-i (1792): 556-557.

Smart, Christopher (poet; 1722-70).  15 (1745): 268-269; 17 (1747): 391; 21 (1751): 472; 24 (1754): 88-89, 89-90, 137, 138 (2), 175, 183 (3), 185, 236, 238, 283-284, 285 (2), 335 (2), 381, 382 (4), 479, 523, 574, 575; 25 (1755): 86, 178, 178-179, 567; 26 (1756): 36, 190, 304; 27 (1757): 563; 28 (1758): 594; 33 (1763): 355-356; 36 (1766): 427-428; 44 (1774): 488; 48 (1778): 464; 52 (1782): 135-136; 65-i (1795): 21, 22.

Smith, Charlotte (poet and novelist; 1749-1806).  55-i (1785): 307; 62-ii (1792): 1038; 63-ii (1793): 655 (2); 65-ii (1795): 742; 67-i (1797): 729.

Smith, Dr. Eaglesfield (poet and surgeon; ca. 1770-1838).  67-i (1797): 150-151, 151, 237, 423 (2), 509-510; 67-ii (1797): 1055, 1116; 68-i (1798): 61; 68-ii (1798): 609-610; 70-i (1800): 163-164, 260-261.

Smith, Edmund (poet and playwright; 1672-1710).  46 (1776): 212.

Smith, George.  58-i (1788): 542-543.

Smith, George, of Wigton (astronomer, topographer, and schoolmaster; 1700-1755).  5 (1735): 379, 610, 732; 6 (1736): 157; 7 (1737): 244, 756; 8 (1738): 216, 598; 10 (1740): 620; 11 (1741): 325-326; 15 (1745): 161 [?]; 16 (1746): 466; 17 (1747): 242; 24 (1754): 41.

Smith, John Prince (barrister and law reporter; ca. 1774-1822).  67-i (1797): 62.

Smith, Joseph.  8 (1738): 431.

Smith, Joshua.  69-i (1799): 240.

Smith, Rev. John (historian and writer on woolen industry; b. ca. 1700).  48 (1778): 384.

Smith, Rev. William (provost of the college, Philadelphia; 1727-1803).  27 (1757): 178, 178-179; 40 (1770): 384 [?].

Smith, W.  4 (1734): 700.

Smith, William “Gentleman” (actor; 1730-1819).  32 (1762): 440; 58-ii (1788): 769.

Smollett, Dr. Tobias George (novelist and physician; 1721-71).  25 (1755): 322-323.

Snell, Captain Powell (barrister; ca. 1738-ca. 1804).  61-i (1791): 166-167, 368 [? (or Rev. Cooper Willyams)], 469 (5); 61-ii (1791): 1047; 62-i (1792): 168, 364, 463-464.

Soame, Henry Francis Robert (soldier and poet; 1768-1803).  51 (1781): 482; 60-i (1790): 258.

Somerville, William (poet; 1675-1742).  8 (1738): 654.

Sookes, T.  68-ii (1798): 1068.

Sotherby, William (poet; 1757-1833).  69-i (1799): 238.

Souriguère de Saint-Marc, Jean Marie (playwright; 1763-1837).  65-ii (1795): 864.

Southey, Robert (poet laureate; 1774-1843).  69-i (1799): 193-194; 70-i (1800): 162-163.

Sowden, Benjamin (Dissenting preacher in Rotterdam; b. 1721 or 1722; d. 1778).  19 (1749): 134, 325; 22 (1752): 84; 26 (1756): 488; 28 (1758): 83 (2); 35 (1765): 286-287, 333-334, 381-382; 44 (1774): 379-380.

Spearing, Lieut. George.  63-ii (1793): 700.

Spenser, Edmund (poet; 1552?-99).  5 (1735): frontispiece, 24 (2); 50 (1780): 317; 53-ii (1783): 577.

Spicer, Rev. John (divine and schoolmaster; 1713-84).  46 (1776): 178.

Spratt, Thomas, Bishop of Rochester (divine; 1635-1713).  49 (1779): 511.

St Marc, Jean-Paul-André des Rasins, Marquis de (poet; 1728-1818).  48 (1778): 150.

St. John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (Tory politician and political writer; 1678-1751).  3 (1733): 173; 32 (1762): 495.

Stacie, J.  4 (1734): 158.

Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (statesman and letter-writer; 1694-1773).  3 (1733): 263; 6 (1736): 680; 8 (1738): 653; 11 (1741): 102; 34 (1764): 442; 60-i (1790): 556.

Stawell, John, 2nd Baron Stawell (ca. 1668-92).  52 (1782): 338.

Stephens, Catherine (poet).  60-i (1790): 450; 60-ii (1790): 652, 938; 61-i (1791): 166, 364; 61-ii (1791): 662-663, 663, 757, 951; 62-i (1792): 462; 62-ii (1792): 944; 63-i (1793): 464.

Stephens, Joseph.  16 (1746): 663.

Stephens, T. (poet).  7 (1737): 567 [?].

Sterling, Rev. James (playwright and poet; 1701-63).  3 (1733): 95; 8 (1738): 97-98.

Sterne, Rev. Laurence (humorist; 1713-68).  13 (1743): 376; 20 (1750): 423; 66-i (1796): 151 [?].

Stevens, George Alexander (songwriter, actor, and wit; 1710?-84).  54-ii (1784): 795; 61-i (1791): 318 [?]; 61-ii (1791): 629.

Stevens, Rev. William Bagshaw (schoolmaster and poet; 1756-1800).  54-i (1784): 368; 54-ii (1784): 693; 56-i (1786): 427 (2); 57-i (1787): 352, 529; 57-ii (1787): 625; 60-i (1790): 452 (3); 60-ii (1790): 748 (2); 61-ii (1791): 1222; 66-i (1796): 421; 68-i (1798): 520; 69-ii (1799): 560-561.

Stockdale, Rev. Percival (clergyman, literary critic, and editor of the Critical Review and the Universal Magazine; 1736-1811).  64-i (1794): 259-260; 70-ii (1800): 635 [?].

Stockton, Annis Boudinot (American poet; 1736-1801).  26 (1756): 584.

Stokes, W.  6 (1736): 417.

Strong, Robert, Jun.  64-ii (1794): 1038.

Strupar, Thomas (of Kingston, Jamaica).  59-i (1789): 160-161.

Stuart, Charles (Scottish playwright; fl. 1777-91).  55-i (1785): 476.

Stubbs, Rev. George (clergyman; b. ca. 1683).  46 (1776): 213-214.

Summerville, William.  67-ii (1797): 784.

Swan, Dr. John (physician; fl. 1739-43).  9 (1739): 40, 96, 151, 207, 267-268, 322, 377, 436, 547, 657; 10 (1740): 32, 197, 256, 565-566; 11 (1741): 45, 439, 548 [2nd 548]; 13 (1743): 437.

Swanwick, John (American banker and politician; 1759?-98).  58-ii (1788): 638; 65-i (1795): 508-509.

Swift, Jonathan (Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, and satirist; 1667-1745).  1 (1731): 537; 2 (1732): 623-624, 717, 819-820, 821, 922 (2); 3 (1733): 320, 372, 710; 4 (1734): 569 [?] (6), 623, 698 (2); 5 (1735): 48, 99; 6 (1736): 284; 14 (1744): 158; 15 (1745): 663; 16 (1746): 536-537; 32 (1762): 380 [?], 380-381, 381; 34 (1764): 244; 38 (1768): 439 [? (or John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester?)]; 43 (1773): 512; 45 (1775): 492; 51 (1781): 384; 69-i (1799): 376n; 70-ii (1800): 1038n.

Swift, Theophilus (barrister; 1746-1815).  49 (1779): 608.

Syle, W.  62-ii (1792): 1040, 1136; 63-ii (1793): 1204; 64-i (1794): 457.

Sylvester, Joseph.  13 (1743): 586.

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.

Watts, J.  23 (1753): 282-285 (minor alterations to verses by Samuel Cobb).

Watts, Susanna (miscellaneous writer and translator; bapt. 1768; d. 1842).  69-i (1799): 61-62.

Weaver, John (antiquary and poet; 1576-1632).  58-ii (1788): 600.

Webb, Foster.  9 (1739): 655; 10 (1740): 88, 193, 256, 311-312, 312, 462, 463; 11 (1741): 46; 12 (1742): 46; 19 (1749): 86.

Webster, Alexander (minister in Edinburgh and poet; 1707-84).  19 (1749): 518.

Webster, Rev. William (clergyman and journalist; 1689-1758).  3 (1733): 174 [?].

Wedderburn, General David (soldier; killed in combat in India, 1773).  57-ii (1787): 626 [?].

Weekes, A.  38 (1738): 135.

Weekes, James Eyre, of Dublin.  14 (1744): 387.

Welchman, Rev. John, of Tamworth (clergyman; b. ca. 1696).  11 (1741): 601.

Weller, -----.  29 (1759): 483.

Wells, David (antiquary; 1733-90).  54-ii (1784): 696; 55-i (1785): 167.

Welsted, Leonard (poet; bapt. 1688; d. 1747).  60-ii (1790): 936-937.

Wesley, Rev. Charles (clergyman and hymn writer; 1707-88).  55-i (1785): 247 [? (or Rev. John Wesley?)]; 61-i (1791): 284 [? (or Rev. John Wesley?)].

Wesley, Rev. John (founder of Methodism; 1703-91).  6 (1736): 740 (alterations of verses by Mehetabel Wesley Wright); 55-i (1785): 247 [? (or Rev. Charles Wesley?)]; 61-i (1791): 284 [? (or Rev. Charles Wesley?)].

Wesley, Rev. Samuel, the Younger (schoolmaster and poet; 1690/91-1739).  3 (1733): 375-376; 4 (1734): 382, 448 (2); 20 (1750): 275 [? (or ----- Fitzgerald?)]; 55-i (1785): 365.

West, Gilbert (miscellaneous writer; 1703-56).  16 (1746): 665.

West, Jane (novelist and miscellaneous writer; 1758-1852).  61-i (1791): 68-69, 69; 63-ii (1793): 1134, 1134-1135; 65-i (1795): 422 (2); 69-i (1799): 149 (2); 70-i (1800): 370 (2), 465, 465-466, 466; 70-ii (1800): 665 (3).

West, John, Viscount Cantelupe and 1st Earl De La Warr (general; 1693-1766).  22 (1752): 376.

West, John, 2nd Earl De La Warr (general and Lord Chamberlain; 1729-77).  36 (1766): 188.

West, Richard (poet; 1716-42).  45 (1775): 291.

Westby, Rev. Simon (schoolmaster; d. 1820).  47 (1777): 38-39 [?].

Weston, Joseph (of Solihull; organist).  54-ii (1784): 778; 58-i (1788): 444; 58-ii (1788): 823, 915, 1008, 1106; 60-i (1790): 160-163; 61-ii (1791): 660 (2), 760; 62-ii (1792): 654 (4); 63-i (1793): 559-560; 63-ii (1793): 941-942.

Weston, Rev. Stephen (antiquary and orientalist; 1747-1830).  57-i (1787): 32; 57-ii (1787): 626 [?]; 60-ii (1790): 1128 [?]; 62-i (1792): 464 [?], 560 [?]; 65-i (1795): 240 [?]; 66-i (1796): 512 [?].

Whalley, Dr. William (physician?; d. ca. 1739?).  63-ii (1793): 906.

Whalley, Rev. Thomas Sedgwick (poet; 1746-1828).  52 (1782): 133; 55-i (1785): 133; 56-i (1786): 154-155.

Wharton, Philip, Duke of Wharton (profligate, president of the Hell-Fire Club, and Jacobite outlaw; 1698-1731).  61-ii (1791): 721-722.

Wheatley, Phillis (slave poet in Boston, Massachusetts; ca. 1753-84).  43 (1773): 456.

Wheeler, Rev. Benjamin (Professor of Poetry and Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford; ca. 1733-83).  43 (1773): 343.

White, Joseph (orientalist; Laudian Professor of Arabic and Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford; 1745-1814).  49 (1779): 606.

White, Rev. Gilbert (naturalist of Selborne; 1720-93).  53-ii (1783): 958, 958-959, 959; 54-i (1784): 287; 60-i (1790): 26.

Whitehead, Paul (satirist; 1710-74).  3 (1733): 317-318; 9 (1739): 266; 16 (1746): 266 (2); 17 (1747): 292; 21 (1751): 179; 28 (1758): 539.

Whitehead, William (poet laureate; 1715-85).  11 (1741): 48; 13 (1743): 157; 14 (1744): 100; 17 (1747): 444; 20 (1750): 133-134, 134; 21 (1751): 568; 24 (1754): 236-237, 237 (2), 430; 27 (1757): 84; 28 (1758): 538; 29 (1759): 32, 227, 539; 30 (1760): 38; 31 (1761): 38, 278; 32 (1762): 39, 85-86, 86, 139, 286; 33 (1763): 37, 308; 35 (1765): 39-40, 287; 36 (1766): 285, 429; 37 (1767): 39, 472; 38 (1768): 39-40, 294; 41 (1771): 39, 279; 42 (1772): 38, 287, 588; 43 (1773): 39, 293; 44 (1774): 37, 279; 45 (1775): 301-302; 46 (1776): 36, 279; 47 (1777): 38, 286; 48 (1778): 39, 278; 49 (1779): 37, 317; 50 (1780): 37, 291; 51 (1781): 36, 283; 52 (1782): 36, 302; 53-i (1783): 62, 519; 54-i (1784): 45, 453; 55-i (1785): 53.

Whitehouse, Rev. John (poet; b. 1755 or 1756; d. 1824).  48 (1778): 278-279 [?], 384 [?], 488 [?], 534-535 [?], 598 [?]; 49 (1779): 152 [?], 263-264 [?], 318, 320, 368, 416, 462 (2), 509-510, 558.

Whittell, T. (dated from the Royal Exchange; perhaps the same person as Thomas Whittle [sic] of Newcastle, q.v.).  23 (1753): 484.

Whittle, Thomas (of Newcastle; perhaps the same person as T. Whittell [q.v.], who dated from the Royal Exchange).  5 (1735): 326.

Whyte, Samuel (schoolmaster and poet; 1733-1811).  39 (1769): 159.

Wigston, W. V.  6 (1736): 158 (2).

Wilde, Herbert (b. ca. 1706).  41 (1771): 88 [?].

Wilkes, John (Radical journalist and Lord Mayor of London; 1727-97).  52 (1782): 495; 61-ii (1791): 952; 68-i (1798): 124.

Wilkes, Rev. Richard (antiquarian; 1691-1760).  58-i (1788): 65.

Williams, Anna (poet and member of Samuel Johnson’s circle; 1706-83).  24 (1754): 40; 36 (1766): 187.

Williams, Edward [Iolo Morgannwg] (Welsh bard; 1746-1826).  55-ii (1785): 937; 59-ii (1789): 1035-1036; 62-ii (1792): 957 (2); 64-ii (1794): 981.

Williams, Helen Maria (poet; 1762-1827).  65-ii (1795): 688, 1040; 66-i (1796): 66.

Williams, John, of Maidstone (tailor; d. 1795).  65-ii (1795): 1114.

Williams, John Hanbury (of Colebrook, Monmouthshire; ca. 1750-1819).  63-ii (1793): 846-847.

Williams, John [pseud. “Anthony Pasquin”] (poet and miscellaneous writer; 1761-1818).  56-ii (1786): 791; 59-i (1789): 72-73, 73; 61-i (1791): 470; 62-i (1792): 168; 63-ii (1793): 654, 1203.

Williams, Robert [Robyn Erch; Robert ap Gwilym Ddu] (Welsh bard; 1766-1850).  62-i (1792): 462; 62-ii (1792): 791 (2).

Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury (satirist and diplomat; 1708-59).  12 (1742): 438, 441-442; 13 (1743): 491; 19 (1749): 232; 23 (1753): 437; 56-i (1786): 157.

Williams, William, of Ivy Tower, Pembrokes. (b. 1736; antiquary).  60-i (1790): 354, 451; 60-ii (1790): 844, 1034 (2); 61-ii (1791): 663.

Willis, Browne (antiquary; 1682-1760).  30 (1760): 290.

Willis, Rev. William Augustus (clergyman; d. 1789).  42 (1772): 88, 384; 47 (1777): 390-391; 49 (1779): 95; 62-i (1792): 167; 64-i (1794): 462; 67-ii (1797): 869-870.

Willyams, Rev. Cooper (topographical illustrator and clergyman; 1762-1816).  61-i (1791): 368 [? (or Captain Powell Snell?)].

Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester (libertine and writer of obscene verse; 1647-80).  38 (1768): 439 [? (or Jonathan Swift?)]; 54-i (1784): 219.

Wilson, Gavin (Scottish shoemaker and Masonic poet).  63-i (1793): 310, 310-311.

Winn, Captain Isaac.  25 (1755): 277.

Winn, J. L. (of Spanish Town, Jamaica).  59-i (1789): 351.

Winstanley, John (poet; 1677?-1750).  2 (1732): 718; 3 (1733): 601 [?]; 7 (1737): 375 [1st 375] [?].

Winstone, William Hayward.  70-i (1800): 373.

Wise, Rev. Joseph (clergyman and poet; fl. 1766-79).  36 (1766): 482, 588.

Wodhull, Michael (book collector and translator; 1740-1816).  56-ii (1786): 985; 60-i (1790): 312, 357 [?]; 62-ii (1792): 1039; 64-i (1794): 68; 64-ii (1794): 975.

Woffington, Margaret (Irish actress; 1720?-60).  22 (1752): 39.

Wolcot, Dr. John [“Peter Pindar”] (physician and poet; 1738-1819).  56-ii (1786): 604; 58-ii (1788): 733 [?]; 61-ii (1791): 950-951; 63-i (1793): 560.

Wood, Rev. John (clergyman; 1781-1833).  69-i (1799): 60-61.

Woodfall, Henry, II (printer of the Public Advertiser; 1713-69).  5 (1735): 153.

Woodhouse, James (shoemaker and poet; 1735-1820).  39 (1769): 552.

Woodmason, Rev. Charles (planter and clergyman in South Carolina; ca. 1720-ca. 1776).  23 (1753): 240-241, 337-338; 24 (1754): 88, 381.

Woodward, Henry (actor; 1714-77).  32 (1762): 494.

Woolston, Rev. William (of Adderbury, Oxon.; schoolmaster and collector of coins; d. 1817).  69-ii (1799): 975.

Woolston, Thomas (of Adderbury, Oxon.; father of Rev. William Woolston).  59-i (1789): 163 (3), 258, 358; 59-ii (1789): 650, 842-843; 60-i (1790): 451; 60-ii (1790): 1036; 62-i (1792): 111-112; 63-ii (1793): 1178; 64-ii (1794): 1036 (2); 70-i (1800): 209-211.

Wotton, Sir Henry (diplomat, poet, and provost of Eton; 1568-1639).  35 (1765): 231; 43 (1773): 344.

Woty, William (civil servant, poet, and playwright; bapt. 1732; d. 1791).  28 (1758): 434, 539-540; 29 (1759): 30, 32, 132 (2), 179 (2), 334, 485; 30 (1760): 146, 242, 384, 534; 35 (1765): 382; 39 (1769): 104; 43 (1773): 243-244; 47 (1777): 140.

Wrangham, Rev. Francis (classicist and miscellaneous writer; 1769-1842).  62-ii (1792): 940 [?] (2), 941; 70-ii (1800): 980-981.

Wray, Daniel (antiquary; 1701-83).  49 (1779): 150; 54-i (1784): 48; 70-i (1800): 113.

Wright, Dr. William (physician and botanist; 1735-1819).  31 (1761): 135.

Wright, George.  54-ii (1784): 616 (2).

Wright, Mehetabel Wesley (poet; sister of John and Charles Wesley; 1697-1751).  3 (1733): 542 (2); 6 (1736): 740 (with alterations by Rev. John Wesley).

Wynter, Dr. John (physician; b. 1699).  31 (1761): 376.

Yalden, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1670-1736).  49 (1779): 511 (3).

Yate, Richard, of Chively, Salop (farmer and theological writer; bapt. 1698; d. 1780).  5 (1735): 45 (3), 211 (2), 216 [1st 216], 328 (2), 426-430, 496, 673 (2); 6 (1736): 222, 419-420, 614-615; 7 (1737): 629; 8 (1738): 374, 595; 9 (1739): 41; 10 (1740): 195, 197, 617, 618; 11 (1741): 439, 663 (3); 13 (1743): 157; 15 (1745): 215, 608; 17 (1747): 490; 18 (1748): 564 [?]; 23 (1753): 485.

Yearsley, Ann (the “Bristol milk-woman” poet; 1756-1806).  55-i (1785): 305.

Yeo, Richard (engraver of medals and engraver to the Royal Mint; 1720-79).  2 (1732): 769-770.

Yersin, J.  15 (1745): 439 (5); 16 (1746): 104 [?] (3).

Yonge, Sir William (politician; ca. 1693-1755).  6 (1736): 103; 19 (1749): 85.

Yorke, Charles (Lord Chancellor; 1722-70).  40 (1770): 38, 39 (2).

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (Lord Chancellor; 1690-1764).  31 (1761): 183.

Yorke, Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (Privy Councillor, High Steward of Cambridge University, and editor of political collections; 1720-90).  52 (1782): 494 [?].

Young, J.  12 (1742): 327.

Young, Lady (daughter of Dr. John Taylor).  42 (1772): 487.

Young, Maria Julia (poet).  64-i (1794): 69, 457, 558; 64-ii (1794): 937-938.

Young, Rev. Edward (poet; 1683-1765).  2 (1732): 1024; 5 (1735): 216 [1st 216]; 14 (1744): 100-101; 18 (1748): 327; 23 (1753): 140; 32 (1762): 234; 47 (1777): 548; 62-i (1792): 166; 68-ii (1798): 728; 70-ii (1800): 608 (2).

Yriarte, Juan de (Spanish writer; 1702-71).  60-i (1790): 74.

Zappi, Faustina Maratti (poet; ca. 1680-1745).  61-ii (1791): 1141.

Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von (Moravian pastor and hymn writer; 1700-60).  20 (1750): 503 (6).