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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


Fitzgerald, William Thomas (poet; 1759?-1829).  65-i (1795): 512; 66-i (1796): 326; 67-i (1797): 420-421; 68-i (1798): 62, 330-331, 424-425, 519; 68-ii (1798): 881-882, 1135; 69-i (1799): 420-421; 70-i (1800): 257-258, 371-372.

Fitzpatrick, General Richard (soldier, Foxite politician, and wit; 1747-1813).  56-i (1786): 158.

Fletcher, John (attorney in Chichester).  12 (1742): 48.

Fletcher, Philip.  16 (1746): 160.

Fletcher, Phineas (poet; 1582-1650).  13 (1743): 98.

Foote, Samuel (actor and playwright; 1720-77).  26 (1756): 86 (2); 31 (1761): 279; 33 (1763): 39; 34 (1764): 390 (2); 44 (1774): 37.

Ford, Rev. Thomas (divine and imitator of Shakespeare; ca. 1742-1821).  62-ii (1792): 751-752, 943 (2), 1036, 1036-1037, 1132 (3), 1207 (2); 63-i (1793): 558-559, 559; 63-ii (1793): 656 (3), 752 (2), 943-944, 1039-1040, 1040 (2), 1135 (3); 64-i (1794): 65-66, 262 (2), 460, 460-461; 64-ii (1794): 654 (3), 844 (2), 1037; 65-i (1795): 62, 62-63, 239 (3), 512 (3); 65-ii (1795): 688 (3), 863 (2), 1038 (2); 66-i (1796): 151, 151-152, 152, 424 (3); 66-ii (1796): 687 (2), 687-688, 951 (4); 67-i (1797): 63-64, 327 (4); 67-ii (1797): 598-599, 599, 967 (3); 68-ii (1798): 1065 (3); 69-i (1799): 152 (4), 326 (3); 69-ii (1799): 693, 693-694, 694 (2), 885-886, 886 (2), 1071 (3); 70-i (1800): 163 (3); 70-ii (1800): 981 (4), 1084 (3).

Forrest, Theodosius (solicitor and song-writer; 1728-84).  31 (1761): 182.

Fothergill, Dr. Anthony (physician; bapt. 1737; d. 1813).  51 (1781): 584; 68-ii (1798): 705.

Fournier, A. G., de Pézenas.  17 (1747): 8.

Fowler, B. (of Shipston-upon-Stour, Wilts.).  36 (1766): 188-189, 427; 37 (1767): 86.

Fox, Charles James (statesman; 1749-1806).  51 (1781): 584; 69-i (1799): 237.

Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland (politician; 1705-74).  49 (1779): 95.

Fox, Rev. Hopkins (clergyman; ca. 1742-93).  69-ii (1799): 1072.

Francis Xavier, St. (Jesuit missionary; 1506-52).  61-ii (1791): 892n.

Francis, Rev. Philip (miscellaneous writer; 1708?-73).  22 (1752): 469 (2), 470 (2); 24 (1754): 138 (2).

Francklin, Rev. Thomas (classicist and playwright; 1721-84).  19 (1749): 516; 39 (1769): 46; 40 (1770): 232; 45 (1775): 96 (2); 46 (1776): 327.

Frank, John Hillersden.  50 (1780): 240.

Franklin, Benjamin (statesman and scientist; 1706-90).  42 (1772): 191-192; 55-i (1785): 308.

Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712-86).  40 (1770): 353.

Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-51).  50 (1780): 196.

Free, Beckwith Dodwell (b. 1762 or 1763; miscellaneous writer).  59-ii (1789): 1206.

Free, Rev. John (writer or theology and politics; ca. 1712-91).  16 (1746): 551; 27 (1757): 228, 521, 564; 28 (1758): 280, 371.

Freind, Rev. Robert (headmaster of Westminster School; 1667-1751).  2 (1732): 624; 7 (1737): 631.

Freneau, Philip (American journalist and poet; 1752-1832).  58-ii (1788): 638.

Frere, John Hookham (diplomat and miscellaneous writer; 1769-1846).  67-ii (1797): 1052-1053 (with George Canning); 69-i (1799): 205-206 (with George Canning).

Frodsham, Bridge (actor; 1734-68).  34 (1764): 190.

Frowde, Philip (poet and playwright; d. 1738).  4 (1734): 384.

Fryer, Dr. Edward (physician; 1761-1826).  57-ii (1787): 1176.

Gardiner, Luke, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (politician and urban developer in Dublin; 1745-98).  52 (1782): 36-37.

Garrick, David (actor; 1717-79).  10 (1740): 460, 461, 567 [?]; 15 (1745): 701; 18 (1748): 89; 19 (1749): 323; 20 (1750): 422, 472; 21 (1751): 85, 85-86; 22 (1752): 39, 87; 23 (1753): 94, 484; 24 (1754): 137, 137-138, 573 (2); 25 (1755): 86, 179, 190, 229 (with David Mallet); 26 (1756): 36, 86-87, 134; 27 (1757): 229; 28 (1758): 34; 29 (1759): 282; 30 (1760): 6; 31 (1761): 37, 39-40, 88, 279, 279-280, 595; 32 (1762): 86; 33 (1763): 37-38; 35 (1765): 288, 433, 528, 576 [misnumbered as 592]; 36 (1766): 102, 189, 235, 285, 590; 37 (1767): 41, 42, 136-137, 564-565, 565; 38 (1768): 86 (2), 136, 582-583, 584; 39 (1769): 103 (revision of prologue by another) [?], 160, 207, 313, 455; 40 (1770): 583, 583-584; 41 (1771): 87-88, 418 (2); 42 (1772): 143, 144, 336, 535; 43 (1773): 145-146, 146, 512 (2); 44 (1774): 183-184, 380, 535 (2), 535-536; 45 (1775): 40, 246, 292; 46 (1776): 133-134, 327-328, 328, 475; 47 (1777): 239-240, 240, 287-288, 343-344, 500, 604 (2); 48 (1778): 88, 232 [?], 232, 328 [?], 382, 432, 599, 599-600; 49 (1779): 262 (3), 318, 416, 462, 608; 50 (1780): 291 [?]; 55-ii (1785): 559 (2).

Garth, Sir Samuel (poet and physician; 1661-1719).  13 (1743): 46; 33 (1763): 91; 48 (1778): 312.

Gaselee, ----- (of Gosport, Hants.; dead by late 1739).  9 (1739): 263-264.

Gay, John (poet and playwright; 1685-1732).  4 (1734): 499, 500; 48 (1778): 312-313; 56-i (1786): 123; 61-i (1791): 7 (2).

Gayton, Edmund (poet; 1608-66).  63-i (1793): 166.

Geach, Dr. Francis (physician; ca. 1724-98).  68-i (1798): 63.

Geekie, Rev. William (divine; d. 1767).  37 (1767): 423.

Gellius, Aulus (author of Noctes Atticae; fl. 2nd cent.).  10 (1740): 138.

Gentleman, Francis (dramatist and actor; 1728-84).  36 (1766): 284; 40 (1770): 326.

Gerrard, J. (of Stoke sub Hamden).  33 (1763): 250.

Gibb, Lawrence.  21 (1751): 181.

Gibbons, Rev. Thomas (Dissenting minister; 1720-85).  15 (1745): 383, 384, 607; 20 (1750): 469; 21 (1751): 228; 32 (1762): 233; 41 (1771): 39; 42 (1772): 240, 487-488; 45 (1775): 193-194 (revision of verses by Rev. Thomas Scott); 46 (1776): 134; 47 (1777): 392; 50 (1780): 385.

Giffard, Sir Ambrose Hardinge (Chief Justice of Ceylon; 1771-1827).  68-ii (1798): 793; 69-i (1799): 236.

Gillies, John (royal historiographer for Scotland; 1747-1836).  59-i (1789): 497-498.

Gillum, William (poet and East India Company clerk; d. 1797).  57-i (1787): 69-70, 70; 59-i (1789): 354; 59-ii (1789): 844 (2), 1037, 1132; 60-i (1790): 73.

Girling, Noah (innkeeper).  46 (1776): 543.

Gisborne, Rev. Thomas (religious writer and poet; 1758-1846).  66-ii (1796): 715.

Glasse, ------- (of Chiswick).  22 (1752): 378.

Glasse, Rev. George Henry (classicist and sermon-writer; 1761-1809).  62-ii (1792): 940 (2).

Glover, Richard (poet; 1712-85).  23 (1753): 584 (2).

Goertz, Georg Heinrich, Baron von Schlitz (Swedish minister of state; 1668-1719).  68-ii (1798): 1095.

Goldsmith, Oliver (novelist, poet, playwright, and physician; 1728?-74).  31 (1761): 136; 41 (1771): 563; 43 (1773): 146; 44 (1774): 184; 62-i (1792): 381; 70-ii (1800): 608 (2).

Goldwin, Rev. William (schoolmaster and clergyman; d. 1747).  17 (1747): 396.

Gomersall, Rev. Robert (poet and playwright; bapt. 1602; d. 1643/4).  69-ii (1799): 605.

Goodenough, Richard Josceline (playwright; d. 1781).  49 (1779): 558; 51 (1781): 134-135, 135; 52 (1782): 38.

Goodwin, Rev. Edward (divine; d. 1817?).  56-i (1786): 65-66, 66; 69-ii (1799): 604; 70-ii (1800): 876 [?].

Gorton, John (author of biographical and topographical dictionaries; d. 1835?).  67-ii (1797): 965-966; 68-ii (1798): 608-609.

Gostling, Rev. William (antiquary; 1696-1777).  47 (1777): 499.

Gough, Richard (antiquary and book reviewer for the GM; 1735-1809).  40 (1770): 183; 54-i (1784): 198 [?]; 60-ii (1790): 938, 1235-1236; 61-ii (1791): [ii]; 67-ii (1797): [ii]; 68-ii (1798): 548; 69-i (1799): [ii].

Gould, Robert (playwright; d. 1709?).  8 (1738): 270.

Graham, Charles.  66-ii (1796): 1102-1104.

Grainger, Dr. James (army surgeon and poet; 1721?-66).  29 (1759): 81; 34 (1764): 342.

Granville [Grenville], George, 1st Baron Lansdowne (playwright and politician; 1667-1735).  3 (1733): 263; 14 (1744): 390; 17 (1747): 392-393; 63-i (1793): 215.

Graves, Rev. Richard, the Younger (novelist and poet; 1715-1804).  10 (1740): 460; 11 (1741): 160; 64-i (1794): 366.

Gray, Thomas (poet; 1716-71).  44 (1774): 487; 45 (1775): 245 (with Rev. William Mason), 245, 245-246, 291; 47 (1777): 624; 52 (1782): 39-40; 55-ii (1785): 759; 62-i (1792): 69; 69-i (1799): 455n; 69-ii (1799): 642, 815, 836; 70-i (1800): 308n.

Greatheed, Bertie (playwright; 1759-1826).  57-i (1787): 258.

Green, George Smith (watchmaker; d. 1762).  24 (1754): 381.

Green, Henry (b. ca. 1726).  12 (1742): 324.

Green, John, Bishop of Lincoln (1706-79).  49 (1779): 236.

Green, Matthew (poet and civil servant; 1696-1737).  52 (1782): 493.

Greene, Edward Burnaby (translator; d. 1788).  27 (1757): 326; 34 (1764): 189-190; 38 (1768): 39; 50 (1780): 388; 55-i (1785): 490; 57-i (1787): ii, 257 (2), 441, 528 (3); 57-ii (1787): 717.

Greene, Robert (poet and playwright; 1558?-92).  62-ii (1792): 652-653.

Greenway, F.  33 (1763): 195.

Gregory, Rev. George (biographer; 1754-1808).  53-ii (1783): 1043-1044; 54-i (1784): 45-46.

Grenville-Temple, Anne, Lady Temple (d. 1777).  34 (1764): 244, 441.

Gretton, John (Royal Humane Society supporter).  67-i (1797): 234, 234-235.

Grierson, Constantia (classicist and poet; 1704/5-32).  5 (1735): 326, 492, 727; 6 (1736): 50; 7 (1737): 180; 8 (1738): 433; 12 (1742): 493.

Griffith, Elizabeth (playwright; 1720?-93).  36 (1766): 35 [?] (2); 39 (1769): 103 [?]; 42 (1772): 143-144 [?]; 144 [?].

Grose, Captain Francis (antiquary and draftsman; bapt. 1731; d. 1791).  70-ii (1800): 949.

Grotius, Hugo (Dutch legal scholar; 1583-1645).  17 (1747): 83-85, 312-314, 365-366; 44 (1774): 116 (2).

Grove, William (high sheriff for Warwick; 1741-94).  62-i (1792): 68, 263, 368, 463; 63-i (1793): 165, 260; 63-ii (1793): 654.

Gutch, John Mathew (journalist; 1776-1861).  67-ii (1797): 693.

Guthrie, Patrick.  49 (1779): 558.

Gwynn, Rev. George (ca. 1703-32).  2 (1732): 1075.

Hackett, John.  27 (1757): 275, 371, 372 (2), 373 (2), 421, 422, 519, 521.

Haigh [Heigh], Richard (b. ca. 1704).  10 (1740): 312.

Hall, Westley (preacher and controversialist; 1711-76).  23 (1753): 45 (2).

Hallifax, Rev. Robert Fitzwilliam (clergyman; ca. 1778-1837).  69-i (1799): 148-149.

Haly, -----.  11 (1741): 439.

Hamilton, Captain John (Royal Navy officer).  50 (1780): 338.

Hamilton, Charles, Lord Binning (poet; 1697-1733).  10 (1740): 87; 11 (1741): 159.

Hamilton, William (“A day labourer”).  56-ii (1786): 601-602.

Hammond, James (poet; 1710-42).  49 (1779): 205.

Hamper, William (antiquary; 1776-1831).  67-ii (1797): 968; 68-ii (1798): 794, 883.

Hanbury, Rev. William (clergyman; ca. 1783-1868).  70-ii (1800): 668 (3).

Hankin, Rev. Edward (pamphleteer; 1747-1835).  58-ii (1788): 1108; 68-i (1798): 155-156.

Hannes, Sir Edward (physician and Professor of Chemistry at Oxford; 1663/4-1710).  14 (1744): 158-159.

Hansell, R.  10 (1740): 140.

Hardinge, George (judge; 1743-1816).  70-i (1800): 257.

Hardinge, Nicholas (poet and clerk of the House of Commons; 1699-1758).  47 (1777): 451-452; 54-i (1784): 73.