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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


Hare, Rev. Thomas (schoolmaster; d. 1762).  6 (1736): 352.

Hargreaves, Rev. John (schoolmaster in Trentham, Staffs.).  69-i (1799): 203.

Harington, Dr. Edward, of Bath (physician; ca. 1697-1757).  37 (1767): 378.

Harington, John (courtier and Treasury official for Henry VIII; ca. 1517-82).  39 (1769): 456 (2).

Harrison, Rev. Robert (clergyman).  52 (1782): 198.

Harrison, William (poet and diplomatic secretary; d. 1712/13).  48 (1778): 40.

Harte, Walter (miscellaneous writer; 1709-74).  38 (1768): 38; 69-ii (1799): 1018 (2).

Harvey, D. W.  64-i (1794): 65 [?].

Harwood, Rev. Thomas (headmaster of Lichfield Grammar School; 1767-1842).  57-ii (1787): 817, 1179; 58-i (1788): 445-446; 58-ii (1788): 822-823, 916, 1105; 59-ii (1789): 843; 60-i (1790): 357 [?]; 62-ii (1792): 942-943 [?]; 63-ii (1793): 1039.

Haslewood, Joseph (antiquary; 1769-1833).  64-i (1794): 365, 557; 64-ii (1794): 746-747, 1036, 1132-1133, 1133 (2); 65-i (1795): 152 (2); 68-i (1798): 154-155, 242; 70-ii (1800): 600 [2nd 600].

Hastings, Warren (Governor-General of India; 1732-1818).  70-i (1800): 463.

Hawkesworth, John (book and theatrical reviewer for the GM; 1720-73).  11 (1741): 327-328, 379, 440, 492, 548 [1st 548] [?], 602-603, 659-660; 12 (1742): 45-46, 99-100, 213-214, 268-269; 14 (1744): 671 [?]; 16 (1746): 35, 216, 265, 322 (2), 432-433, 492, 553; 17 (1747): [iv], 37 (2), 94 (3), 243, 337, 340, 394-395, 442, 489-490, 536 [?], 588; 18 (1748): 232, 278, 326, 422; 19 (1749): [iv] [?], 130-132, 229, 230 [?], 280 [?], 374, 424, 467 (2), 469 (2); 20 (1750): [iv], 36-37; 24 (1754): [iv]; 25 (1755): 516-517; 26 (1756): 585; 29 (1759): 593-596 [misnumbered as 593-2nd 586]; 31 (1761): 376 [?]; 37 (1767): 517; 51 (1781): 39; 60-ii (1790): 692.

Hawkins, -----.  46 (1776): 177-178, 212 [?].

Hawkins, John Sidney (antiquary; 1758-1842).  64-i (1794): 261 [?].

Hawkins, Rev. William (divine, playwright, and Professor of Poetry at Oxford; 1722-1801).  11 (1741): 550 [?]; 606 [?]; 14 (1744): 219 [?]; 15 (1745): 104, 215 [?].

Hawkins, Sir John (biographer of Samuel Johnson; 1719-89).  10 (1740): 410.

Hayes, -----.  50 (1780): 581 [?].

Hayley, William (poet; 1745-1820).  33 (1763): 39; 51 (1781): 284; 52 (1782): 252 (2), 302; 53-ii (1783): 693-694; 54-i (1784): 415; 54-ii (1784): 693; 55-i (1785): 305; 56-ii (1786): 790; 57-ii (1787): 916; 58-i (1788): 443; 61-i (1791): 230; 61-ii (1791): 1047; 62-ii (1792): 656; 65-ii (1795): 742; 69-i (1799): 13; 70-ii (1800): 635.

Hayter, Rev. John (antiquary; 1756-1818).  60-i (1790): 554.

Hayter, Thomas, Bishop of Norwich and of London (divine; 1702-62).  22 (1752): 472.

Headley, Henry (poet and critic; 1765-88).  54-i (1784): 368, 455; 55-ii (1785): 734, 906, 989 (2); 56-i (1786): 250; 56-ii (1786): 984-985.

Heathcote, Margaret Yorke (2nd daughter of Charles Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke; d. 1769).  51 (1781): 532.

Hedges, John.  7 (1737): 450.

Henderson, Andrew.  38 (1768): 488.

Henley, Rev. John (“Orator Henley”; preacher and journalist; 1692-1756).  5 (1735): 323.

Henley, Rev. Samuel (classicist and author of works of scriptural exegesis; 1740-1815).  51 (1781): 87.

Henry of Huntingdon (historian and poet; ca. 1088-ca. 1157).  34 (1764): 263.

Henry, Thomas (chemist and president of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society; 1734-1816).  56-ii (1786): 695-696.

Hereford, Charles.  70-ii (1800): 1280.

Herrick, Robert (poet; bapt. 1591; d. 1674).  43 (1773): 243 (2); 53-i (1783): 128; 66-i (1796): 509, 509-510, 510.

Herring, Edmund (possibly Rev. Edmund Herring, b. ca. 1753).  68-ii (1798): 1134-1135.

Hervey, George, Lord Hervey (Royal Navy captain; d. 1796).  66-i (1796): 509.

Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (politician and courtier; 1696-1743).  3 (1733): 602, 659; 4 (1734): 445; 6 (1736): 548; 7 (1737): 628, 759; 15 (1745): 325-326.

Hervey, Rev. James (writer of devotional works; 1714-58).  18 (1748): 424, 569; 25 (1755): 227 [?].

Hesiod (Greek poet; 8th-7th cent. B.C.).  70-ii (1800): 1230n.

Heyne, Christian Gottlob (classicist, archaeologist, and librarian; 1729-1812).  59-ii (1789): 649.

Heywood, John (epigrammatist; b. 1496/7; d. in or after 1578).  51 (1781): 382.

Hickington, William, of Pocklington (poet; b. ca. 1731; d. ca. 1772).  42 (1772): 492.

Highmore, Anthony (legal writer; 1758-1829).  50 (1780): 486-487; 52 (1782): 134-135, 351, 400; 67-ii (1797): 870-871.

Highmore, Joseph (painter; 1692-1780).  20 (1750): 180-181.

Highmore, Susanna (poet; 1689/90-1750).  44 (1774): 563.

Hill, Aaron (playwright and co-conductor of The Prompter; 1685-1750).  1 (1731): 168 (2), 169; 3 (1733): 151, 261-262; 4 (1734): 42; 5 (1735): 146, 239-240, 301, 730 [?]; 6 (1736): 226, 262-263 [?]; 10 (1740): 567 (2); 18 (1748): 141; 19 (1749): 180 (2).

Hill, Thomas (poet and civil servant on the Board of Trade and Plantations; ca. 1683-1758).  22 (1752): 474.

Hill, Thomas Ford (antiquary; d. 1795).  68-i (1798): 241-242.

Hilton, W. (of Newcastle upon Tyne).  21 (1751): 421.

Hoadly, Benjamin, Bishop of Winchester (divine; 1676-1761).  44 (1774): 87-88.

Hoadly, Rev. John (poet, playwright, and chancellor of Winchester; 1711-76).  6 (1736): 616; 7 (1737): 144 (3), 145 (9), 146 (9), 147 (3); 8 (1738): 160-161; 19 (1749): 425; 46 (1776): 166; 50 (1780): 143.

Hodges, William (attorney; b. ca. 1759?).  65-ii (1795): 772-773.

Hodnot, William (fl. 1649).  58-i (1788): unpaginated (last page of indices to 88-i).

Hog, William.  20 (1750): 564.

Hogarth, William (engraver and painter; 1697-1764).  36 (1766): 88.

Holcroft, Thomas (dramatist, novelist, and radical; 1745-1809).  64-ii (1794): 652, 653; 66-i (1796): 65-66; 66-ii (1796): 863.

Holdsworth, Edward (classicist and poet; 1684-1746).  63-ii (1793): 847.

Hole, Rev. Richard (poet; bapt. 1746; d. 1803).  59-ii (1789): 937 [?] (3).

Holliday, John (barrister; 1730?-1801).  70-ii (1800): 1081-1082.

Hollis, John (of Wycomb).  35 (1765): 383, 432-433 [?], 527.

Holmes, Rev. Edward (schoolmaster; ca. 1738-99).  69-ii (1799): 1014-1015.

Holmes, Rev. Robert (Professor of Poetry at Oxford; 1748-1805).  63-ii (1793): 663 (2), 664 (2).

Home, John (minister in the Church of Scotland and author of Douglas; 1722-1808).  27 (1757): 135 (2); 28 (1758): 84 (2), 128, 128-129; 30 (1760): 148 (2); 38 (1768): 582; 39 (1769): 160; 43 (1773): 145; 48 (1778): 87-88.

Homer (Greek epic poet; fl. 9th or 8th cent. B.C.?).  69-ii (1799): 829.

Homer, Rev. Philip Bracebridge (assistant master at Rugby, poet, and classicist; 1765-1838).  58-i (1788): 156-157, 157, 251 (2), 252; 58-ii (1788): 734; 59-i (1789): 73-75 [?], 160 [?], 258-259, 259, 350 [?], 448 (2), 554-555; 59-ii (1789): 746-747, 841-842, 937-938, 938-939, 1032 (2), 1128, 1128-1129, 1129; 60-i (1790): 71 (2), 353-354, 448, 448-449; 60-ii (1790): 747-748.

Hoole, John (translator of Tasso and Ariosto; 1727-1803).  31 (1761): 422-423; 32 (1762): 592; 33 (1763): 406-407; 38 (1768): 582 [?]; 43 (1773): 194-195; 45 (1775): 144; 62-ii (1792): 942.

Hoole, Rev. Samuel (poet; 1757-1839).  54-i (1784): 285.

Hopkinson, Francis (American statesman, musician, and judge; 1737-91).  27 (1757): 179; 33 (1763): 407; 58-ii (1788): 1018.

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; poet; 65 B.C.-8 B.C.).  2 (1732): 974; 12 (1742): 47; 48 (1778): 38 (2); 51 (1781): 147; 56-ii (1786): 911; 69-ii (1799): 626, 948.

Horne, George, Bishop of Norwich (divine; 1730-92).  62-i (1792): 164-165.

Hoskins, Serjeant John (serjeant-at-law; 1566-1638).  63-i (1793): 322.

Howard, Charles, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (statesman; 1674-1738).  9 (1739): 435.

Howard, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle (statesman; 1748-1825).  43 (1773): 93-94.

Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey (poet; 1517?-47).  67-ii (1797): 782-783.

Howard, Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, Countess of Carlisle (1753-1824).  70-i (1800): 162.

Huckell, John (poet; 1729-71).  28 (1758): 279-280.

Hudson, William (playwright).  50 (1780): 38-39.

Hughes, Admiral Sir Richard (b. in or before 1723; d. 1812).  69-ii (1799): 608.

Hughes, Captain Thomas.  62-ii (1792): 592.

Hughes, John (poet; 1678?-1720).  21 (1751): 419; 43 (1773): 195 (3), 244, 437; 55-ii (1785): 735.

Hughes, Robert.  23 (1753): 140.

Hull, Thomas (playwright and actor; 1728-1808).  37 (1767): 87 [?] (2), 604; 61-i (1791): 188 [?].

Hulse, Rev. John (founder of Hulsean Lectures at Cambridge; 1708-90).  4 (1734): 503-504; 5 (1735): 394.

Humberston, Dr. John (physician).  58-i (1788): 159, 446; 59-i (1789): 554; 59-ii (1789): 650; 61-ii (1791): 1044.

Humphreys, -----.  4 (1734): 446.

Humphries, C. (of Southminster).  11 (1741): 379.

Hungerford, Sir Edward.  34 (1764): 92.

Hunt -----.  50 (1780): 435.

Hunt, J. (of Stratford).  55-ii (1785): 559-560.

Hunt, Miss (possibly T. Hunt).  56-ii (1786): 885.

Huntingford, George Isaac, Bishop of Hereford (divine; 1748-1832).  70-i (1800): 197 (2).

Hutchins, Rev. John (author of a history of Dorset; 1698-1773).  51 (1781): 581 [?].

Hutchinson, Thomas, of Stockton.  66-i (1796): 238.

Hutton, William (topographer and historian of Birmingham; 1723-1815).  22 (1752): 530; 63-ii (1793): 750; 67-i (1797): 324-325, 508-509; 68-i (1798): 243-244, 427; 68-ii (1798): 706; 69-i (1799): 562-563 [1st 562-563; numbered out of sequence]; 69-ii (1799): 606, 886-888; 70-i (1800): 260; 70-ii (1800): 668-669.

Hylton, John Scott.  62-i (1792): 557-558.

Imbert, Barthélemy (poet; 1747-90).  49 (1779): 40.

Ingeldew, -----.  37 (1767): 518.

Ingles, A.  11 (1741): 382 (2); 12 (1742): 493.

Ingram, Anne Howard, Viscountess Irwin (poet; ca. 1696-1764).  6 (1736): 745; 41 (1771): 371-372.

Inyon, Dr. Thomas, of Norfolk (physician and classicist; 1723-77).  14 (1744): 46.

Irwin, Eyles (East India Company servant, traveler, and miscellaneous writer; bapt. 1751; d. 1817).  50 (1780): 534; 64-ii (1794): 841-842, 1035 (2); 66-i (1796): 65.

Izard, -----.  8 (1738): 538 (2).

Jackett, William (bank clerk; d. 1789).  59-ii (1789): 672.

Jackson, Andrew (bookseller and printer).  55-i (1785): 181.