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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


Morris, ----- (soldier in the Horse-Guards).  42 (1772): 431.

Morris, Captain Thomas (songwriter and poet; 1732-1818).  56-ii (1786): 603; 61-ii (1791): 948; 64-i (1794): 461; 65-ii (1795): 1103; 66-i (1796): 422; 67-i (1797): 420; 69-ii (1799): 790.

Morris, Corbyn (commissioner of the Customs; 1710-79).  40 (1770): 535; 54-ii (1784): 696 (2).

Morton, Mrs. -----, of Boston, Massachusetts.  65-ii (1795): 864.

Moseley, Dr. Benjamin (physician; 1742-1819).  58-ii (1788): 734.

Mosnier, Jaques de (presumed émigré).  64-ii (1794): 1131-1132; 65-i (1795): 150 (3), 423-424; 67-ii (1797): 596, 780-781.

Moss, Rev. Robert, Dean of Ely (divine and royal chaplain; 1666-1729).  4 (1734): 621; 51 (1781): 175; 63-i (1793): 360.

Moss, Rev. Thomas (poet; ca. 1740-1808).  61-ii (1791): 852.

Motley, John.  65-i (1795): 424.

Mulcaster, Richard (schoolmaster and educational writer 1531/2-1611).  70-ii (1800): 604.

Mulligan, Hugh (writer against slavery; fl. 1780s and 1790s).  54-i (1784): 199-200 [?].

Mundy, Francis Noel Clarke (poet; b. 1738 or 1739; d. 1815).  52 (1782): 173; 57-ii (1787): 1002.

Murphy, Arthur (playwright, journalist, and civil servant; 1727-1805).  24 (1754): 479; 28 (1758): 183 [?]; 29 (1759): 227; 30 (1760): 40; 31 (1761): 39, 328; 34 (1764): 40 (2); 37 (1767): 40, 40-41; 38 (1768): 135; 41 (1771): 563-564; 42 (1772): 142-143; 43 (1773): 144, 144-145; 47 (1777): 239; 51 (1781): 86, 134; 62-ii (1792): 1136; 67-i (1797): 726.

Mytton, Thomas (of Shropshire).  43 (1773): 454-455, 511, 571, 613, 655; 44 (1774): 136; 45 (1775): 39; 50 (1780): 40; 55-ii (1785): 736 [?]; 56-ii (1786): 604 [?], 791 [?], 984 [?].

M‘Clellan, S.  61-i (1791): 566.

Nalson, Rev. John (Royalist polemicist; bapt. 1637; d. 1686).  62-i (1792): 135-136.

Nares, Sir George (justice of Common Pleas; 1716-86).  56-ii (1786): 790.

Nash, Richard [Beau Nash] (master of ceremonies at Bath; 1674-1761).  32 (1762): 490.

Neville, Edward (librettist; fl. 1779).  49 (1779): 510 (2).

Newcomb, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1681/2-1765).  3 (1733): 372 [?].

Newton, Rev. John (ex-slaver, divine, and friend of William Cowper; 1725-1807).  41 (1771): 135-136; 65-i (1795): 420-421.

Newton, Rev. Thomas (translator; 1544/5-1607).  70-i (1800): 29-30.

Newton, William (the “Peak Minstrel”; carpenter and poet; 1750-1830).  55-i (1785): 212; 56-i (1786): 252; 58-ii (1788): 914-915; 59-i (1789): 71; 90-i (1790): 74 (2), 353.

Nichols, John (printer, man of letters, and third conductor of the GM; 1745-1826).  31 (1761): 422; 35 (1765): 335; 46 (1776): 178 [?]; 49 (1779): 96, 317; 51 (1781): 136; 54-i (1784): [ii]; 56-ii (1786): 713; 61-ii (1791): 1140; 68-i (1798): 27n; 69-ii (1799): 1123.

Nicholson, Rev. Ralph (divine; 1734-92).  60-i (1790): 165.

Nivernais, Louis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de (ambassador to Great Britain; 1716-98).  57-i (1787): 351.

Nixon, J.  35 (1765): 186.

Nixon, Rev. -----.  4 (1734): 748 [misnumbered as 648]; 12 (1742): 543.

Nixon, Rev. John (clergyman; ca. 1693-1777).  30 (1760): 588 [misnumbered as 568].

Noorthouck, John (index-maker; 1732-1816).  55-ii (1785): 820.

Norris, -----.  70-i (1800): 467 [?].

Norris, Rev. John (theologian, poet, and philosopher; 1657-1712).  3 (1733): 312.

Norris, Thomas (antiquary and campanologist; 1730-84).  56-i (1786): 339-340.

Nugent, Robert (later Robert Craggs), 1st Earl Nugent (politician and poet; 1702-88).  6 (1736): 210-211; 9 (1739): 151, 156; 10 (1740): 407.

Oakham, Thomas (sailor).  29 (1759): 178-179; 31 (1761): 37.

Oats, Hugh (of Devonshire).  8 (1738): 103; 18 (1748): 516-517.

Oddy, W. J.  61-ii (1791): 1140; 62-i (1792): 263-264, 461 (2), 558; 62-ii (1792): 846, 848, 1135-1136.

Odell, Rev. Jonathan (Loyalist clergyman and physician in New Jersey; 1737-1818).  47 (1777): 188; 67-ii (1797): 966.

Ogilvie, Rev. John (clergyman and poet; 1733-1813).  31 (1761): 40; 34 (1764): 189.

Ogle, George (classicist and translator; bapt. 1704; d. 1746).  6 (1736): 221 [?]; 9 (1739): 40; 10 (1740): 254 [?]; 19 (1749): 279 [?].

Okely, Francis (editor of religious works; 1719-94).  39 (1769): 601.

Oland, William, of Marshfield (maltster; ca. 1723-85).  17 (1747): 95; 26 (1756): 356; 29 (1759): 539; 31 (1761): 89; 32 (1762): 39 [?], 138; 33 (1763): 38; 37 (1767): 422, 423 (2), 470-471; 38 (1768): 40; 39 (1769): 602; 40 (1770): 40, 86-87, 478-479; 43 (1773): 613, 614; 44 (1774): 87, 435; 45 (1775): 94-95; 46 (1776): 36, 523-524, 571; 48 (1778): 40, 536, 600; 49 (1779): 94 (2), 208, 317-318, 318, 608; 50 (1780): 37, 90-91, 143 (4), 583; 51 (1781): 38-39, 236 (2), 283; 52 (1782): 40, 591.

Oneby, John (counsellor at law; ca. 1582-1662).  47 (1777): 316n.

Oram, Samuel Marsh (attorney; 1765-91).  59-ii (1789): 1131 (2); 60-i (1790): 74.

Osborne, Francis (author of Advice to a Son and friend of Thomas Hobbes; 1593-1659).  64-ii (1794): 652 (2).

Osborne, Francis, 5th Duke of Leeds (politician; 1751-99).  31 (1761): 422.

Otway, Thomas (poet and playwright; 1652-85).  63-ii (1793): 991.

Owen, John (epigrammatist and schoolmaster; 1560?-1622).  48 (1778): 328; 58-ii (1788): 780.

Owen, Rev. Goronwy (Welsh poet; 1723-69).  51 (1781): 88; 66-i (1796): 510.

O’Brien, Lady Susan Strangways.  63-ii (1793): [ii] [?].

O’Bryen, Dennis (playwright and Foxite pamphleteer; 1755-1832).  56-ii (1786): 1145.

Pack, Richardson (army officer; 1682-1728).  19 (1749): 132-133).

Paget, Thomas Catesby, Baron Paget (poet and politician; 1689-1742).  6 (1736): 104; 8 (1738): 272.

Pallmer, J.  70-ii (1800): 600 [2nd 600] (2).

Palmer, ----- (b. 1743).  27 (1757): 423.

Palmer, Joseph (Budworth) (miscellaneous writer; 1756-1815).  62-ii (1792): 941-942; 63-ii (1793): 845, 1204; 64-ii (1794): 1129; 65-i (1795): 60-61, 238-239; 66-i (1796): 152; 67-ii (1797): 597-598; 68-ii (1798): 884; 70-ii (1800): 978, 1082-1084.

Park, Thomas (antiquary and bibliographer; 1759-1834).  63-ii (1793): 906; 67-ii (1797): 781; 70-ii (1800): 830.

Parkyns, Sir Thomas (JP and popularist of wrestling; 1664-1741).  7 (1737): 182 [?].

Parnell, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1679-1718).  9 (1739): 656; 44 (1774): 589-590.

Parr, Rev. Samuel (schoolmaster, divine, and conversationalist; 1747-1825).  57-ii (1787): 720 (3).

Parrat, -----.  10 (1740): 88.

Parsons, William (poet; fl. 1785-1824).  57-i (1787): 257-258, 350.

Passerat, Jean (poet and satirist; 1534-1602).  10 (1740): 595.

Patten, Rev. Thomas (clergyman; ca. 1714-90).  9 (1739): 267.

Paul, Rev. Thomas (clergyman; ca. 1648-72).  48 (1778): 135-136 [?].

Payne, John (bookseller; d. 1787).  14 (1744): 610; 15 (1745): 606; 45 (1775): 144.

Pearce, William (poet and librettist; fl. 1785-96).  63-ii (1793): 654.

Pearsall, Rev. Richard (Dissenter and religious writer; 1698-1762).  6 (1736): 417.

Peckard, Martha Ferrar (poet; 1729-1805).  25 (1755): 37; 59-ii (1789): 748.

Peckard, Rev. Peter, Dean of Peterborough (divine, sermon-writer, and opponent of the slave trade; bapt. 1717; d. 1797).  59-ii (1789): 748.

Pegge, Rev. Samuel, the Elder (antiquary; 1704-96).  24 (1754): 309; 60-ii (1790): 940.

Penn, William (civil servant in the Colonial Office and miscellaneous writer; 1776-1845).  65-i (1795): 326.

Pennant, Thomas (traveler and naturalist; 1726-98).  41 (1771): 230.

Pennell, Rev. Peter (clergyman; 1705-64).  29 (1759): 29-30.

Pennington, Elizabeth (poet; 1732-59).  35 (1765): 231.

Penny, Anne Hughes (novelist, poet, and playwright; bapt. 1729; d. 1780/4 [sic]).  50 (1780): 143; 55-i (1785): 385 (2); 55-ii (1785): 736 (2).

Penrose, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1743-79).  69-ii (1799): 1177, 1177-1178.

Pentycross, Rev. Thomas (poet; 1748-1808).  60-ii (1790): 1200.

Pepys, Sir William Waller (literary scholar and member of the Blue Stocking circle; 1740-1825).  56-i (1786): 249 (2).

Percy, Thomas (nephew of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, and co-editor of Reliques of Ancient English Poetry; 1768-1808).  48 (1778): 183; 49 (1779): 319-320; 56-i (1786): 249-250 [?].

Perfect, Dr. William (surgeon and poet; 1740-1809).  45 (1775): 292, 339-340; 46 (1776): 326; 47 (1777): 87, 286; 55-ii (1785): 641-642, 818-819, 906-907; 56-i (1786): 155-156; 56-ii (1786): 602 (2), 793 (4), 888-889, 982-983, 1074-1075, 1144; 57-i (1787): 171-172, 259-260, 349-350, 525-526; 57-ii (1787): 716, 717; 58-i (1788): 444-445; 61-i (1791): 567; 61-ii (1791): 758, 1142; 62-i (1792): 71-72; 62-ii (1792): 752; 64-ii (1794): 844-846; 66-i (1796): 324, 325; 66-ii (1796): 863-864.

Perkins, Dr. John (physician).  69-ii (1799): 605.

Perkins, H. (tallow chandler, retired since his blindness).  4 (1734): 444 [2nd 444].

Perkins, Peter (lived near Wakefield).  19 (1749): 565.

Perkins, W.  2 (1732): 1075.

Pesselier, Charles Étienne (playwright and writer of works on education and finance; 1712-63).  18 (1748): 470.

Peterson, H. (of Great Berkhamsted, Herts.).  63-ii (1793): 1204.

Petrie, Captain John George (d. 1753).  32 (1762): 382.

Petronius (Roman satirist at the court of Nero; d. ca. A.D. 66).  43 (1773): 614.

Phelan, John (librarian to the College of Physicians).  65-i (1795): 510-511.

Philips, Ambrose (poet; bapt. 1674; d. 1749).  4 (1734): 94; 9 (1739): 493.

Philips, John (poet; 1676-1709).  14 (1744): 387; 20 (1750): 131; 55-i (1785): 304; 69-i (1799): 455.

Philips, Katherine Fowler (poet; 1632-64).  14 (1744): 389.

Phillips, Edward (dramatist; fl. 1730-39).  7 (1737): 693 (2).

Phipps, Constantine John, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (Lord of the Admiralty; 1744-92).  50 (1780): 193.

Pierres, François Joachim de, comte de Lyon and Cardinal de Bernis (politician and diplomat; 1715-94).  20 (1750): 470; 21 (1751): 37.

Pilkington, John Carteret (boy soprano; 1730-63).  25 (1755): 324.

Pilkington, Laetitia (author of memoirs; 1712-50).  2 (1732): 1077; 3 (1733): 321; 15 (1745): 380-381; 18 (1748): 153, 565-566; 22 (1752): 528; 24 (1754): 355.

Pilkington, Rev. Matthew (poet; fl. 1729-33).  5 (1735): 154.

Pilon, Frederick (actor and dramatist; 1750-88).  48 (1778): 535-536; 50 (1780): 92; 51 (1781): 283.