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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


Commire, Rev. Jean, S.J. (Jesuit priest and poet; 1625-1702).  66-i (1796): 19.

Concanen, Matthew (Irish poet and hack writer; 1701-49).  2 (1732): 1075.

Connor, Thomas (Irish schoolmaster, probably in Co. Limerick).  10 (1740): 461.

Conway, Henry Seymour (field-marshal; 1721-95).  59-ii (1789): 651-652.

Cooke, Benjamin (composer; 1734-93).  57-i (1787): 543 [? (or John Danby?)].

Coombe, Rev. Thomas (American poet and Loyalist clergyman; 1747-1822).  38 (1768): 38-39; 40 (1770): 279.

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury (1761-1811).  48 (1778): 486.

Cooper, John Gilbert, the Younger (miscellaneous writer; 1723-69).  48 (1778): 487.

Cooper, Rev. Edward (schoolmaster; b. ca. 1739).  33 (1763): 90; 43 (1773): 455-456.

Cooper, Rev. Myles (American Loyalist and president of King’s College [later Columbia University]; 1737-85).  46 (1776): 326-327; 55-ii (1785): 681-682.

Cooper, Susanna (daughter of John Gilbert Cooper; 1750-1802).  48 (1778): 487.

Corbet, Richard, Bishop of Oxford and later of Norwich (divine; 1582-1635).  47 (1777): 452.

Cosin, John, Bishop of Durham (divine; 1594-1672).  61-ii (1791): 1223.

Cotton, Charles (poet; 1630-87).  24 (1754): 184; 62-ii (1792): 781.

Cotton, Dr. Nathaniel (physician and poet; 1705-88).  19 (1749): 277; 22 (1752): 378; 36 (1766): 283-284.

Cotton, Rev. John Daniel (schoolmaster; 1730?-1779).  19 (1749): 130, 325; 20 (1750): 422.

Coulton, J. (of Bristol).  47 (1777): 499.

Courtenay, John (politician and poet; 1738-1816).  57-ii (1787): 1105-1106.

Courteville, Ralph (pro-Walpole journalist; d. 1772).  8 (1738): 355 [?], 484 [?].

Coventry, -----, Viscount Deerhurst (either Thomas Henry Coventry [1721-44] or George William Coventry, later 6th Earl of Coventry [1722-1809]).  63-i (1793): 560 (2).

Coventry, Rev. Francis (poet; ca. 1725-54).  31 (1761): 184.

Coverdale, Miles (translator of the Bible; 1488-1569).  60-i (1790): 320 [?] (4).

Cowley, Abraham (poet and playwright; 1618-67).  52 (1782): 303.

Cowley, Hannah Parkhouse (dramatist; 1743-1809).  46 (1776): 133; 50 (1780): 196; 54-ii (1784): 613-614.

Cowper, Rev. John (classicist and brother of William Cowper; 1737-70).  31 (1761): 39, 374.

Cowper, Rev. Spencer, Dean of Durham (divine; 1713-74).  31 (1761): 422.

Cowper, William (poet; 1731-1800).  28 (1758): 329 [?]; 50 (1780): 435-436, 582; 53-ii (1783): 695; 54-ii (1784): 935; 55-i (1785): 53, 474; 55-ii (1785): 644; 58-i (1788): 350, 542 (2); 58-ii (1788): 1008-1009, 1105; 59-i (1789): 163-164; 61-ii (1791): 1143; 63-ii (1793): 869, 1133; 70-i (1800): 324.

Cox, Samuel (counsellor-at-law?; d. 1776?).  47 (1777): 603; 59-i (1789): 432.

Crab, Roger (hermit and religious enthusiast; ca. 1616-80).  54-i (1784): 351.

Craggs, James, the Younger (politician; 1686-1721).  11 (1741): 213.

Crane, Dr. John (physician in Wells).  59-ii (1789): 1131; 60-i (1790): 183, 354, 354-355, 553; 60-ii (1790): 652, 1152; 61-ii (1791): 869-870, 952, 1144; 62-i (1792): 167, 263; 62-ii (1792): 864; 63-i (1793): 358; 63-ii (1793): 965, 1213; 65-i (1795): [ii]; 65-ii (1795): 882, 948-949; 66-ii (1796): 686, 949; 67-i (1797): 328; 67-ii (1797): 784; 68-ii (1798): 978; 69-ii (1799): 908; 70-i (1800): 186.

Crashaw, Richard (poet; 1612/13-48).  50 (1780): 193.

Craven, Elizabeth, Countess of, and Margravine of, Anspach (dramatist; 1750-1828).  50 (1780): 386 [? (or Marianne Agnès Falques [pseud. Madame Fauques [sic] de Vaucluse]?)]; 52 (1782): 446; 56-ii (1786): 917.

Creech, Thomas (schoolmaster and translator of Latin poetry; 1659-1700).  22 (1752): 469, 470 (3).

Cresswick, -----.  59-i (1789): 256-257.

Cristall, Ann Batten (poet; bapt. 1769; d. 1848).  65-i (1795): 325, 326; 65-ii (1795): 861.

Crocker, Abraham (of Frome).  58-ii (1788): 820-821, 1012, 1172-1175.

Crossman, Rev. (?) George (probably Rev. George Crossman, clergyman involved in Blagdonian Controversy; d. 1803).  40 (1770): 386.

Crowe, Rev. William (poet; 1745-1829).  59-i (1789): 448; 63-i (1793): 165; 67-ii (1797): 1055-1056.

Cumberland, Richard (dramatist; 1732-1811).  35 (1765): 576 [misnumbered as 592] (5); 39 (1769): 602 (2); 41 (1771): 87; 42 (1772): 40 (2); 45 (1775): 40; 47 (1777): 86; 48 (1778): 384; 52 (1782): 253; 53-i (1783): 161 (2), 432; 61-ii (1791): 759; 63-ii (1793): 750.

Cunningham, John (poet and actor; 1729-73).  31 (1761): 376; 33 (1763): 250, 408; 34 (1764): 295-296, 443; 36 (1766): 187, 189 (2), 590; 37 (1767): 39-40, 321, 518; 39 (1769): 312; 41 (1771): 564; 49 (1779): 463; 50 (1780): 144; 69-i (1799): 120; 70-i (1800): 321.

Cunningham, Rev. Peter (poet; d. 1805).  58-ii (1788): 1010.

Cutts, John, Baron Cutts (general; 1661-1707).  49 (1779): 150.

Dale, Dr. Thomas (physician in Charleston, South Carolina; 1700-50).  6 (1736): 288.

Dallaway, Rev. James (typographer and miscellaneous writer; 1763-1834).  56-i (1786): 513.

Danby, John (musician; 1756/7-98).  57-i (1787): 543 [? (or Benjamin Cooke?)].

Daniel, Rev. Richard, Dean of Armagh (divine; fl. 1722).  8 (1738): 541-542.

Danskinus, Henricus (poet).  9 (1739): 40.

Darwall, Mary Whateley (poet; baptised 1738; d. 1825).  29 (1759): 282 (2), 483, 538; 31 (1761): 636; 34 (1764): 343.

Darwin, Dr. Erasmus (physician; 1731-1802).  68-ii (1798): 562.