The History of Old Age in England, 1600-1800, Part I Vol 2

Volume 2 The Cultural Conception of Old Age in the Eighteenth Century Introduction Literature Richard Bulstrode, ‘On Old Age’, in Miscellaneous Essays (1715) Thomas Brown, ‘Mr. Brown’s Horace’, ‘To a Gentleman that Cut of his Hair … in his Old Age’, ‘A Catch’, ‘Laconics; or, New Maxims of State and Conversation’ and ‘To My Lady . . . . . . that Marry’d an Old Decrepid Widower’, in The Fourth and Last Volume of the Works of Mr. T omas Brown, 8th edn (1744) Samuel Johnson, ‘Age and Youth’ and ‘Old Age’ (1750), in The Beau[1]ties of the Rambler, Adventurer, Connoisseur, World, and Idler (1787) George Saville Carey, The Old Women Weatherwise, an Interlude ([1788]) Mr Addison [pseud.], ‘Old Age’ and ‘On Youth’, in A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments (1793) Ballads, Broadsides and Ephemera A Comical and Diverting Courtship, which Lately Happened between an old Woman of Fourscore and Fifteen, and a Youth about Nineteen, With whom she was Married ([1700–99]) ‘An Epitaph on Bona Fide, Here Lies an Old Man of Seventy-Seven’, in Pills to Purge State-Melancholy (1718) The Deluge: or, Cautious Old-Woman. A Tale (1723) The Age and Life of Man; or, A Short Description of his Nature, Rise and Fall, According to the Twelve Months of the Year ([c. 1750]) ‘Lancashire John’ and ‘The Old Woman Spinning of Time’, in Lancashire John’s Garland ([c. 1750]) ‘On Life’, in Jacob Easterbrook (ed.), A Copy of Verses ([1761]) ‘The Mistletoe – A Christmas Tale, By Laura Maria’, in Jacob Easterbrook (ed.), A Copy of Verses ([1761]) The Felton Garland. Containing Tree Excellent New Songs ([c. 1760]) The Wanton Virgins Frighted: With the Spy’s Down-Fall f om the Tree-Top ([c. 1760]) The Age of Man, Displayed in the Several Changes of Human Life ([c. 1775]) The Old Woman Cloathed in Grey ([c. 1775]) The Chearfull Old Maid (n.d.) The Honey Moon (n.d.) The Age of Man, Compared to all the Months in the Year ([c. 1790]) ‘The Buxom Dame of Reading’, in The Cuckold’s Cap Garland (n.d.) Beneath T is Stone Lies Catherine Gray. An Epitaph on an Old Woman Who Sold Earthen Ware at Chester ([c. 1800]) George Alexander Stevens, The Description of a Wonderful Old Man([c. 1800]) ‘The Age of Man’, in An Excellent Garland ([c. 1800]) Medicine and Prolongevity Nicholas Robinson, A New Method of Treating Consumptions, Wherein all the Decays Incident to Human Bodies, are Mechanically Accounted for (1727) The Best and Easiest Method of Preserving Uninterrupted Health to Extreme Old Age (1748) [ John Hill], The Old Man’s Guide to Health and Longer Life, 2nd edn ([c. 1750]) ‘Doctor Adelphi’, Sung, in a new Piece, at the Patagonian Theatre, Exeter Change, The Words by Robt Dighton ([c. 1770]) Remarks on the Final Cessation of the Menses (1775) John Bexley, Fif y-Four Years the Canterbury News-Carrier ([1788]) 167The Art of Preserving Beauty (1789) William Brodum, A Guide to Old Age, or a Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth, 46th edn (1799) An Essay on the Most Rational Means of Preserving Health, and Attaining to an Advanced Age (1799) A Dialogue between Life and Death ([c. 1800]) Isaac James, Bookseller, Tea-Dealer, and Undertaker ([c. 1805]) Sermons John Graile, Vigorous Longevity; or, A Good Old Age, and the Best Way, both to Attain it; and to Improve it (1720) Samuel Hebden, The Best Way to Provide Against Old Age and to Prepare for Death (1739) Jacob Isaac, Religion Alone the Cause of Happiness in Old Age (1787) Editorial Notes

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