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Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London: Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1734, p. 70. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T42622; DMI 519; Foxon p. 45) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 3644].)

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Other works by Mary Barber

• Apollo's Edict. ()
• An Apology for my Son to his Master, for not bringing an Exercise on the Coronation Day. ()
• An Apology for the Clergy, who were present when the Minister of the Parish read Prayers and preach'd twice in one Day, at Tunbridge-Wells. Written at the Request of a Layman. ()
• An Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promis'd to dine with the Author. ()
• An Apology to the Earl of Orrery, Dr. Swift, and some others of my Friends, for falling into Tears before them, on my leaving Ireland. ()
• An Apology written for my Son to his Master, who had commanded him to write Verses on the Death of the late Lord —. ()
• An Apology written for my Son to the Reverend Mr. Sampson, who had invited some Friends to celebrate Lord Carteret's Birth-Day, at Mount-Carteret near Dublin; and desir'd my Son to write on that Occasion. ()
• By a Person of Quality. ()
• Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C—. ()
• The Earl's Answer, written extempore. ()
• An Epigram on the Battle of the Books. ()
• An Epigram on the same Occasion. ()
• An EPIGRAM. ()
• Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath, where the Dutchess of Ormond was present. ()
• An Epitaph on the late Lord Mount-Cashel. ()
• An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq; upon hearing he was landed in Dublin. ()
• Jupiter and Fortune. A Fable. ()
• A Letter for my Son to one of his School-fellows, Son to Henry Rose, Esq; ()
• A Letter to a Friend, on Occasion of some Libels written against him. ()
• A Letter written for my Daughter to a Lady, who had presented her with a Cap. ()
• A Letter written for my Son to a young Gentleman, who was sent to be educated at the Jesuits College in Flanders. ()
• A Letter written from London to Mrs. Strangeways Horner, whom the Author had left the Day before at Tunbridge-Wells. Oct. 1730. ()
• News from St. James's. ()
• The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasion'd by seeing a dead Oak beautifully encompass'd with Ivy. ()
• Occasion'd by reading the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, written by Madam de Motteville. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Countess of Hertford. ()
• Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson, upon the Death of her Son. ()
• Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable — treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her. ()
• On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference. ()
• On leaving Bath. ()
• On seeing an Officer's Widow distracted who had been driven to Despair, by a long and fruitless Sollicitation for the Arrears of her Pension. ()
• On seeing the Captives, lately redeem'd from Barbary by His Majesty. ()
• On sending my Son, as a Present, to Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, on his Birth-Day. ()
• On the Dutchess of Newcastle's Picture. ()
• On the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer's giving his Daughter in Marriage in Oxford-Chapel. ()
• The Peacock. A Fable. ()
• The Prodigy. A Letter to a Friend in the Country. ()
• The RECANTATION: To the same Lady. ()
• Reply to the foregoing Verses. ()
• The RESOLUTION. ()
• Sent as from a School-fellow to my Son Anno 1727. ()
• SINCERITY. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave. ()
• SONG. (); Stella and Flavia. ()
• Spoken extempore, to the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, on her presenting the Author with a white Ribband at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
• To a Gentleman, who had abus'd Waller. ()
• To a Gentleman, who shew'd a fine Poem as his own. ()
• To a Gentleman, who took a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of quite a different Turn. ()
• To a Lady at Bath. ()
• To a Lady in the Spleen, whom the Author was desir'd to amuse. ()
• To a Lady who was libell'd. ()
• To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription. ()
• To a Lady, who invited the Author into the Country. ()
• To a Lady, who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she call'd being sincere. ()
• To Alexander Pope, Esq; Intreating him to write Verses to the Memory of Thomas, late Earl of Thanet. ()
• To Dr. Mead, on his Cape Wine. ()
• To Dr. Richard Helsham. Upon my Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Sickness. ()
• To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
• To her Grace the Dutchess of Portland, with the foregoing Lines. ()
• To his Excellency the Lord Carteret. Occasion'd by seeing a Poem, intitled, The Birth of Manly Virtue. ()
• To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, at the Camp before Philipsburgh. ()
• To his Grace the Duke of Chandos. ()
• To Lady H—r, who ask'd, Had the Author done writing Verses? ()
• To Mrs. Anne Donnellan, with the fourth Essay on MAN. ()
• To Mrs. Armine Cartwright, at Bath. ()
• To Mrs. CÆsar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath. ()
• To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly. ()
• To Mrs. Mary CÆsar, upon seeing her just after the Marriage of her Friend, the Lady Margaret Harley. ()
• To Mrs. Newans, encouraging her to draw Lady Killmorey's Picture. ()
• To Mrs. Putland. ()
• To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son; wherein he desires me to accept his first Prize of Learning, conferr'd on him by the University of Dublin. ()
• To Mrs. S—. Written in my Sickness. ()
• To Mrs. — ()
• To Novella, on her saying deridingly, that a Lady of great Merit, and fine Address, was bred in the Old Way. An EPIGRAM. ()
• To Robert Barber Esq; Deputy to the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, on his attending, whilst his Son repeated Gay's Fable of the Hare and Many Friends. ()
• To Sophronia. ()
• To the Honble. Miss Carteret, now Countess of Dysert. ()
• To the Honourable Mrs. Percival. ()
• To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer, on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire. ()
• To the Reverend Dr. L—. Occasion'd by his Sermon for the Support of the Charity-Children at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Collection was small. ()
• To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with the Author. ()
• To the Right Honble. the Lady Dowager Torrington, with some Verses her Ladyship commanded me to send her. ()
• To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London, on committing one of my Sons to his Care. ()
• To the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, at Bath, after the Death of the late Earl. ()
• To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thomond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull. ()
• To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Brownlow, upon desiring me to send her some of my Poems. ()
• To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain, upon seeing her do a generous Action. Written as from the Person reliev'd. ()
• To the Right Honourable the Lady Kilmorey, with a Letter, which was written by the late Lady Roydon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, just before her Death. ()
• To the Right Honourable the Lady Sarah Cowper. Written when the Author was sick at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
• To the Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, on her resolving to leave Bath. ()
• A True TALE. ()
• An unanswerable Apology for the Rich. ()
• Upon seeing a Raffle for Addison's Works unfill'd. ()
• Verses occasion'd by the Sickness of Mrs. Anne Donnellan. ()
• Verses sent to a Lady, who took Delight in ridiculing a Person of very weak Under-standing, whom she reliev'd from Want. ()
• The Widow Gordon's Petition To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret. ()
• Written at Bath to a young Lady, who had just before given me a short Answer. ()
• Written at Camberwell, near London, in the Study of Mr. Wainwright, now Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, where the Author accidentally din'd alone. ()
• Written at Dr. Mead's House in Ormond-Street, to Mrs. Mead. ()
• Written at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Author had, the Year before, been honour'd with the Acquaintance of Mrs. Strangeways Horner, who, after, went abroad on account of her Health. ()
• Written at Tunbridge-Wells. To the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North,[ed.][ed.] "Lady Barbara North was the daughter of Thomas, eighth Earl of Pembroke". (Tucker [1992], 210) (AH) occasion'd by some of the Company's saying they would go to Faint-Fair, and act a Play. ()
• Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress. To her Grace Adelida, Dutchess of Shrewsbury. ()
• Written for my Son in his Sickness, to one of his School fellows. ()
• Written for my Son to his Master, on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. ()
• Written for my Son, and spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches. ()
• Written for my Son, and spoken by him at School to some of the Fellows of the College of Dublin, at a public Examination for Victors. ()
• Written for my Son, and spoken by him in School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod. ()
• Written for my Son, and spoken by him, at a public Examination for Victors. ()
• Written for my Son, in a Bible which was presented to him. ()
• Written for my Son, to Mr. Barry; occasion'd by the foregoing Verses. ()
• Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College, who took care of the School in his Master's Absence. ()
• Written for my Son, upon Lady Santry's coming to School, to see her Son, and getting the Scholars a Play-Day. ()
• Written from Dublin, to a Lady in the Country. ()
• Written in the Conclusion of a Letter to Mr. Tickel, intreating him to recommend the Widow Gordon's Petition. ()
• Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge, on seeing the Names of several Persons written there. ()