I'm [not] High-Church, nor Low-church, nor Tory, nor Whig
| First Line | I'm [not] High-Church, nor Low-church, nor Tory, nor Whig |
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| Author | [Anonymous] |
| Date | 1728 |
| Description | Satire [Public affairs; Satire - political]. Transcribed from S. H., "To all whom it may concern to know me, Greeting." Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal, no. 2, p. 3, 1728. Burney Newspapers Collection, GALE|Z2001494968. |
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I'm High-Church, nor Low-church, nor Tory, nor Whig.
Nor fluttering young Coxcomb, nor formal old Prig.
I can laugh at a Jest, if not told out of Time,
And excuse a Mistake, tho' not flatter a Crime.
Unbiass'd, I view Things around, as they pass;
Nor squint at the Great thro' a blackening Glass.
The Faults of my Friends I would scorn to expose.
And detest private Scandal—tho' cast on my Foes.
I put none to the Blush upon any Pretence;
For Immodesty shocks both Good Breeding, and Sense.
No Man's Person I hate, tho' his Conduct I blame:
I can censure a Crime without naming a Name.
To amend, not expose, is the Will of my Mind,
But Reproof must be lost if Ill Nature is join'd.
When Merit appears, tho' in Rags, I respect it;
And will plead Virtue's Cause, tho' the World should reject it.
Cool Reason I bow to, where-ever 'tis found:
And rejoice when true Learning with Honour is crown'd.
No Party I serve: In no Quarrel I join:
Nor damn the Opinion that differs from mine.
No Corruption I screen, tho' no Treason I sing:
I'm a Friend to my Country, yet true to my King.
Beinecke Osborn c116
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 29
Local title: Honble Mr. A. H___'s answer to the question put to him What art thou.
Attributed author: Honble Mr. A. H.
Adaptation: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn c157
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 4
Local title: To all whom it may concern to know me.
Attributed author: n/a
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Other variants: First line: I am neither High-Church nor Low Church, nor Tory, nor Whig...
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Beinecke Osborn fc51
| Title | The Parson's Barn A Collection of Poems of v [...] |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 31–32
Local title: To all whom it may concern to know me.
Attributed author: H: H.A.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: I'm not high church, nor low church, nor Tory nor Whig...
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Clark MS 1993.001
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
pp. 232–233
Local title: To all Whom it May Concern to Know me.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: I’m Not high Church nor Low Church nor Tory nor Whig…
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Leeds Brotherton Lt 119
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
pp. 52–53; item #20
Local title: To all whom it may concern to know me, Harvey Aston.
Attributed author: Harvey Aston.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: I am neither High-Church, nor Low-Church, nor Tory, nor Whig...
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Leeds Brotherton Lt 12
| Title | Miscellany Poems 1728 |
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| Period | 1701-1730 , 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
pp. 70–71
Local title: A character.
Attributed author: n/a
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UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557
| Title | Farago |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Pp. 160
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Unattributed.
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