A COLLECTION OF THE Moft efteemed PIECES of POETRY, That have appeared for several YEARS. WITH VARIETY OF ORIGINALS, By the Late MOSES MENDEZ, Efq; And other Contributors to DODSLEY'S COLLECTTO Frinted for Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange, ADVERTISEMENT. HE Editor's chief intention in making the following Collection was to bring into one point of view the best pieces which have appeared fince the conclufion of Dodsley's Collection and he will venture to affirm, that whatever be the.mesit of that entertaining mifcellany, this does not fall thort any ways of it, as fome of the volumes in that are made up from the publications of a few years; whereas this contains whatever has been moft applauded in a courfe of twenty. But he has not confined himself to that period only, but inferted many pieces, in his opinion, of great merit, which the inattention of the public, or the obfcurity of the publication, had long fuffered to remain unnoticed. To these are added many originals by writers of acknowledged merit; among which thofe of Mr. Mendez, author of the Chaplet, and feveral admired poems in Dodfley's Mifcellany, make no mean figure. Mr. Mendez was reckoned among the most agreeable poets of his time, and, perhaps, he was the only one that was ever worth one hundred thoufand pounds. |