Animadversions on some poets and poetasters of the present age especially R-t B-s, and J-n L-k. With a contrast of some of the former age. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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A birth-Day poem for James Maxwell : written by himself, on May the Ixth, M,DCC,XCVIII. when he entered the LXXIX year of his age, in a very frail condition, and in great expectation of his death. |
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A brief narrative : or, some remarks on the life of James Maxwell, poet, in Paisley. Written by himself, at the beginning of his entering the seventy-sixth year of his age. Paisley, May 9th, 1795. |
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Danton's Death |
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Divine miscellanies : or, sacred poems. In two parts. Part I. Sacred to devotion and piety. Consisting of Hymns and Divine Meditations upon various subjects and occasions, &c. Part II. Sacred to practical virtue and holiness. Consisting of three large Epistles. 1. A Practical Paraphrase on the Ten Commandments: humbly addressed to the Church of England, upon their solemn order of Reading them, with this Response, "lord have Mercy upon us, and Incline our Hearts to Keep this Law!" 2. The Christian Warfare: Being a serious Exhortation to, and Expostulation with all Men to Enter and faithfully continue Soldiers under Christ. Originally addressed to the Protestant Dissenters in England, and now, not improperly, applied to the Church of Scotland. 3. The divine Original and primitive Glory of Christianity: Set forth in the Birth, Life, Sufferings, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Life and Conduct of his Apostles. Humbly addressed to all Professors of Christianity, for their holy Imitation. Written in plain and easy Language for the Improvement of all Lovers of Divine Poetry |
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The divine origin of poetry asserted and proved: the abuse of it reproved; and poetasters threatened. To which is added, A meditation on May; or, the brief history of a modern poet. Two moral essays. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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The good tidings of salvation reveal'd to the world by Jesus Christ : set forth in a sermon, preach'd at Aston Magna, alias Hanging Aston, in the parish of Blockly, Worcestershire, on the 5th day of January, 1757, Being Old Christmas-Day. The first sermon ever preach'd by James Maxwell, Author of Divine Miscellanies. T o which is added, two hymns composed for the same Occasion. |
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Happiness. A moral essay : Shewing the vain pursuits of mankind after happiness, in every stage of life; with the disappointments attending those that expect true happiness any other way than in a virtuous and religious life. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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Issachar : the strong ass over-burdened; or, the groans of Britannia from the pitt. A poem, descriptive of the times. |
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The mercies of God thankfully recorded: occasioned by the kind interposition of divine providence, in the miraculous preservation of the author hereof, when he wandered a whole night in Colmonel Muir, in the most eminent Danger, Faint and Destitute, between the 3d and 4th of October, 1785. between the 3d and 4th of October, 1785. |
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On the King's indisposition : A poem. To which is added, a hymn for his recovery |
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On the prolongation of the slave trade. A moral essay, set forth in the following dialogue. By James Maxwell. |
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Paisley. A poem. Being a general description of the town and places adjacent; with the manners and character of the inhabitants. By James Maxwell, Author of the New Version of the Psalms, etc. etc. etc. |
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Paisley Dispensary. A poem. To Bailie Andrew Brown, Praeses, With the rest of the Managers; to Dr. Farquharson, Physician, Messrs. John Whyte, Robert Thynne, and David Wardrop, Surgeons; and to the first Projectors and generous Contributors to this excellent and useful Institution, The Folllowing Poem is Most Respectfully Inscribed, By their very humble Servant, James Maxwell. |
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The seasons. Considered as representing the different periods of man's life : - as evidences of the power, wisdom, and goodness of God - and as Motives to incite to Piety and Devotion. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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The shunamite : A sacred essay, on 2d Kings, Chap. iv. ver.8, etc. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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The temple repaired : a poem on the wonderful and elegant repairing; or, rather renewing of that ancient and noble Fabric, the church of the Abbey, at Paisley, in the year 1789. To which is added, some brief remarks on the Earl of Abercorn's burial-place; commonly called, The Sounding Isle |
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A touch on the times : or, observations on Mr. Paine's letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas; set forth in the following dialogue. ... To which is added, ... a paraphrase on the sixth chapter of Daniel; with practical observations, remarks, &c |
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War against heaven openly declared by multitudes in this degenerate age; who say to the Almighty, Depart from us; for we Desire not the Knowledge of thy Ways. A seasonable and serious exhortation for all sorts to consider of their ways, before it be too late. By James Maxwell, Poet, in Paisley. |
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The water of Stinsiar. A poem. |
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A welcome home, and birth-day poem, for the Right Honourable George, Earl of Glasgow. To which is added, a song. By James Maxwell, Poet in Paisley. |
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