Restoration & Augustan

Thomas Whittle

fl. 1731 (Bell, Rhymes of Northern Bards)


Thomas Whittle is represented here by verse printed in John Bell's Rhymes of Northern Bards (Newcastle, 1812), 5 pieces.

John Bell's collection describes Thomas Whittle as a Northumbrian by birth who lived long near Cambo; the date given is the year of the wager with William Carstairs that Bell's note mentions.

  1. The Midford Galloway's Ramble
  2. The Insipids; Or, The Mistress with her Multitude of Lovers
  3. Sawney Ogilby's Duel with His Wife
  4. Song on William Carstairs, Schoolmaster
  5. Humorous Letter to Master Moody, the Razor-Setter

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