Author:William Oldisworth

Works

 * The Cupid (1698).
 * The Muses Mercury; or the Monthly Miscellany consisting of poems, prologues, songs, &c., never before printed. January 1707 to January 1708, both inclusive.
 * A Dialogue between Timothy and Philatheus, in which the Principles and Projects of a late whimsical Book, "The Rights of the Christian Church" [by Matthew Tindal, 1706], are fairly stated and answered. Written by a Layman (1709, 1710 and 1711), in 3 vols.
 * Vindication of the Bishop of Exeter, occasioned by Mr. Benjamin Hoadly's Reflections on his Lordship's two Sermons of Government (1709)
 * Annotations on the “Tatler,” written in French by Monsieur Bournelle, and translated into English by Walter Wagstaff (1710), 2 pts.
 * Essay on Private Judgment in Religious Matters (1711), anon.
 * Reasons for restoring the Whigs (1711), anon.
 * State Tracts (1714).
 * Works of late Edmund Smith. With his Character by Mr. Oldisworth (1714)
 * State and Miscellany Poems (1715)
 * Delightful Adventures of Honest John Cole, that Merry Old Soul (1732), anon.

Translationos

 * The Iliad of Homer, a prose translation, with notes (1712), in 5 vols. Oldisworth translated books 16 to end; his co- translators were John Ozell and William Broome
 * The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Sæculare of Horace, in Latin and English. With a translation of Dr. Bentley's Notes. To which are added Notes upon Notes, done in the Bentleian stile and manner (1712–13), in 3 vols.
 * Callipædia; or the Art of getting pretty children (1729), by Claudius Quilletus
 * The Accomplished Senator (1733), by Laurence Grimald Gozliski