The prodigal daughter; or disobedient lady and Disobedient lady reclaimed
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Let every wicked graceless child attend,". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules. - In this edition the "T" of the first "The" in the title is in italics, and the final line of text reads: "And give you crown of glory afterdeath [sic]."., Cf. nos. T44550 and N62316 in ESTC., Mounted on leaf 68. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Repentance, Temptation, Devil in literature, Fathers and daughters, Mothers and daughters, Religious thought, Faith, Family, Religious life, and Ballads, English
Riot, Half a loaf is better than no bread, and Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet
Description:
Caption title below woodcut., Signed: Z. [i.e. Hannah More]., The sheet is headed: "Cheap repository"., First line reads: Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet., In two columns with a woodcut above the title., At foot of second column, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Beneath imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers., "Price an halfpenny, or 2s. 3d. per 100. - 1s 3d. for 50. - 9d. for 25.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for moral and religious tracts) No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London; by S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository) at Bath; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country
Nothing got by cheating and Miller there was, and he liv'd at his Mill
Description:
Caption title., Signed at end of text: Z [i.e. Hannah More]., A Cheap repository broadsheet., Date from Spinney., Beneath border at foot, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Verse begins: A Miller there was, and he liv'd at his Mill ..., Price below imprint: "Price an Half-penny, or 2s, 3d, per 100, 1s, 3d, for 50, 9d. for 25.", Unlike most copies of the Cheap repository tracts published by Hazard and Marshall, this one does not have the phrase: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by S. Hazard (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) at Bath; by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repositories, No. 18, Queen-Street, Cheap-Side and No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard, by R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all booksellers, newsmen and hawkers, in town and country
Date of publication from ESTC., Joshua Davenport at this address 1800-1802 (Maxted)., First line reads: Sweet dear and loving wife., In six columns with the title and a woodcut above the first three; the columns are separated by decorative borders., Mounted on leaf 64. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Lane, West Smithfield, London
Subject (Topic):
Christian poetry, English, Poverty, Christianity, Ballads, English, Prayer, Poor persons, Fireplaces, and Children
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 17 original songs, many of them love songs, written in an interleaved copy of Rider's British Merlin, 1698. Titles include "The Deceitful Lover," "The scolding wife," and "Beauty's advocate or the Charms of beauty." The manuscript also includes numerous memoranda and accounts of receipts, primarily relating to copying legal papers. A memorandum dated May 8 1721 mentions the Mayor having "given consent to the players to have the Moothall for playing in."
Description:
In English., Several pages throughout are written in a different hand, some in pencil, which include crude drawings of owls, a strawberry, and a pot of flowers, a list of names including "Isabela Larmouth" whose name also appears on the flyleaf, and a partially obliterated short narrative about "a naughty boy who cryed.", Inscription on flyleaf: "George Cuthbertson. Sept. 13, 1717" and "Isbla Larmouth Lerneth.", Inscription on p. 4: "George Archibauld James.", Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full calf; blind-tooled decoration; remains of metal clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Cuthbertson, George.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, English literature, English poetry, Love songs, Memorandums, and Songs, English
