Commonplace book, circa 1756engManuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord CromwellIn English and Latin.Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick.Marbled endpapers.Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.