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- Published / Created:
- 1775-1794
- Call Number:
- Osborn c175
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Poems from the latter half of the 18th century, as well as copies of letters.
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: old marbled board, back cover missing.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], 1775-1794.
- Creator:
- Blandford, Anne
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1791]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c341
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Collection of verses by various authors, almost all by Hannah More (1745-1833) and her circle.
- Subject (Name):
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833
- Subject (Topic):
- Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], 1791 and later.
- Published / Created:
- [early 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c392
- Image Count:
- 13
- Abstract:
- Collection of verse by various authors.
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [early 18th century].
- Published / Created:
- circa 1787
- Call Number:
- Osborn c138
- Image Count:
- 31
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 8 primarily melancholy poems copied from various authors, on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness. The collection contains Alexander Pope's Eloise to Abelard; Mrs. Madan's Abelard to Eloisa; Aaron Hill's Alone in an inn at Southampton Court; and William Congreve's To a candle. Other titles include The late Lord Harvey to Mr. Fox; The castle top, wrote by a lad at Winchester School; and A hermit's meditation.
- Description:
- Binding: full parchment. and Imperfect: p. 34-35 wanting.
- Subject (Name):
- Héloïse,--1101-1164--Poetry, Hill, Aaron,--1685-1750, Madan, Judith,--1702-1781, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--18th century, Solitude--Poetry, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1787.
- Creator:
- Heigham, Anne
- Published / Created:
- 1781-ca. 1785
- Call Number:
- Osborn c130
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 39 primarily sentimental and occasional poems on such subjects as friendship, death, solitude, nature, and women's beauty, by various authors, including Edward Jerningham, David Garrick, Hannah More, William Hayley, and Hester (Mulso) Chapone. Other poems have been written by Heigham's acquaintances, including several sonnets by Charlotte Smith and an elegy by Mr Hammond. Moreover, the collection contains several theatrical epilogues, including one altered from that written by Richard Sheridan and performed by "Henry Heigham." At the end of the volume, in another hand, is a poem titled On the death of a most indulgent mother by her son.
- Description:
- Autograph inside front cover: Anne Heigham 1781., Binding: contemporary vellum., and Table of contents at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David,--1717-1779, Hayley, William,--1745-1821, Heigham, Anne, Jerningham, Edward,--1737-1812, More, Hannah,--1745-1833, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--18th century, Occasional poetry, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Theater--Great Britain--18th century, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], 1781-ca. 1785.
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c53
- Image Count:
- 94
- Abstract:
- Collection of English verse, epitaphs, copies of letters, and descriptions of voyages to Germany; contents include: "A Journey to Duderstadt, with a description of the Ceremony of The Nuns taking The Veil, as performed there, ... Sunday 13th June: 1751".
- Description:
- Anonymous manuscript. and Binding: contemporary vellum, without title.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [late 18th century].
- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
- Call Number:
- Osborn c152
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 25 primarily satirical or lighthearted poems, many on the subject of women and love. Poem titles include Damon to Philomel; Advice to a lady, by George, 1st baron Lyttleton; On Sr Isaac Newton; Upon the death of Mrs Page's dove; and A receipt to make an epigram by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield. Other poets include John Hervey, baron of Ickworth and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu., The last section of the manuscript contains a 19th-century collection of social letters by religious figures addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Young and Miss Anna Young, pasted or tipped into the volume., and The poems are followed by a copy of a letter from the Earl of Orrery to Thomas Southern, dated 1735; and several poems, including one on the death of Lady Caroline Seymour, and several rebuses and poems on flowers.
- Alternative Title:
- A receipt to make an epigram; said to be wrote by Lord Chesterfield
- Description:
- Written on flyleaf: This book was given
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
- Subject (Name):
- Dyott, Mary--Autograph, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,--Baron,--1709-1773, and Montagu, Mary Wortley,--Lady,--1689-1762
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--18th century, Rebuses, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1737].