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- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- Osborn c578
- Collection Title:
- Miscellan. poems,
- Image Count:
- 2
- Alternative Title:
- The skillet
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature --18th century, English poetry --18th century, and Occasional verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A riddle
- Call Number:
- Osborn c116
- Collection Title:
- [Commonplace book],
- Image Count:
- 3
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry --18th century, English wit and humor, Occasional verse, English, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A discription of a shower in London
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb142
- Collection Title:
- [Commonplace book],
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- book
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Social life and customs --17th century and Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Occasional verse, English, and Satirical verse, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An epitaph upon a child in Stilton (?)
- Creator:
- Hale, John
- Call Number:
- Osborn b104
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, of about 58 verse and prose pieces. Most of the poems concern love, including An Amorous Catch; Solicitation to a Married Woman; and Ben Jonson's In Defence of Women's Inconstancy. Other verses include The Tragedy of Mr. Christopher Love, rendered in five acts; and Roger L'Estrange's Loyalty Confined. The volume also contains several instructional prose texts, including Directions for Right Writing; Directions for Making Latine More Elegant or Pure; and An Introduction to Philosophy; as well as epigrammatic notes "collected out of Mr. James Howell's letters"; a letter titled "News out of Scotland by way of Letter the Author unknowne;" and "An imitation of Mr. Cleveland's letter of thanks sent to my Lord Westmorland who was pleased to send him an elegant paper in commendation of his poetry."
- Description:
- 31 pages at the beginning and end of the volume contain various accounts of payments received and made for various goods and services, including medicines, physicians' visits, hats, wool, and paper. This section also includes a list of names and birthdates for the writer's 9 children, and the date of the death of his wife, "7th of Nov. 1725.", Binding: full sheep., and On spine: "John Hale."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Scotland--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Cleveland, John,--1613-1658, Hale, John, Howell, James,--1594?-1666, Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637, L'Estrange, Roger,--Sir,--1616-1704, and Love, Christopher,--1618-1651
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, English poetry--17th century, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Glees, catches, rounds, etc, Occasional verse, English, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1650-1725].