- 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.
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- 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].