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1. Commonplace book, circa 1787.
- 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.
2. [Commonplace book], 1781-ca. 1785.
- 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.