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1. Extracts from various publications and particular papers / [ca. 1785]-1800, transcrib’d by R. Bailye
- Creator:
- Bailye, Richard, 1718-1800
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1785]-1800
- Call Number:
- Osborn c621
- Image Count:
- 99
- Abstract:
- Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Lichfield (England) --Antiquities
- Subject (Name):
- Bailye, Richard, 1718-1800, Boswell, James, 1740-1795 --Quotations, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 --Quotations, Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 --Quotations, Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Friends and associates, Garrick, David, 1717-1779 --Will, Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 --Quotations, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Quotations, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 --Quotations, Wallis, Albany, and Wyatt, James, 1746-1813
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading --Great Britain, Distribution of decedents’ estates --Great Britain, Learning and scholarship --Great Britain, and Recipes --Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Extracts from various publications and particular papers / [ca. 1785]-1800, transcrib’d by R. Bailye
2. [Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702
- Published / Created:
- [1653? and later]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b112
- Image Count:
- 301
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing brief quotations and maxims on approximately 500 primarily moral and philosophical subjects, arranged alphabetically under Latin headings. Sample headings include Ars, Consilio, Deus, Felicitas, Ingrat...
- Description:
- Imperfect: errors in pagination; pages 336-339 wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe --Politics and government, Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century, and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Herbert, George, 1593-1633, Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600, Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702, Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683, and Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English literature --17th century, and Maxims
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
