Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of about 59 satirical poems and songs by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, John Oldham, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, and others. Poems include Rochester's Satyr Against Man, Upon Nothing, and Tunbridge Wells; Dryden's ...
Description:
Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Accompanied by: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing several works in verse and prose apparently composed by Dorothy Calthorpe. The volume opens with three poems in couplets: "Philismena to Philander," "Philander to Philismena," and "In c...
Alternative Title:
Writings, [1672-1684]
Description:
Dorothy Calthorpe was probably connected to the Calthorpe family of Ampton in Suffolk, but she has not been further identified.
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Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Paramours and Great Britain--Politics and government--1820-1830
Subject (Name):
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Lieven, Dar'fa Kristoforovna (Benckendorff), kniaginia, 1785-1857
Subject (Topic):
Biography--19th century, Mental illness, Women authors, and Women in politics
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, Wi...
Description:
Autograph inside front cover: Anne Heigham 1781.
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
