Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; and The Life of Richard Marsh D. D. Archdeacon of York Vicar of Halifax, and Chaplain to King Charles 2nd From a Manuscript Written By His Descendant. Verses include numerous poems by John Donne; Song To A Coy Lady by Alexander Brome; and other poems by Cowley, Thomas Otway, and Richard Fanshaw. Pasted in on p. 263 is a contemporary MS copy of a poem, "Rise oh my sone wth thy desires to heaven," which the writer attributes to Sir Henry Wotton. The manuscript also includes a list of Middle English words titled "A few words from Urry's Chaucer that seem to have furnished several English families with surnames."
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Cloth endpapers. Binding: full sheep. and Signature on flyleaf: "William Han. 1644."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
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."
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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
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of approximately 105 poems divided into "Miscellaneous Pieces," "Songs," "Cantatas," "Odes," Satirical Pieces," "Mock-Pieces relating to the Stage," and "Imitations." The first "Imitation" is a sonnet concerning an abortion scandal surrounding Mademoiselle de Guerchi in 1660, and is addressed in her voice to her aborted "embrio;" other poem titles include "An Ode, Inscrib'd to his grace the Duke of Buckingham, on his Embarking for France," "The paper Bonnets worn by Ladys," "On seeing lewd Women refus'd Admittance," "Fungus," "The poor & Rich Rogue," "Prologue to a Puppet-Show," and "The Shipwrack'd Sailors." The collection is prefaced by a dedication to Viscount Nessuno in the voice of an "orphan Muse" who writes, "should she beg your Lordship...to favour her with a corner of the Green-house in delightful Groves of Utopia; there to correct at Leisure, the numberless Reams she has scribbled within these twelve years: And should she afterwards implore your Lordship to assist the publication of her labours, by raising a handsom subscription among your friends for that purpose...she is certain your Lordship would not deny her one of them." Many additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins.
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Additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins., Binding: full sueded calf., Laid in at the beginning of "Imitations": a piece of paper with an engraving in red ink., and Pasted onto pages at beginning at end: printed poems by Lockman, with handwritten corrections.
Subject (Name):
Lockman, John, 1698-1771
Subject (Topic):
English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 35 poems, bound in together. The verses are primarily lighthearted and address the subjects of love and women, occasionally in the form of occasional verse. Titles include A tale of Fidelia’s quarrell with her looking-glass; On a robin redbreast that in a stormy day flew in at a window and settled on a lady’s breast; The dangler; A prologue spoken at the opening of Punches Theatre at Bath; To Mrs Catherine Flemming at the Lord Digby’s at Coleshill; and The comical dreamer. Two comic poems address the marriages of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess Strathmore. The collection also includes Colley Cibber’s Ode for the new year as well as poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680, Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800, and Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720
Subject (Topic):
English poetry --18th century, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Women authors, and Women --Conduct of life