Autograph manuscript of a collection of about 250 primarily light, satirical, or amatory English poems by various authors. In addition to twelve poems by Robert Herrick, primarily on love, the manuscript also contains poems by Thomas Carew, John Donn...
Description:
Tobias Alston (1620-ca. 1639), was the sixth son of William Alston of Sayham Hall, Suffolk, by his second wife, Anne Neuce. Many of the items in the commonplace book may have been transmitted to him by his half-brother Edward, who was a contemporary ...
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca. 1639., Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628., Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?, Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Donne, John, 1572-1631., Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631., Harington, John, 1589-1654., Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Wither, George, 1588-1667., and University of Cambridge
Subject (Topic):
Authorship, Bawdy poetry, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Love, Political satire, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, Women, Conduct of life, and Latin poetry
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred primarily humorous or lighthearted poems, on such subjects as women, love, fashion, and pets. The collection includes entries by various 18th-century authors, among them David Garrick, ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Garrick, David, 1717-1779., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Alliteration, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epitaphs, English, Humorous poetry, English, Pets, Riddles, Verse satire, English, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily elegiac, sentimental, or lighthearted poems on such subjects as death, sleep, and marriage. Many of the poems are occasional and written by Sharpe, her father, or their acquain...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Beattie, James, 1735-1803., Sharpe, Anna, b.1734., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Social life and customs
