Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; ...
Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy of Dickens' poem Bill of Fare, a parody of Oliver Goldsmith's Retaliation. Written for a private dinner party, the poem imagines a dinner party in which the guests are to be eaten; declares each guest to be a c...
Description:
Paper WM 1825.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870., Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774., and Winter, Maria Sarah Beadnell, 1811 or 12-1886.
Subject (Topic):
Dinners and dining, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epitaphs, Parodies, English, Verse satire, English, and Social life and customs
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
Manuscript, in mutliple hands, of a collection of several hundred riddles, acrostics, and rebuses, lighthearted poems primarily on female behavior, and several dozen hand-colored satirical engravings and newspaper clippings pasted in. Poem titles inc...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics, Catholics, Politics and government, English poetry, English wit and humor, Engravings, British, Rebuses, Riddles, Verse satire, English, Women, Conduct of life, and Women authors
