- Call Number:
- Osborn c152
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 25 primarily satirical or lighthearted poems, many on the subject of women and love. Poem titles include Damon to Philomel; Advice to a lady, by George, 1st baron Lyttleton; On Sr Isaac Newton; Upon the death of Mrs Page's dove; and A receipt to make an epigram by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield. Other poets include John Hervey, baron of Ickworth and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu., The last section of the manuscript contains a 19th-century collection of social letters by religious figures addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Young and Miss Anna Young, pasted or tipped into the volume., and The poems are followed by a copy of a letter from the Earl of Orrery to Thomas Southern, dated 1735; and several poems, including one on the death of Lady Caroline Seymour, and several rebuses and poems on flowers.
- Alternative Title:
- A receipt to make an epigram; said to be wrote by Lord Chesterfield
- Description:
- Written on flyleaf: This book was given
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
- Subject (Name):
- Dyott, Mary--Autograph, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,--Baron,--1709-1773, and Montagu, Mary Wortley,--Lady,--1689-1762
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--18th century, Rebuses, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Women--Conduct of life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1737].
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- Published / Created:
- [early 18th century]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c154
- Image Count:
- 35
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fifteen 18th-century satirical poems, epigrams, and epitaphs. The poems are primarily political and satirize the royal family and the ministry of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford. The volume includes such titles as A song made on the funeral of the Duke of Marlborough; The brothers; Norfolk hours; and General Churchill's address to Venus. Authors represented in the collection include Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, John Hervey, baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Samuel Westley, while the satiric butts of the poem include King George II; Caroline, queen of George II; Sir Robert Walpole, and John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. The manuscript also contains a serious epitaph for Henry Saint-John, 1st viscount Bolingbroke.
- Description:
- Binding: panelled speckled calf; gilt decoration.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline,--Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain,--1683-1737, George--II,--King of Great Britain,--1683-1760, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Marlborough, John Churchill,--Duke of,--1650-1722, and Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--18th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [early 18th century].