- Published / Created:
- circa 1787
- Call Number:
- Osborn c138
- Image Count:
- 31
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 8 primarily melancholy poems copied from various authors, on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness. The collection contains Alexander Pope's Eloise to Abelard; Mrs. Madan's Abelard to Eloisa; Aaron Hill's Alone in an inn at Southampton Court; and William Congreve's To a candle. Other titles include The late Lord Harvey to Mr. Fox; The castle top, wrote by a lad at Winchester School; and A hermit's meditation.
- Description:
- Binding: full parchment. and Imperfect: p. 34-35 wanting.
- Subject (Name):
- Héloïse,--1101-1164--Poetry, Hill, Aaron,--1685-1750, Madan, Judith,--1702-1781, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--18th century, Solitude--Poetry, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1787.
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- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary calf, one cover gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace book. and Index at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
- Published / Created:
- [1720-1760]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison, Matthew Prior, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift. The volume also contains a large number of extracts from early 18th-century poetry, drama, and prose, many drawn from The Spectator; a collection of moral thoughts in French; and a collection of Spanish proverbs. and The latter half of the volume contains descriptive and historical accounts of France and Italy, statistics on the population, demographics, economies, and other data of London and other European cities; lists of the peers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; and lists of the kings of England and France.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary calf, one cover gone, one detached. On spine: Commonplace book. and Index at beginning of manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe--Economic conditions--18th century, Europe--Population--18th century, Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century, Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century, and Great Britain--Population--Statistics
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and Swift, Jonathan,--1667-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, English, Nobility--Great Britain--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), Theater--Great Britain, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, [1720-1760].
4.
- Creator:
- Hamby, Nathaniel
- Published / Created:
- 1729
- Call Number:
- Osborn c244
- Image Count:
- 41
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred poems on primarily moral or spiritual subjects, many taken from printed works by such poets as John Dryden, William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Isaac Watts. Other entries include epitaphs and psalms. The volume also contains some of Hamby's own religious verses as well as verses by several of his Norfolk acquaintances. The work is prefaced by an introduction which declares that although a preface seems needless when the volume is meant for "one private person," the preface will be useful to those who will read the work after his decease. The preface provides an autobiography of Hamby, focusing on his development as a writer.
- Description:
- Autograph on flyleaf: S. S. Toms., Autograph on title page: M. Toms., Binding: contemporary full morocco with gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Title on spine: Manuscript Poetry., Marbled endpapers., and Pasted in: engraved portrait of Nathaniel Hamby, "de Wymondham in Com. Norfoliciae."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph,--1672-1719, Dryden, John,--1631-1700, Hamby, Nathaniel, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616, Steele, Richard,--Sir,--1672-1729, and Watts, Isaac,--1674-1748
- Subject (Topic):
- Autobiographies, Bible.--O.T.--Psalms, Conduct of life--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epitaphs, English, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance in three folio's, now reduced into a portable size. Written out at leisure hours with an eye only to the amusement and innocent diversion of the transcriber;
- Creator:
- Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744
Warburton, William, 1698-1779 - Published / Created:
- 1726
- Call Number:
- Osborn pc75
- Image Count:
- 25
- Description:
- Caption and running title: The examination and correction of the tragedy of Hamlet., Chiefly a discussion of Hamlet; cites parallel passages from other plays of Shakespeare., Imperfect: upper corners chewed and trimmed; part of p. 194 pasted over with clippings., and Manuscript annotations by W. Warburton, bp. of Gloucester.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Franklin and T. Woodman [etc.],
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet, Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Criticism, Textual, and Warburton, William,--1698-1779--Ms. notes (BEIN Osborn pc75)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shakespeare restored: or, A specimen of the many errors, as well committed, as unamended, by Mr. Pope in his late edition of this poet. Designed not only to correct the said edition, but to restore the true reading of Shakespeare in all the editions ever yet publish'd. By Mr. Theobald ...
- Creator:
- Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, artist
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1718
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1421 (Art)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
- Abstract:
- A portrait of the English poet Alexander Pope by Jonathan Richardson the Elder, with Pope portrayed seated and supporting an open book with his proper left hand. The painting is oil on canvas, inscribed "POPE" at the lower left corner.
- Alternative Title:
- Alexander Pope resting on an open book and Alexander Pope, full-length, seated, his left hand resting on an open book
- Description:
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet., Gift of Joan Pittman Schnabel Rea, 1964., Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745), English artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744 and Richardson, Jonathan,--1665-1745
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists--Great Britain and Authors, English--18th century--Portraits
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Portrait of Alexander Pope].
7.
- Call Number:
- Osborn c117
- Image Count:
- 5
- Abstract:
- Anonymous manuscript comparing the "Essay on Man" by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and the "Zodaicus Vitae" of Marcellus Stellatus Palingenius (fl. 1528); probably written by the Rev. William Clarke (1696-1771). Two columns with citations from Pope's poem in English and from Palingenius' in Latin.
- Description:
- 5 leaves. Versos blank, not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and This manuscript may have been the original from which the material was printed in The Publisher (no. 2, 1745, pp. 45-60) where it has the title: Expressions, Similes, and Sentiments in Palingenius, Translated and Improv'd by Mr Pope, in his Essay on Man.
- Subject (Name):
- Palingenio Stellato, Marcello,--ca. 1500-ca. 1543, Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744, and Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Criticism and interpretation
- Subject (Topic):
- Philosophy, British--18th century, Philosophy, Comparative--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Renaissance, and Philosophy--Poetry
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Parallel expressions & sentiments in Pope's essay on man & in Palingenii stell. Zodiaco vita, [ca. 1745]