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A collection of poems mostly moral divine and instructive selected from a much larger performance

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...
Description:
Autograph on flyleaf: S. S. Toms.
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;