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Brotherton Collection6
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commonplace books13
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quotations, english1
quotations1
recipes1
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Auden, W H (1907-1973)2
Stone, William1
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)1
Farside Family1
Austin, Elizabeth (1812-1816)1
Ashby, George1
Astbury, Anthony1
Bedford, Thomas Henry Booth (1898-1961)1

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Quotation or commonplace book, by George Ashby

Ashby, George

c.1770-1800

Contains: (1) [p.iii] Entries for table of contents; (2) [p.1] Quotations from and lengthy resumés of the books listed on p.iii

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Scrap-book of varieties

1859

Contains miscellaneous verse and prose quotations, with engravings, photographs, and other illustrations pasted in

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Four commonplace books, 1930-1944, compiled by Thomas Henry Booth Bedford

Bedford, Thomas Henry Booth (1898-1961)

1930-1944

Containing mainly notes on Yorkshire folklife, cookery (especially oatcake), and natural history. Vol.2 contains a letter from G.R. Lane Fox, 13 Jan 1931, and vol.3 contains letters from M. Clarkson, ...

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A commonplace book once in the possession of the Farside family

Farside Family

c.1785-1809

Contains (1) transcripts of legal documents originally dated 1764-1771, and (2) miscellaneous veterinary, medical and household recipes, mainly of Yorkshire origin, ca.1785-1809.

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Fragment of a commonplace book compiled by Elizabeth Austin

Austin, Elizabeth (1812-1816)

1812-1816

Includes a reference on f.8v to the death of Elizabeth Austin's father on 29 August 1816

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BC MS Lt 11, p. 61: The opening of George Plaxton's poem
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Poetical commonplace book

c.1710-c.1820

Large collection of satires, ballads, and songs (with a few pieces in prose), apparently compiled by members of the Smyth family of Heath, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. At least the first 260 pp. we...

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A certain world : a commonplace book

Auden, W H (1907-1973)

[1970]

"A William Cole book."

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A certain world : a commonplace book

Auden, W H (1907-1973)

1971

Bibliography: pages [441]-445.

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A commonplace book (1966-1973)

Astbury, Anthony (1940-)

[1973]

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BC MS Lt 55, f. 4r: The opening of John Ayloffe's (?) poem
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Miscellany of satirical poetry and prose

1670s

Miscellany mainly of satirical English poems and prose pieces, 1670s. Poems occupy ff.4r-12v, 19r-26v, 30r-33r, 35r-49r. Satirical prose pieces on political and religious themes appear on ff.12v-19r, ...

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BC MS Lt 7, f. 30r:
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Commonplace book of Jacobite and other verse

c.1736-1747

Poetical commonplace book, including much anti-Hanoverian and Roman Catholic writing. Six additional loose fragments: following f.11v: notes and calculations, "London Parishes", etc.; facing f.19v: "M...

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BC MS Lt 8, f. R6r:
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Commonplace book compiled by William Stone

Stone, William

c.1748

Ownership inscriptions and family details inside front covers. Ff.1-17r: medical recipes preceded by alphabetical index. From back: inside back cover, note on 'climatic' years, etc. Remainder inverted...

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