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Title: Epitaph
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1624 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 44
Contents: Elegiac epitaph or tombstone inscription lamenting the deaths of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, and his son James, Lord Wriothesley, in the Low Countries in 1624, as if spoken by their tomb. Cf. BCMSV 3408, 3409, 3410.
Title: Pallas with the Muses
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16--
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: Describing the meeting of Pallas and the Muses at the fountain created by Pegasus; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, V.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 17-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 110
Contents: Proverb on the transience of worldly goods, used as heading to BCMSV 6064
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 17-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 110
Contents: Proverb on the relationship between wealth and fate, used as heading to BCMSV 6065
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 110
Contents: Single couplet saying that he dare not declare his love to his beloved
Title: A usefull meditation
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: Doggerel verse on things to be kept in mind to achieve heaven, namely "Thy
death, the death of Christ, the deceit of the world, and glory of eternity and
the pains of hell," in turn translating preceding Latin. At end "16 January
1740/1."
Title: The snail
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: A Welch curate
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: Lighthearted poem in which a Welsh curate praises a snail and wishes he too
could move his house, but is then forced by hunger to eat the snail. At end,
"25th February 1740/1".
Title: A pastoral
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Pastoral dialogue between two shepherds, Palemon and Alexis, their
contrasting attitudes to the beauty of the landscape determined by the
respective presence and absence of their beloved Phillida and Daphne. With a
marginal alternative reading, annotated
Title: A ballad
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Gazetteer of [Saturday] October 17, [17]67
Date(s): 1767 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Pastoral love poem, praising the beauty of his beloved's mind as more
important than physical beauty
Title: A small fragment of my Lord Russel's elogy, whose much lamented execution was
performed in Lincoln's Inn Fields on the 21st day of July 1683
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Copied from the first (originally) plain leaf of F. Vansleb's Travels printed
Date(s): 1683 ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Fragment of an elegy lamenting the execution and death of William Lord
Russell in 1683. One line corrected and signed G.S.
Title: On seeing Mr Wilkes on the hustings at Guildhall
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Gazetteer, [Friday] March 26, 1768
Date(s): 1768 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Eulogistic praise of the politician John Wilkes as a champion of liberty.
With a note: "The last line sounds oddly, if not hibernically".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [The Gazetteer], March 21, 1768
Date(s): 1768 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Partially critical epitaph on Laurence Sterne, following a prose notice of
his death
Title: To the fair authoress of an epigram, in answer to an illiberal abuse of the
late Rev. Dr Sterne
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [The Gazetteer], March 21, 1768
Date(s): 1768 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Answer to a criticism of Laurence Sterne (possibly the preceding BCMSV 1006),
representing envy as unable to harm his memory
Title: An ode
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1762 ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Celebration of the birth of the future George IV, anticipating his reign;
praising George III and Queen Charlotte
Title: The beau parson. Addressed to the Revd. Mr John Horne (Minister or Curate of
Brentford)
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Gazetteer, [Friday] Dec. 30, 1768
Date(s): 1768 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Satire on a clergyman, John Horne, concerned with his external appearance
(hair and clothes) instead of religion. With a marginal note on the layout of
the verse.
Title: The kind inquiry
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Gazetteer of [Wednesday] Jan. 4, 1769
Date(s): 1769 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the clergyman John Horne of Brentford. Followed by a prose note of his
friendship with the politician John Wilkes, whose victory in an election for a
London alderman he had helped to secure
Title: To the author of some lines in yesterday's Gazetteer addressed to the Revd.
Mr Horne
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: From the above mentioned Gazetteer [Jan 4, 1769?]
Date(s): 1768
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: In defence of the clergyman John Horne of Brentford, criticised for attention
to his external appearance, especially his clothes (see BCMSV 1009), praising
his mind. Dated Dec. 31, 1768
Title: An address to the young ladies [index]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: A.B.
Date(s): 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Advice to young women to behave reverently in church, taking as example the
flirtatious Kitty who adjusts her behaviour accordingly. Headed: "A.B. desires
we will insert the following address to the young ladies at church, in
compliance with a very good i
Title: A rebus
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: A rebus or riddle, the answer (not given) being the name of a city.
Subscribed "O's Coll.", perhaps referring to Oxford
Title: Extempore lines on a late translation of French sermons. Addressed to Dr D-d
[Dod, margin].
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Antigallican. Gazette, [Friday] Sept. 15, 1769
Date(s): 1769 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Criticism of Dr William Dodd for translating French sermons when Britain has
a sufficiency of authors able to give advice to George III
Title: Upon the death of the most noble John Manners, Marquis of Granby and Colonel
of the Blues. [Two epigrams on ... (index, cf.BCMSV 1017).]:
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Old British Spy and London Weekly Journal, [Saturday] Oct.27, 1770
Date(s): 1770 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epigrammatic lament for the death of John Manners, Marquis of Granby, punning
on his surname
Title: Upon the same [i.e. the death of ... John Manners, Marquis of Granby]. [Two:
epigrams on ... (index, cf. BCMSV 1016).]:
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1770
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epigrammatic lament for the death of John Manners, Marquis of Granby, punning
on his surname
Title: Regnier's epitaph, made by himself
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: London Magazine April (?) 1771 p.655 col.21; [French]
Date(s): 1771 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epitaph for the satirist Mathurin Regnier, translating preceding French lines
written by himself reflecting on his carefree life. With a note, "A very
athiestical epitaph, but very well translated (closely) and at least equally
witty in the translation wi
Title: The post from Parnassus. An epigram. [Epigram on Lord North (index).]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The London Packet; or, New Evening Post. From Monday July 1 to Wednesday
Date(s): 1771 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Satirical attack on Frederick North, Earl of Guilford (Lord North), for his
subservience to the wishes of George III
Title: A song in Harlequin Skeleton sung by Mr Dunstall in the character of a woman
ballad-singer, entitled The Stockwell Wonder. To the tune of King John and the
Abbot of Canterbury
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Craftsman; or, Say's Weekly Journal, [Saturday] March 7, 1772, page 4,
Date(s): 1772 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Song from the pantomime play "Harlequin Skeleton", making out that the
magical phenomenon of dancing household objects is caused by the natural
enchantment of a beautiful girl.
Title: [A distich under the signs of a public-house in Havering (index)]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: At Havering in Essex a man who kept the sign of the Leather-Bottle went to
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Witty pun on the words boar and (it seems) bore, in a drinking context
Title: An epitaph on the monument of the late worthy and rev. Mr Brighton [Beighton]
(sic) of Egham, who was vicar of that place forty-five years
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Craftsman, or Say's Weekly Journal for [Saturday] June 20 1772, p.4 col.3
Date(s): 1772 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epitaph on a clergyman, Mr Beighton, praising unreservedly his virtues as a
parish priest
Title: The sigh. On a lady deceased. [An elogy ... on the death of his wife:
(index)].
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: An afflicted husband [A gentleman (index)]. The Craftsman, or Say's Weekly
Date(s): 1772 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Elegiac lament for the death of a lady, praising her social and domestic
virtues
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the refusal of the beautiful Fanny Brooks to consider marrying a
university man. Cf BCMSV 1027.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the effects of time on the beauty of Fanny Brooks. Cf. BCMSV 1026.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the death of one Tom Rowney, who has thus left Oxford University men his
wife. Cf BCMSV 1029.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epitaph on the restless (unfaithful?) wife of Tom Rowney. Cf BCMSV 1028.
Title: ... As John Watson Esq. of Walthamstow in Essex was transacting some business:
in ths house of Justice Bertie at Lowlayton, he dropped down in an apoplectic
fit and expired immediately. I have heard verses to the following effect were
put up at his gate s
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Craftsman, or Say's Weekly Journal, [Saturday] Jan. 9, 1773, p.1, col.2.
Date(s): 1773 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the death of one John Watson, outspokenly disparaging his life and
character
Title: An ode to content
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: R.M.; [The Craftsman, or Say's Weekly Journal, Jan. 9, 1773], p.4, col.3
Date(s): 1773 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: In praise of contentment (gained by abandoning vice) as more necessary than
wealth to human happiness
Title: A sketch of human life
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: The Craftsman, or Say's Weekly Journal, [Saturday] Sept.11, 1773 p.4 c.3
Date(s): 1773 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Comparison of the seasons of the year to the stages of human life
Title: To Dr Rose of Putney, to whom Mr Byfield left a large fortune
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: T; The London magazine ... March 1775, p.149 col.1:
Date(s): 1775 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Witty epigram on a Dr Rose who had inherited a fortune
Title: A query to a dull author. An epigram
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: N; The London magazine
Date(s): 1775 (published) ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Satirical epigram on a tedious writer
Title: The soliloquy. An epigram [on Jemmy Twitcher (index)].
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Baldwin's London Weekly Journal no.802, [Saturday] April 12, 1777 p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1777 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Light satire on John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, depicting him, absent from
his mistress Martha Ray, resolving to turn to other pleasures now that he is
past the age for love
Title: [Latin epigraph, from Virgil]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, [Saturday] April 4, 1778, no.857, p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1778 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Contrasting the happy carefree homely life of country folk with the anxieties
of the great and wealthy in town
Title: A song [A love song (index)]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 177- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Love song, swearing fidelity and anxiously hoping for success
Title: On the promotion of E. Gibbon, Esq.
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, Saturday July 17 1779, no.878, p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1779 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Satirical criticism of the places given to Roman Catholics and others by
George III's government, occasioned by the appointment of Edward Gibbon to a
ministerial post. With marginal notes on the text.
Title: Epitaph. To be seen in a country churchyard in Essex
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, Saturday July 30, 1779, no.880, p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1779 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Epitaph, a wife asking her bereaved husband to care for their children
Title: On the pretended invasion. [An epigram ... 1779 (Index).]:
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, Saturday July 30 1779, no.880, p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1779 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: On the abandonment by France of an intended invasion of England during the
American wars
Title: On the appearance of Edward Gibbon Esq. in the Court calendar. [An epigram
(Index).] [Latin epigraph.]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, Saturday July 30 1779, no.880 p.4 col.1,
Date(s): 1779 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Satirical epigram on Edward Gibbon for exhibiting, by his acceptance of a
ministerial post, the decline of England
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Proverb on the happiness of being poor, among a collection of "Latin proverbs
with English ones that answer to them".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: Somers's Tracts, vol.XV or Coll.4 vol.3 p.314; [Latin]
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Proverb on the money value or resale worth of everything, said to be from
Somers's Tracts, here among a collection of "Latin proverbs with English ones
that answer to them".
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1716 ?
Manuscript: Lt 19
Contents: Satirical Whig attack on the Tory conduct of political affairs from c.1710,
and then on their part in inciting rebellion against George I, particularly
the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 (described).
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Witty exchange on the existence or otherwise, in heaven, of marriage, women
and priests. Differs somewhat from the text in BCMSV 904.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1742 ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Attack on the conduct of the war with Spain over rights in America, bitterly
blaming Sir Robert Walpole and William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, for its
failure.
Title: A panegyrick on Cardinal Wolsey
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Satirical praise supposedly of Cardinal Wolsey but probably attacking Sir
Robert Walpole's conduct of affairs
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: Proverbial verses, translating preceding Latin lines, included in Coles's
prose autobiography
Title: Upon a sea officer who shot himself on board his ship at Spithead 1740 the
time of the Spanish war
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1740 ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Criticism of a sailor who killed himself rather than be captured and killed
by the enemy during the war with Spain over rights in America
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: On the happiness of a modest way of life with wholesome meals, free from
anxiety; adapted from the preceding st.4 of Horace, Odes, II.16.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Advice on preparing a hen as food for unexpected guests
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: On how luxurious living damaged the state more effectively than warfare.
Translated from Juvenal, Satires, VI.292-3 (not IX.29, as stated).
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: On the sadness of death to a man who does not truly know himself.
Translating Latin lines alongside.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 168- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Epitaph, counselling that a virtuous life will bring heavenly reward.
Translating preceding Latin verses, and possibly relating to the preceding
record of the death of Anne Bois (or Boys) in 1680.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Attack on the follies, vices and selfishness of the old, including their
habitual criticism of the present age.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: King Charles 2nds fool
Date(s): 166- or 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Lighthearted prayer for God's blessing, mainly for members of Charles II's
court. Marginal note identifies Ralph as "a tavern drawer".
Title: A familiar epistle to K. William
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1690
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Advice to William III, attacking Sir Thomas Osborne, Marquis of Carmarthen
(formerly Earl of Danby and later Duke of Leeds)