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INDEX/BCMSV/106.1

173- ?

Humorous couplet added by Coles to the prose remark "The grocers have a common saying, when Ferdinando went to catch the devil he baited his hook with

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INDEX/BCMSV/107

1741 ?

Love poem included in Coles's prose autobiography, describing the pleasure of

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INDEX/BCMSV/109

1729 ? (at end)

Autobiographical poem included in Coles's prose autobiography, describing the ill-treatment he suffered while confined at Bethnal Green. At end, "18

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INDEX/BCMSV/115

1741 ?

Religious poem, praising God

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INDEX/BCMSV/118

1741 ?

On death, the world and man. At end, "Finis. 24 July 1741".

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INDEX/BCMSV/82.2

173- ?

Epigram contrasting the writer's poverty with the comfort enjoyed by

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 24

c.1730-1741

The volume also contains some prose

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 53

1741

Contains numerous poems in English and Latin, some of them apparently by Benjamin Coles, dated 17 January 1740/41 to 24 July 1740/41; there are also prose pieces on death, atheism, tobacco, witches an...

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INDEX/BCMSV/60

173- ?

On a musical contest between a fiddler and a nightingale. Translated from

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INDEX/BCMSV/62

1728 (title)

Lighthearted poem supposedly in praise of madness, in fact honouring the physician Richard Hale (1670-1728) who specialized in insanity. At end "Sic precat Benj Coles, at Bethnal Green 20 July 1728, Great Forster's Epiphany

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INDEX/BCMSV/63

1728 (title)

On a lady's devotion to her pet dog, giving advice about its behaviour. At

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INDEX/BCMSV/74

1730 or 1731 ?

In praise of England and Andover, Hampshire. At end, "Sic est oratio et votum B(enjam)in Colesii went 24th (?) February 1729/30, came away 7 October