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BC MS Lt 112
BC MS Lt 112
c.1725-1775
Comprises a copy of 'An epistolary letter from T----- H----- to Sr H--- Sloan- who saved his life...', published according to Foxon's 'English verse, 1701-1750', E437, in 1729.
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BC MS Lt 19
BC MS Lt 19
1716?
Satirical Whig attack on the Tory conduct of political affairs from ca.1710, and then on their part in inciting rebellion against George I, particularly the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 (described).
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BC MS Lt 30
BC MS Lt 30
1680s
The poems are political and religious satires of the late seventeenth century
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BC MS Lt q 50
BC MS Lt q 50
c.1640
Comprises: (1) The three poems, written on both sides of a single folio sheet, two being variants of Crum Y394 and L172; (2) 'The names of the Scoth commissiond to attend the Parlament 1640' written o...
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BC MS Lt q 52
BC MS Lt q 52
c.1623-1711
Comprises 85 English poems, many of them political or satirical, and a few in Latin. Some of the poems by Richard Graham, Viscount Preston, are possibly autograph.
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BC MS Lt q 54
BC MS Lt q 54
1704
Comprises a satirical poem on the Committee of Seven Lords, which was established in 1703 to investigate the so-called Scottish Conspiracy. It was published in 1704.
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BC MS Lt q 55
BC MS Lt q 55
c.1703-1710
Comprises five satirical poems on early eighteenth-century affairs of state, supporting the high-church cause; three of them are on the Sacheverell affair.
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BC MS Lt q 61
BC MS Lt q 61
c.1710
Comprises an English satirical/moralising poem written on both sides of one leaf, together with two other leaves written in a second hand listing the contents of the collection of which this particula...
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BC MS Lt q 63
BC MS Lt q 63
c.1730
Comprises the following two poems: (1) To Mr B--man S--son [i.e. Bowman Samson] poet in Sandwich; (2) A reply to Mr Burchett's farewell to Sandwich.
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BC MS Lt q 66
BC MS Lt q 66
c.1720
Comprises an English verse satire on politicians of the day, including Walpole. It corresponds to Crum W799, but with some variations.
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BC MS Lt 72
BC MS Lt 72
c.1725-1741
Miscellany containing 18 poems by various authors, chiefly of eighteenth-century origin.
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BC MS Lt 79
BC MS Lt 79
c.1690-1700
Comprises various essays on the control of the emotions, followed by several English poems and Jacobite verse satires, with various dates assigned to particular literary pieces, ranging from 1651 and ...