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Anthology of eighteenth-century verse, compiled by Mary Capell.
Capell, Mary
c.1740-1751
Comprises an anthology of over eighty manuscript poems, of which some are dated from 1740 to 1751, with a six-page index at the end. The contents include items by Alexander Pope, Mary Wortley Montagu,...
Poetical commonplace book, partly in the hand of George Scott
Scott, George
c.1728-1779
Mainly poetical miscellany or commonplace book, in two hands, one c.1728-1750, the other seemingly that of George Scott, c.1766-1779. Fols 89v-90r: "Latin Proverbs with English Ones that answer to the...
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Collection of Restoration satires
c.1666-c.1725
Collection of four unbound late 17th- or early 18th-century Restoration satires
Mock poem or Whiggs Supplicatione, Part Second, by Samuel Colvil.
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)
c.1680
Comprises Part Two of Colvil's long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters.
Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.
c.1720-1750
The pages of manuscript contain: (1) A short verse miscellany, including 'A satyr against woman' (16 pp), 'The batchelors lettany' (3 pp), Alexander Pope's 'How much egregious Moore/ Are we deceive'd ...
Miscellany of seventeenth and eighteenth-century verse.
c.1710-1760
Comprises a miscellany of over 100 manuscript poems, probably compiled during the early to mid-eighteenth century, including imitations and translations of Horace and Martial, and numerous poems by Dr...
A Devonshire verse miscellany.
1770s
Comprises approximately 75 poems supposedly compiled in the West Country in the 1770s, some with clues to the locality of the scribe. The miscellany includes an unrecorded early poem on the subject of...
Miscellany of English verse with Quaker connections.
1773
A miscellany of poems in English, including some with Quaker connections, such as 'Bristol Theatre: A Poem' by James Gough, the well-known Quaker historian, and 'The Country Quaker'.
Commonplace book
c.1719-1742
Contains Latin and English prose and poetry in several hands, c.1719-1742 or earlier, the main verse hand probably of the 1730s. Flyleaf recto "An account of the Beans", verso "Quaestiones quarum ment...
To the late Queen as she went to Bath, apparently by Thomas Warton
Warton, Thomas (1688-1745)
1700s
Panegyric to Queen Anne when visiting Bath, expressing hope that her virtues will beneficially affect the development of the youthful poet. Corrected.
To his Grace the Duke of Chandos, by Edward Young
Young, Edward (1683-1765)
1728?
Witty complimentary dedication to James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, of Young's "Love of fame ...in seven characteristical satires", 1728, but in the event unpublished. Accompanied by a manuscript ...
Commonplace book, chiefly of English poems
c.1720-1748
Commonplace book, almost entirely of English verse and prose. Most poems are anonymous. Some prose tales, scenes from plays, and a few Latin lines. On p.211: "I ended this book Novr 13th 1723"; prose ...
Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
c.1703-1704
Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication Part First, by Samuel Colvil
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)
c.1680
Part 1 of Colvil's long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters, preceded by "The authors appologie to the reader", in prose. Also includes 'A pindarique ode upon the Dial...
Satire on named Justices of the Peace for Northamptonshire
c.1605-1606
Detailed satire on the character and behaviour of some thirty named justices of the peace and other Northamptonshire gentry, including Robert Cecil, Earl of Exeter; Sir Arthur Throckmorton; Sir Anthon...
Collection of epigrams with parallel translations from Latin into English
c.1650
Collection of parallel translations from Latin divided into four groups: (1) "Select epigrammes of Martial Englished"; (2) "Other epigrammes ancient and moderne"; (3) "Epigrammes or sentences epigramm...
A satyr on the political state of Great Britain
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).
Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies
Davies, Sneyd (1709-1769)
1766
Collection of Davies's poems, dedicated to the Bishop of Lichfield (Frederick Cornwallis) and Lord Camden (Charles Pratt); written 1766 (by an amanuensis?), with an inserted autograph poem
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication, by Samuel Colvil, and other poems added later
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)
c.1680
As well as poems by Colvil the manuscript contains several by Sir Philip Sidney
The sacred historie conteined in the First Boocke of Moses called Genesis ... March 10, 1669
Roper, Mary
1669-1670
F.1v: "A prayer"; pp.2-220: "Meditations upon the glorious majestie of the holy God"; pp.221-26: "The sacred historie: meditations of Gods provedentiall dispensations towards the children of men, out ...
Poetical miscellany compiled by E. Beardwell
Beardwell, E
1724
'The six first Pastorals of Virgil, With Three of His Georgics; Together with some with [sic] Miscellany Poems [by various authors]. Transcrib'd and Collected By E. Beardwell, 1724'.
Collection of English verse, begun on March 26th 1732 by William Jermy of Norfolk
Jermy, William
1732-c.1741
Bound in modern cream vellum over boards, with black ink lettering on front cover and spine (the latter with NORFOLK MSS); modern endpapers and flyleaves. F.3r: ornamental ink cartouche with author/co...
Upon the lamented death of the worthy Robert Vansitart Esq, December 27th 1719
1719
Elegiac lament on the death of Robert Vansitart (or Vansittart) of Shottesbrook, Berkshire, including images of nature in mourning and commending his brother, Arthur