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Miscellaneous verses and other fragments by John Rawlinson Ford and others
Ford, John Rawlinson (1851-1934)
c.1863
40 miscellaneous, mainly satirical, verses and other fragments by John Rawlinson Ford, R.A. Henderson, Walter Austin and others, written while working as clerks in 1863, in the office of Payne, Eddiso...
Upon the Sky-lights : from the Maybole in the Strand to the Maybole in Handbridge, an anonymous verse satire.
c.1720
Comprises an English verse satire on politicians of the day, including Walpole. It corresponds to Crum W799, but with some variations.
Satirical poem in the form of a letter from Thomas Hearne to Sir Hans Sloane.
Hearne, Thomas
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.
Miscellany of prose writings with some poetry by various authors.
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 ...
New advice to a painter, &c
Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
[1680]
Verses, mainly against the Whigs and the Scottish Covenanters. A sequel to 'Advice to a painter, &c.'. The first poem is on Rome. Wing lists one anonymous New advice, 1673, as N533. Anon.; Halke...
Poetical miscellany mainly of contemporary satires, by various authors, chiefly anonymous.
c.1680
Comprises 36 English verse satires on the behaviour of persons in high society during the reign of Charles II, including that of the king himself, many of them somewhat obscene.
The second advice to the painter
Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)
[1679]
Verses on the 'Popish Plot', beginning 'Now painter try if thy skil'd hand can draw'. (A different work from that published in 1667 entitled 'The second advice to a painter'.) A sequel to the poem att...