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INDEX/LETTERS/33505

30 May 1891 - 17 Oct 1893

Contains three letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes, and one letter to Charles Hughes. Letter dated 30 May 1881 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes discusses Lilian Hughes' book 'Off the Reel', containing 'Hearts of Oak' and 'New Friends'. Letter dated 10 Feb 1882 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes mentions visits from Hughes' relatives: her Uncle Edward John Broadfield and her brother Alfred Hughes. Also discusses Sir Thomas Lawrence's painting of Mrs Siddons. Letter dated 27 Oct 1882. Cowden Clarke thanks Lilian Hughes for sending her photo-portrait. Discusses Hughes' recent betrothal and Cowden-Clarkes' views on marriage.

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INDEX/BCMSV/3410 1

1624 ?

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.

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INDEX/BCMSV/3502 1

172- ?

Comic love song included within the long hudibrastic satire "Sir Fantastick" (BCMSV 3502). At end, "T.F." (?).

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INDEX/BCMSV/3827 1

16--

Describing the meeting of Pallas and the Muses at the fountain created by Pegasus; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, V.

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INDEX/BCMSV/3984 1

1715

The final stanza of Alexander Pope's "Universal Prayer", urging praise of God, appended to James Merrick's "Benedicite"

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INDEX/BCMSV/4109 1

1708

Recommending wine as the remedy for the malign influence of the dog star

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INDEX/BCMSV/5818 1

165- or 166- ?

On the importance of a knowledge of mortality for living devoutly; religious

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INDEX/BCMSV/6063 1

17-- ?

Proverb on the transience of worldly goods, used as heading to BCMSV 6064

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INDEX/BCMSV/6064 1

17-- ?

Proverb on the relationship between wealth and fate, used as heading to BCMSV 6065

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INDEX/BCMSV/6037 1

171- ?

Single couplet saying that he dare not declare his love to his beloved

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INDEX/BCMSV/5026 1

166- or 167-?

Religious epigram on freewill and divine grace, attributed to St Bernard; translation

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INDEX/BCMSV/1

1688 (title)

Comic ballad on the occupation of Oxford for the future William III by John,