Search Special Collections

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1069

167- ?

Witty satire on the primacy of nothing or emptiness in cosmology, and of

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2576

1669 ?

Condensed paraphrase of 8 lines of preceding Latin verse,

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2577

1674 ?

Bawdy satire on the sexual preoccupations and activities of

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/394

1674 ?

Bawdy satire on the sexual preoccupations and activities of Charles II

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/3945

1674

Satire on man's proximity to animals, and his happiness being destroyed by pride and dependence on reason rather than instinct

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/4455

167-

Witty satire on the primacy of nothing or emptiness in cosmology, and of meaninglessness in worldly affairs, here unusually divided into three parts assigned to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, and Mr Shepherd,

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6033

1674

On how man's happiness is destroyed by pride and by his dependence on reason rather than instinct; extract from Rochester's "Satire against mankind".

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6076

167- ?

Extract from Rochester's "An Epistolary Essay", criticising the perverse effects on reputation of fame or notoriety

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6080

1764 or 1765

Satire on man's proximity to animals, and his happiness being destroyed by pride and dependence on reason rather than instinct

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6082

167-?

Witty satire on the primacy of nothing or emptiness in cosmology, and of meaninglessness in worldly affairs, here apparently attributed also to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham