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BC MS Lt 11
BC MS Lt 11
c.1710-c.1820
Large collection of satires, ballads, and songs (with a few pieces in prose), apparently compiled by members of the Smyth family of Heath, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. At least the first 260 pp. we...
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BC MS Lt 55
BC MS Lt 55
1670s
Miscellany mainly of satirical English poems and prose pieces, 1670s. Poems occupy ff.4r-12v, 19r-26v, 30r-33r, 35r-49r. Satirical prose pieces on political and religious themes appear on ff.12v-19r, ...
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BC MS Lt 7
BC MS Lt 7
c.1736-1747
Poetical commonplace book, including much anti-Hanoverian and Roman Catholic writing. Six additional loose fragments: following f.11v: notes and calculations, "London Parishes", etc.; facing f.19v: "M...
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BC MS Lt 8
BC MS Lt 8
c.1748
Ownership inscriptions and family details inside front covers. Ff.1-17r: medical recipes preceded by alphabetical index. From back: inside back cover, note on 'climatic' years, etc. Remainder inverted...
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BC MS Lt 9
BC MS Lt 9
1730s
Poetical miscellany written probably in Ireland and including poems by Swift and members of his circle