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1591. Stowe MS 967

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Stowe MS 967
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"THE WICKER CHAIR: a Burlesque Poem in blank verse," after the manner of the "Splendid Shilling" and "Cyder" of John Philips. In three cantos; with an introduction in prose. The subject is country life, and the scene the neighbourhood of Evesham. Paper; ff. 31. XVIIIth cent. Folio. Poetry: "The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

1592. Stowe MS 968

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Stowe MS 968
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"THE RAFFLE, or the Patriots": a poem in three cantos, with arguments in prose, ridiculing opponents of the Grenville administration, circ. 1763. Paper; ff. 29. XVIIIth cent. Quarto. Political and Satirical Poems: "The Raffle, or the Patriots ": circ. 1763.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1763
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1 item

1593. Stowe MS 969

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Stowe MS 969
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COLLECTION Of miscellancous political and other poems, as follows:- 1. "Advice to a Painter, upon the Defeat of the Rebells in the West and the execution of the late Duke of Monmouth," beg. "Since by just flames the guilty Peice is lost." See Poems on Affairs of State, 1716, ii. p. 148. f. 1. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1594. Stowe MS 970

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Stowe MS 970
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COLLECTION Of Miscellaneous political and other verses, written in several hands, apparently all feminine. Included are:- 1. Lines by [James Graham, 1st] Marquis of Montrose, written "as he was riding over the sands . . . . with his sword . . . . upon the news of the death of King Charles," be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1595. Stowe MS 971

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Stowe MS 971
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COLLECTION of amatory and other verses, with extracts from plays of Shakespeare, Dryden, and others, in a lady's hand. Included are:- 1. "Gently touch the Warbling Lyre. Burlesqued by Sr W[illiam] Y[onge, Bart?]," beg. "Gently stir and blow the fire." f 1. 2. "The Cambro-Briton rob'd of his ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1596. Stowe MS 972

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Stowe MS 972
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COLLECTIONS Of poems and verses by various authors, including:- 1. "The 139th Psalm Paraphrased. By Mr. Standen," beg. "O dread Jehovah ! thy all peircing eye." f. 1. 2. "The Progress of Life," beg. "How gayly is at first begun." f. 2. 3. "Love's Defence," beg. "When, dully-wise, the Grave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1597. Stowe MS 973/1

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Stowe MS 973/1
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1. COMMONPLACE-BOOK of poetry, including copies of a poem by R. Glover [author of 'Leonidas'] on Sir Isaac Newton, 'Laus Literarum,' in Latin and English, by Joseph Perkins, short poems by Prior, Gay, etc.; with Latin verses, epitaphs, etc. At the end are inserted a few separate pieces. f 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

1598. Stowe MS 973/1-2

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Stowe MS 973/1-2
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Commonplace-book of poetry. Paper; ff. 66. XVIIIth cent. Folio.
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Poetry: Common-place books of poetry: 18th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

1599. Stowe MS 973/2

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Stowe MS 973/2
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2. Commonplace-book of poetry, with the name of John Browne and date 1720, containing a poetical epistle by E. Littleton, a Latin poem entitled 'Ecclesiastes,' an epigram by Allan Ramsay, etc. f. 54.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720
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1 item

1600. Stowe MS 974

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Stowe MS 974
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COLLECTION of Vers de Societé, mostly addressed to ladies of rank. Followed by separate pieces in different hands, including:- (a) "The Muses suit to Apollo. A Masque." f. 14;-(b) "On Holker Hall." f. 19;-(c) "An epigram on refusing the late Bishop of Rochester [Atterbury] to be buried in a pu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item