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1. 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

2. 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.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1763
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1 item

3. Stowe MS 949

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Stowe MS 949
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LIVES OF SAINTS, in English verse. This MS. belongs to the group of which Harley MS. 2277 and Egerton MS. 1993 are representatives, described at length in C. Horstmann's Altenglische Legenden, Paderborn, 1875, pp. iii.-xxxviii., and in his introduction to The Early South-English Legendary or Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 14th century
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1 item

4. Stowe MS 954

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Stowe MS 954
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SONETTI and Canzoni of Petrarch, entitled "Lamentationes domini Francisci Petrarce de amore domine Laure." Preceded by an index of first lines, and followed in the same hand (f. 150) by the Triomphi, headed "Triumfi vi. Petrarce." The reverse of the last leaf contains a copy of Petrarch's note o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

5. Stowe MS 963

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Stowe MS 963
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"THE VANITIE and Follie of misplaced Love, a brief Reflection on Women": a collection of poems in one hand, on the subject of women, in different metres; followed by some religious meditations and miscellaneous poems. Some are dated from 1693 to 1698. Paper; ff. 331. Small Octavo. Poetry: "The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693-1698
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1 item

6. Stowe MS 960

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Stowe MS 960
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POEMS by Sir John Beaumont, Bart., [1582-1628], brother of Francis Beaumont the dramatist, and author of "Bosworth Field." This volume contains several of his shorter poems, including two not printed in Grosart's edition, one (f. 8 b) entitled "Of the Assumption of our Blessed Lady," the other (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

7. Stowe MS 975

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Stowe MS 975
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"THE ROLL OF KARLAVEROK. An Heraldic Poem, enumerating the Barons, Knights, and Gentlemen who attended King Edward the First into Scotland, Anno mccc." A translation in prose from Cotton MS. Caligula A. xviii., ff. 23 b-30 b, made by Philip Absolom in 1817 (see the border on f. 51). Followed (f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817
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1 item

8. Stowe MS 977

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Stowe MS 977
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"THE SEIGE of Londonderry": a prose drama, by Colonel John Michelburne, one of the governors of the town during the siege, and author of a history of it. With a dedicatory letter, apparently addressed to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in which the author styles his work an "unhewne peice" and a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

9. Stowe MS 966

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Stowe MS 966
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COLLECTION of songs and verses, with the inscription on the cover: "Carnarvan 1745 [James Brydges, Marquis of Carnarvon, b. 1731, 3rd Duke of Chandos, 1771] ejus liber carminum, West- [monasteriensis] Alumn[us] Schol[æ]." Included are:-(a) "Verses by the Prince of Wales," beg. "Come, my dearest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1746
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1 item

10. Stowe MS 965

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Stowe MS 965
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"CAMILLO'S COMPLAINT: a poem, inscribed to his Grace, George [Stone], Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh" [1747-1765]; and lamenting the brief vice-royalty of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1745-46. In 53 six-line stanzas. Paper; ff. 19. circ. 1747. Quarto. Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1747
Extent:
1 item