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1701. 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

1702. 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

1703. 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

1704. 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

1705. 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
Extent:
1 item

1706. 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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1707. 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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

1708. 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

1709. 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
Extent:
1 item

1710. Stowe MS 976

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Stowe MS 976
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THE SHEPHERD'S PARADISE: a pastoral play in prose, in five acts, by Walter Montagu, written to be acted by Queen Henrietta Maria and the ladies of her Court. The present copy bears no title or author's name, but at the beginning is a list of the characters: "Saphira-Bellesa, the Quene; Bassalino...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 item

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