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040-002026608
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032-002026605
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Add MS 32561
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Vol. III. EXTRACTS from the common-place books and other MSS. of Thomas Gray, the poet, including:-Notes on Sophocles, the Greek orators, Athenæus, etc. ff. 3-59;-Notes on the Gray family, ff. 61, 66, 76;-"Beauties and faults observed by Mr. Chambers in any of ye buildings in or near London," f. 62 ;-"Oh, tecta, mentis dulcis amor meæ" etc.: a paraphrase of Psalm lxxxiv, f. 67;-Dante, Inferno, canto 33, "From his dire good," etc. (Gosse, Works of Gray, i. 157), ff. 70, 182;-"Thyrsis, when we parted, swore," etc. (ibid. p. 138); with various readings, f. 73;-

"Epitaph on a child" (ibid. p. 126); "in Gray's writing," ff. 74, 182;-Epigram, "Whenever Cinna asks a favor," etc. [by Richard West ?], ff. 76, 182;-Propertius, lib. ii. el. 1, "You ask why thus," etc. (ibid. p. 153), f. 77;-Letter from Henrietta Jane Speed to T. Gray; 25 Aug. 1759, f. 80;-Elegiac poems, beg.

"Gratia magna tuæ" and "Vah, tenero quodcunque potest," ff. 83, 86;-Literal translation of a Welsh poem, "Thou former of the earth," etc.; "from Mrs. Newcome, the Bp. of Landaff's lady," f. 89;-"Extracts from a MS. Journal of Mr. Gray [in Scotland in 1765] in the possession of Mr. R. Wellesley," f. 112;-Notes on pictures, etc., at Wilton, Kensington Palace, etc., ff. 126-139;-

Notes of pictures, etc., on a tour in Italy, 1739 (Works, ed. 1836, iv. 225), f. 140;-"Extracts from Gray's copy of Linnæi Systema Naturæ," f. 158;-List of plants, etc., headed "Denton in Kent, May 20, 1766," f. 161 ;-"Sketch of his [Gray's] inaugural Lecture in History," f. 170;-"Character of Samuel Daniel, from MSS. on Engl. poetry," f. 172;-"The Books," a short imaginary conversation between the books in his study, 1740, E. 176, 234;-"Notes on Churchill's Poems," f. 177;-"Various readings in his poems from MSS.," f. 180;-"To Air. Jolliffe on his drawing profiles, &,c." by W. Mason (Correspondence, 1853, p. 123), f. 183;-"Lines," be-. "Prim Hurd attends your call and Palgrave proud" (cf. Gosse, iii. 296), f. 184;-"Verses from Wm. Shakespeare" (Gosse, i. 132), f. 185;-"Lines on the Reads of Houses" (Gosse, i. 134), f. 186;-

"Letter to West, with a translation of Statius"; 8 May, 1736 (Gosse, i. 145, ii. 1; but without the first twenty-three lines of verse), f. 192;-Extracts from letters of Gray, f. 195;-"Books in Mr. Penn's Library with MS. notes by T. Gray," f. 236. ff. 242. Small Octavo.

Thomas Gray, poet: Poems and extracts from his MSS.: 19th cent.

Commonplaces: Extracts from commonplace books of the poet Gray: 19th cent.

includes:

  • f. 76 Richard West: Epigram: 18th cent.
  • f. 80 Henrietta Jane Speed: Letter to T. Gray: 1759.
  • f. 89 Newcome, wife, of Richard Newcome, Bishop of Llandaff: Translation of a Welsh poem: 18th cent.
  • ff. 112, 140 Voyages and Travels: Extracts from journals of the poet Gray of tours in Italy and Scotland: 1739, 1765.
  • ff. 126, 140 Art. Treatises: Notes on pictures, by T. Gray: 19th cent.
  • f. 161 Botany: List of plants at Denton, co. Kent: 1766.
  • f. 172 Samuel Daniel: Character: 18th cent.
  • f. 177 Charles Churchill, Poet: Notes on his poems, by T. Gray: 18th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Add MS 32559-32575 : COMMON-PLACE BOOKS and "Recollections" of the Rev. John Mitford, Editor of Gray's Works, etc., containing extracts…

 

Add MS 32561 : Vol. III. EXTRACTS from the common-place books and other MSS. of Thomas Gray, the poet, including:-Notes on Sophocles, the…
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1847
End Date:
1856
Date Range:
between 1847-1856
Era:
CE
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Names:
Churchill, Charles, Poet
Daniel, Samuel, of Add MS 32561
Gray, Thomas, poet and scholar, 1716-1771
Newcome, wife, of Richard Newcome, Bishop of Llandaff
Speed, Henrietta Jane
West, Richard, of Add MS 32561