[Commonplace book], [late 17th to mid 18th century].

Description

Title: [Commonplace book], [late 17th to mid 18th century].
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in two hands, of a collection of about 150 poems. Many are satirical, including A Satyr On Wedlock & Women; several poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; a prose essay titled The Character of a Quaker; and several attributed to members of Oxford, such as On Pope Joan, By A Gentleman Of Christ Church in Oxford; and Verses Spoke By Mr Boles of New Colledge Terra Filius in the Year 1682, Upon Mr. Jacob Allestrey of Christ Church His Brother Terra Fillius. Several pages of poems with later dates appear in another hand at the end of the manuscript; these include a serious poem titled On The Death Of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Caroline as well as numerous satirical verses such as An Epilogue made & Spoken By Colley Cibber, Esq., On His Acting Nykin In The Old Batchelor; and Upon Reading the Dunciad
Description: In English.
Index at beginning of manuscript.
Phillipps MS. 8304.
Binding: stitched, no covers.
Provenance: For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent: 1 32 x 21 cm. v. (92 p.) ;
Language: English

Genre: Oxford (England).
Commonplace books
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737.
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
Subject (Topic): Elegiac poetry, English
English poetry
English wit and humor
Epitaphs
Occasional verse, English
Quakers
Satirical verse, English
Social life and customs
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Elegiac poetry, English
English poetry > 17th century
English poetry > 18th century
English wit and humor
Epitaphs
Occasional verse, English
Quakers
Satirical verse, English
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 17th century
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century

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Citation: Commonplace Book, Late 17th to Mid 18th Century. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.