Commonplace book containing poems and epigrams, [ca. 1730-1750

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Title: Commonplace book containing poems and epigrams, [ca. 1730-1750
Abstract: Manuscript in a single hand containing copies of more than 60 poems, both secular and religious. Poets include Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, and George Lyttelton. Among the religious poems are five poems by Mehetabel Wesley Wright, the sister of John and Charles Wesley; these include "To an Infant at the Point of Death" and "A Farewell to the World." The volume also contains copies of Thomas Gibbons' "On the Death of Mordecai Andrews" and "On the Deity, by a dissenting Clergyman at Bristol."
Description: In English.
Annotated in pencil on recto of front flyleaf: found amongst Miss Martyns things. Mary [Marshall] Amphlett.
Binding: contemporary marbled paper wrappers.
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2007.
Extent: 1 16 cm. v. (103 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: 44 blank pages at end not digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Commonplace books
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Wesley family.
Wesley, Mehetabel, 1697-1750.
Subject (Topic): English poetry
Methodism
Religious poetry, English
Women poets
Subjects: Wesley family
Wesley, Mehetabel, 1697-1750
English poetry > 18th century
Methodism
Religious poetry, English > 18th century
Women poets > 18th century

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Citation: Commonplace Book Containing Poems and Epigrams. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.