Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
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Description
- Title
- Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
- Creator
- Taylor, Joseph
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; On the death of a mother; Written in consequence of the execution of a young man for forgery, by Mrs. Taylor; Hymn by Miss Scott; To a lady who sung in too low a voice; On kissing; On female neatness after marriage; Advice to a young lady lately married; Unbeliever's creed; Sir Isaac Newton's creed; and numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. Several anonymous poems are labeled "Forton Prison" and dated 1795; the collection also includes poems by Tobias Smollett, Samuel Bishop, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Butler, and William Cowper
- Description
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In English.
16-page index at beginning of manuscript.
Title from title page. Also on title page: Vol 1.
Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974.
Binding: half calf over paper-covered board; back cover missing. In gilt on spine: Gleanings. - Provenance
- Purchased from A. R. Heath on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2007.
- Extent
- 1 33 cm. v. (360 p.) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fc185
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Commonplace books
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795.
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855.
Taylor, Joseph.
Forton Gaol. - Subject (Topic)
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Elegiac poetry, English
English wit and humor
Epigrams
Epitaphs
Occasional verse, English
Sentimentalism in literature
Verse satire, English
Women authors
Women
Conduct of life
Religious life and customs - Subjects
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Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
Cowper, William, 1731-1800
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
Taylor, Joseph
Forton Gaol
Elegiac poetry, English
English wit and humor
Epigrams
Epitaphs
Occasional verse, English
Sentimentalism in literature
Verse satire, English
Women authors
Women > Conduct of life
Great Britain > Religious life and customs > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Joseph Taylor, Gleanings in Prose and Verse. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8145833
- Object ID (OID)
- 33203454