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A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later

Creator:
Peach, Miss
Call Number:
Osborn c389
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in two hands, of a collection of about 100 word puzzles and riddles, many in verse. The word "fortune," for example, is represented by the following rhyme: "My first is a Preposition/My second a Composition/And the whole an Acquisition." ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Peach, Miss.
Subject (Topic):
Charades, English literature, English poetry, Puzzles, Riddles, Women authors, and Word games
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later

2.
Miscellan. poems, [1750s].

Call Number:
Osborn c578
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript collection of poems probably compiled by a member of the Tytler family. The poems include many rhyming riddles; epigrams; fables; prologues and epilogues from plays performed in London in the early 1750s; an "Ode on the Eclipse of the Sun J...
Description:
Index in the hand of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Prologues and epilogues, Riddles, and Solar eclipses
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellan. poems, [1750s].

3.
[Commonplace book], [ca. 1750].

Call Number:
Osborn c150
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred primarily humorous or lighthearted poems, on such subjects as women, love, fashion, and pets. The collection includes entries by various 18th-century authors, among them David Garrick, ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Garrick, David, 1717-1779., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Alliteration, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epitaphs, English, Humorous poetry, English, Pets, Riddles, Verse satire, English, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1750].