Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of the 1628 version of the poem "The deplorable life and death of Edward the Second" (Hubert denounced this edition and published his authorized fuller text in 1629), incomplete at end, lacking last 4 s...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
In literature, English literature, English poetry, Historical poetry, English, Lute music, Political poetry, English, and Songs, English
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy of Dickens' poem Bill of Fare, a parody of Oliver Goldsmith's Retaliation. Written for a private dinner party, the poem imagines a dinner party in which the guests are to be eaten; declares each guest to be a c...
Description:
Paper WM 1825.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870., Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774., and Winter, Maria Sarah Beadnell, 1811 or 12-1886.
Subject (Topic):
Dinners and dining, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epitaphs, Parodies, English, Verse satire, English, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on parchment (thick, furry) of 1) Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love. 2) Poem added, 16th century, by Richard Hutton. 3) Richard Rolle, The Mending of Life. 4) Verse life of John of Bridlington (d. 1379). Written in a Northern dialect; numerou...
Description:
In English (Northern dialect).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349.
Subject (Topic):
Antiphonaries, Devotional literature, English (Middle), English poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of this collection of lives of saints, Biblical figures, and political persons in recent European history, as well as portraits of ideal figures such as "The Good Wife," "The Good Husband," and "The Handicrafts M...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. and Phillips, John, 1631-1706.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Characters and characteristics, English poetry, Ethics, and Maxims
Manuscript, on paper, in italic script, produced in England around 1600. The text is a devotional poem, also known as The Fourfold Meditation. After the introduction of 216 lines, the poem begins "O wretched man which louest earthlie thinges..." Manus...
Alternative Title:
The fourfold meditation
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595. and Church of England
