Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 50 notes and extracts from various works on ancient and contemporary English history; character sketches of classical personages in the manner of Plutarch; and epigrammatic verses in Latin and En...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., Romulus, King of Rome., Solon, approximately 630 B.C.-approximately 560 B.C., William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087., and Theseus, King of Athens.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Latin poetry, Names, Personal, History, Kings and rulers, and Politics and government
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 t...
Description:
In English.
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., and 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, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in various hands, of a collection of 38 poems, many of them political and satirical commentaries on events and political figures between the reigns of Charles I and William III such as the Civil War; the Glorious Revolution; and R...
Description:
These poems, once collected and bound together, are now separated from the binding.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685., Grafton, Henry Fitz Roy, Duke of, 1663-1690., Heveningham, Henry., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Lonsdale, John Lowther Viscount, 1655-1700., William III, King of England, 1650-1702., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, English wit and humor, Satirical verse, English, Songs, English, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in several professional scribal hands, of approximately 40 verse satires and a few prose pieces, most with topical political subjects. Poems represented include "The Club;" "Advice to Apollo;" "Upon the Late Prorogation;" "The Par...
Description:
The final pages of the volume contain three pieces in a different hand (ca. 1680) and a partial index of the first section of the volume.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685, Cleveland, Barbara Palmer, Duchess of, 1640-1709., Kéroualle, Louise-Renée de, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, 1649-1734., Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685., Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703., Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680., and Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 1633?-1685.
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, English poetry, Favorites, Royal, Nonjurors, Political poetry, English, Satire, English, Verse satire, English, Court and courtiers, History, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper, in a single bookhand, of twenty-four poems by Anne Wharton and one by Edmund Waller. Texts include "The Lamentations of Jeremiah" and other Biblical paraphrases, as well as paraphrases of poems by Ovid, Virgil and Boileau; "To Mel...
Description:
Available on microfilm
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Religious poetry, English, and Women authors
Contemporary MS collection of Donne's poems, songs, satires, paradoxes, etc. Contents include about 100 Songs and Elegies, 2 Divine Poems, 5 Satires, 15 Problemes and 9 Paradoxes. Most are initialled "J:D: ffinis." With a few poems of doubtful attribu...
Manuscript on paper, in a single italic hand, of about 63 poems and songs primarily on love, but also a containing a few satirical entries on religious and political subjects, as well as some occasional verse, including one On the Death of my Lord Fra...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Aston, Herbert., Ayton, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638., and Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Metaphysics, Occasional verse, English, Verse satire, English, and Religious life and customs
