Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 25 primarily satirical or lighthearted poems, many on the subject of women and love. Poem titles include Damon to Philomel; Advice to a lady, by George, 1st baron Lyttleton; On Sr Isaac Newton; Upon the death of Mrs Page's dove; and A receipt to make an epigram by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield. Other poets include John Hervey, baron of Ickworth and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu., The last section of the manuscript contains a 19th-century collection of social letters by religious figures addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Young and Miss Anna Young, pasted or tipped into the volume., and The poems are followed by a copy of a letter from the Earl of Orrery to Thomas Southern, dated 1735; and several poems, including one on the death of Lady Caroline Seymour, and several rebuses and poems on flowers.
Alternative Title:
A receipt to make an epigram; said to be wrote by Lord Chesterfield
Description:
Autograph inside front cover: Mary Dyott 10 Febry 1792., Binding: contemporary panelled calf; gilt decoration. The front cover is detached., Partial index at end of volume., Written on flyleaf: My brother Willm & Family came to my mother April the 26 1808 Retd from May the 26 1808 left July the 10th., and Written on flyleaf: This book was given me by Dear Mrs Ogle January the 15 1747.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--19th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Dyott, Mary--Autograph, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton,--Baron,--1709-1773, and Montagu, Mary Wortley,--Lady,--1689-1762
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, Rebuses, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Women--Conduct of life
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fifteen 18th-century satirical poems, epigrams, and epitaphs. The poems are primarily political and satirize the royal family and the ministry of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford. The volume includes such titles as A song made on the funeral of the Duke of Marlborough; The brothers; Norfolk hours; and General Churchill's address to Venus. Authors represented in the collection include Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, John Hervey, baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Samuel Westley, while the satiric butts of the poem include King George II; Caroline, queen of George II; Sir Robert Walpole, and John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. The manuscript also contains a serious epitaph for Henry Saint-John, 1st viscount Bolingbroke.
Description:
Binding: panelled speckled calf; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760
Subject (Name):
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain,--1683-1737, George--II,--King of Great Britain,--1683-1760, Ickworth, John Hervey,--Baron,--1696-1743, Marlborough, John Churchill,--Duke of,--1650-1722, and Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
