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- Creator:
- Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702
- Published / Created:
- [1653? and later]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b112
- Image Count:
- 301
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing brief quotations and maxims on approximately 500 primarily moral and philosophical subjects, arranged alphabetically under Latin headings. Sample headings include Ars, Consilio, Deus, Felicitas, Ingratitudo, and Veritas. Under Passio, the author writes, "There is noe heat of Affection but is joyn’d with some Impotence of brain"; under Vita, the author lists "Lives of persons written," including "Of Cowley, by Dr. Sprot, Of Mr. Herbert, Dr. Donne, Sr. Henry Wotton, & Mr. Hooker by Mr. Isaac Walton." The volume also includes commentary on the popes; the derivation of the phrase "Hocus Pocus"; and notes about political figures in Europe.
- Description:
- Imperfect: errors in pagination; pages 336-339 wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe --Politics and government, Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century, and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Herbert, George, 1593-1633, Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600, Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1635-1702, Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683, and Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
- Subject (Topic):
- Aphorisms and apothegms, English literature --17th century, and Maxims
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
3.
- Call Number:
- Ij W175 Zz609D
- Collection Title:
- The civile wares betweene the howses of Lancaster and Yorke / corrected and continued by Samuel
- Image Count:
- 1
- Subject (Name):
- Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
- Collection Created:
- Printed at London : by Simon Watersonne, 1609
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Front flyleaf with manuscript notes]
4.
- Published / Created:
- 1623
- Call Number:
- Ig D226 609
- Collection Title:
- The civile wares betweene the howses of Lancaster and Yorke / corrected and continued by Samuel
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- A letter from Octavia to Marcus Antonius
- Subject (Name):
- Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
- Collection Created:
- Printed at London : by Simon Watersonne, 1609
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Two pages including manuscript annotation]