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Verse translations from the classics
173-?
Collection of three verse translations from the classics in a single 18th-century hand: ff.1r-6r: Translation of Persius, "Satires", 2, by Mr T. Brewster, A.M. & c.; ff.8r-10r: Paraphrase of Persius, ...
Commonplace book of proverbs and transcribed verse and prose
c.1690-c.1700
Ff.1r-6v: 'Miscellanea', aphorisms and notes on Roman and other ancient history; f.6v: Latin poem on the silk-worm; ff.7r-11r: 'A true account of Mr Fullers discovery of the true mother of the pretend...
Miscellany of poems, largely on affairs of state
1669-1691
Collection of verse, much of it political. Following blank f.1, ff.2r-13r (f.8v being blank) contain eleven poems in a single hand, the first signed 'John Treantt', another by 'Hodges' dated 1682/3 (f...
English translation of Homer's Iliad into blank verse, by James Morrice.
Morrice, James
c.1800-1809
Comprises probably the original manuscript of Morrice's translation, together with a press cutting from the local Northants newspaper containing an excerpt from the translation and a favourable review...
Autograph manuscript poem beginning "Why doth you shade" with preceding letter of presentation to Ann Hoyle.
Robins, William
8 February 1723
A prose letter headed "Dear Madam", and including such lines as "...I shall be in hopes to woo you for drops of pleasant joys...", "And now Madam the confession of my crime...", and "then have I some ...
The works of Mr Abraham Cowley : consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors original copies
Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713); Faithorne, William (1616-1691)
1684
Printer's name from Wing CD. Frontis. portrait (v. 1) of the author signed: W: Faithorne sculp:. "The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem", each have separate dated title pa...