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Treatise on grammar by Lewis Maidwell, with commendatory poems by John Dryden and Nahum Tate
Maidwell, Lewis (1650-1715)
c.1684
Manuscript treatise on grammar headed 'Grammar is the art of speaking', using Latin and English examples (ff.3r-37r); preceded by poems 'To Mr. L. Maidwell on his new method' (f.1r-v), signed 'J. Dryd...
Commonplace book owned by the Lewis family, including transcribed poems by Pope, Gray, and Prior.
Lewis family
c.1700-1750
Contains six poems, including items by Pope, Gray, and Prior; also, a large collection of moral aphorisms entitled 'Seneca unmasqued'.
Commonplace book compiled by Jo. Tempest
Tempest, Jo
c.1640-1650
Contains 36 pieces of English verse, five being signed or initialled by Tempest; a few pieces of Latin verse; London sermons etc. from various sources; three extracts from speeches before parliament f...
Tis all by chance or a peep at old times: a comedy.
1785-89?
Comprises an unpublished comedy in five acts about domestic matters and lively fancies. Includes a cast list, "Persons of the Drama", at the beginning of the manuscript with the following role names a...