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BC MS Lt 47, f. 1r: The opening of
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A Discription of London by a Lady

c.1750

Impressionistic description of 18th-century London, its greatly varying urban buildings, people, and street and social life

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Letters to a young lady on a course of English poetry

Aikin, John (1747-1822)

1804

Treats many 17th and 18th century poets. First leaf a blank.

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Letters to a young lady on a course of English poetry

Aikin, John (1747-1822)

1807

Spine: Aikin's letters.

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The young lady's pocket library, or parental monitor

1808

Contents: I. Dr. Gregory's Father's legacy to his daughters -- II. Lady Pennington's Unfortunate mother's advice to her daughters -- III. Marchioness de Lambert's Advice of a mother to her daughter --...

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BC MS Lt 68, p. 20: The opening of Patrick Cary's poem
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Ballades dedicated to the Lady Victoria Uvedale, by Patrick Cary

Cary, Patrick

1652-1653

F.3r: title-page; ff.4r-23v: thirteen "ballades" on pages numbered 1-40; f.24r: colophon, "Ballades composed, and transcribed by Iohn Patricke Carey, when Hee had little else to doe."; f.24v (inverted...

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Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.]

Colman, George (1732-1794); Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

1757

Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leapor; Mrs...

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A.P. Herbert, autograph manuscript of the poem 'Farewell to a Lady'

Herbert, Alan Patrick

c.1925

Comprises an autograph fair copy of A.P. Herbert's poem 'Farewell to a Lady', probably to be dated ca. 1925. It consists of seven four-line stanzas written in dark blue ink and is signed at the end 'A...

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Letters from a young lady in Scarborough, to her cousin in London

Almack, John; Turner, Sydney (illustrator)

1876

"Written by John Almack, and illustrated by Sydney Turner" -- inside front cover.

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Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.] (v.1)

Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Colman, George (1732-1794); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

1755

Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady [Mary] Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leap...

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Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.] (v.2)

Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Colman, George (1732-1794); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

1755

Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady [Mary] Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leap...

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Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.] (v.1)

Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Colman, George (1732-1794); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

1755

Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady [Mary] Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leap...

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Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.] (v.2)

Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Colman, George (1732-1794); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)

1755

Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady [Mary] Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leap...

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