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Title: Fame
Author: Dryden, John
Date(s): 1697 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 48
Contents: Extract from Dryden's translation of Virgil's "Aeneid" (IV.252, 255-73)
describing fame, or rumour, as a malicious winged monster of many eyes, mouths
and ears
Title: Fame
Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester
Date(s): 167- ?
Manuscript: Lt 110
Contents: Extract from Rochester's "An Epistolary Essay", criticising the perverse effects on reputation of fame or notoriety
“Immortality and Fame”
1849-1928
Bound MS draft of an article ?; 27pp; with numerous corrections; spine bound in dark blue leather with title and author in golden embossed letters
Title: Fame and infamy
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 84
Contents: On the transience of fame, whereas an infamous reputation can last beyond the grave
Name: Houses of ill fame
Reference: Carlton Hill R2
Meeting: Brighouse MM 1804-1810
Pages: 281
Name: House of bad fame
Reference: Carlton Hill R3
Meeting: Brighouse MM 1810-1822
Pages: 386
Name: House of ill fame
Reference: Carlton Hill R5
Meeting: Brighouse MM 1827-1831
Pages: 263, 271
Name: Houses of ill fame
Reference: Carlton Hill R7
Meeting: Brighouse MM 1837-1842
Pages: 3, 7
Name: House of ill fame
Reference: Carlton Hill R9
Meeting: Brighouse MM 1847-1851
Pages: 53