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Title: On Mrs Crewe
Author: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Attribution: Mr Sherridan
Date(s): 1771
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Extract from Sheridan's "Clio's protest", praising the beauty of Lady
Margaret Fordyce but here said to refer to Frances Anne Crewe
The epistles of Clio and Strephon : being a collection of letters that passed between an English lady, and an English gentleman in France, who took an affection to each other, by reading accidentally one another's occasional compositions both in prose and verse
Fowke, Martha; Porter, John (fl. 1729); Bond, William (1735)
[1720?]
Clio's letters written by Martha Fowke. cf. Halkett and Laing; Strephon's letters written by William Bond. cf. Epistles and poems by Clio and Strephon, published by E. Curll, 1729. Second issue of t...
The platonic lovers: consisting of original letters, in prose and verse, that pass'd between an English lady, and an English gentleman in France, under the borrow'd names of Clio and Strephon : who took an affection to each other, by reading accidentally one another's occasional compositions. With a critical essay; containing some remarks upon the nature of epistolary and elegiac poetry; and on the most beautiful passages in these epistles
Fowke, Martha; Porter, John (fl. 1729); Bond, William (1735)
1732
A reissue of the sheets of the second edition, with the addition of a new title page and a list of contents. Signatures: A12, 2 leaves unsigned, B-H12, I⁴. Headpiece (coat of arms). Written by...
The epistles of Clio and Strephon : being a collection of letters that passed between an English lady, and an English gentleman in France who took an affection to each other, by reading one another's occasional compositions, both in prose and verse
Fowke, Martha; Porter, John (fl. 1729); Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595); Bond, William (1735)
1729
Attributed to Martha Fowke and William Bond in Day cited below. Signatures: A-H12 I⁶. With booklist of J. Hooke, [4] p. at end. "A critical essay, containing some remarks upon the nature of ep...
W. T. to fair Clio : who, the first time he had the honour to see her, sung a ballad of her own composing, in compliment to one he had writ before : To the tune of, To all ye ladies, &c
W. T
1716
Anonymous. By William Tunstall. Verse - "Ah! Clio, had thy distant lays".
Title: W.T. to fair Clio; who, the first time he had the honour to see her, sung a
ballad of her own composing, in compliment to one he had writ before. To the
tune of, To all the ladies. [A song (headline)]
Author: Tunstall, William
Attribution: W.T.
Date(s): 1716 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Proclaiming love and admiration for a lady who had enhanced his own verses by
singing them
Title: The Black Lion Club in 1690
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Lighthearted satirical ballad on prominent named figures in Hereford society,
partly in relation to current political and religious affairs. The opening
stanza is shared with BCMSV 237.
Title: A song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Attribution: Mr Henry Hall
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt 6
Contents: Ballad in which a Jacobite miller, Iles, puts to flight several young men of
Hereford society who had come fishing in his part of the River Wye. The
opening stanza is shared with BCMSV 222
Corruption, a satire, with notes
Rickman, Thomas Clio (1761-1834)
1806
Advertisements for Rickman's other writings on final 2 pages.
Title: Ballad on the miller's beating Mob Hill and young Mathews at Hereford Wear
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Ballad in which a Jacobite miller, Iles, puts to flight several young men of
Hereford society who had come fishing in his part of the River Wye. The
opening stanza is shared with BCMSV 222
Title: An ode to Harry Foxe upon the Dutchess of Manchester marrying -- Hussey, an
Irish man. [Latin epigraph]
Author: Williams, Charles Hanbury; Sir
Date(s): 1746 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Lighthearted verses on the marriage of Isabella, Duchess of Manchester, to
Edward Hussey, consoling Henry Fox and other supposedly disappointed suitors
(named), with some satire of the Irish
Title: An Ode To the Rt: Honble: Henry F--- [Latin epigraph], 1746
Author: Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
Attribution: Sr: C--- H--- W---ms (verso of preceding leaf)
Date(s): 1746 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 119
Contents: Lighthearted verses on the marriage of Isabella, Duchess of Manchester, to Edward Hussey, consoling Henry Fox and other supposedly disappointed suitors, with some satire of the Irish