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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619) | 2 |
| Brooke, Henry | 1 |
| Cleveland, John (1613-1658) | 1 |
| Davies, Sneyd (1709-1769) | 1 |
| Dering, Edward (1625-1684) | 1 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 1 |
| Fitzgerald, Thomas | 1 |
| Fountain, John | 1 |
| Hollies (Last Line); Tour Through Great Britain Vol 1st Pag. 242 Surrey | 1 |
| Hollies, Mr (?) | 1 |
Title: The mischief of sordid education
Author: Oldham, John
Date(s): 1684 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Criticism of contemporary education. Paraphrase from Horace's 'Art of Poetry' by John Olham; some variation from the printed version.
Title: Inscription on a tomb-stone in the Churchyard of Ockham, Surry. John Spong died Nov, 17 1736
Author: Hollies, Mr (?)
Attribution: Hollies (last line); Tour Through Great Britain Vol 1st pag. 242 Surrey
Date(s): 1736 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 99
Contents: Tombstone epitaph on the death of an ill-educated but highly skilled architect.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Fitzgerald, Thomas
Date(s): 173- or 174- ?
Manuscript: Lt 5
Contents: Criticism of contemporary education of boys and girls as leading to
degenerate morals and behaviour, unlike in the glorious times of Elizabeth I
Anthology of Latin and English exercises composed by pupils of Salisbury Cathedral School
c.1701-1725
The exercises consists of both verse and prose
Ode to be performed at the Rotunda January 1771 for the relief of the distressed tradesmen of the City of Dublin, by Henry Brooke.
Brooke, Henry
1771
Comprises an English ode, presumably written specially for this occasion. The musical accompaniment is said to have been composed by 'Sigr. Passerini'.
The transport. An ode. By Mr Mitchel, S.T.S., Anno Dom. 1718
Mitchell, Joseph
1718
Religious poem, ecstatic imagined vision of the bliss of heaven, longing for death to take him there. Addressed in a preceding prose dedication (dated "Brunsfield [Bruntsfield, Edinburgh?] August 5,17...
To a young lady who commanded a mathematician to write verses, by Brook Taylor
Taylor, Brook (1685-1731)
c.1710
Love poem in praise of the beauty and virtues of a young lady, expressed in mathematical and scientific terms, warning her to resist the advances of all the planets but Saturn
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...
Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies
Davies, Sneyd (1709-1769)
1766
Collection of Davies's poems, dedicated to the Bishop of Lichfield (Frederick Cornwallis) and Lord Camden (Charles Pratt); written 1766 (by an amanuensis?), with an inserted autograph poem
Poems on several occasions, written by John Fountain
Fountain, John
c.1720
Collection of fifty poems in a single hand attributed to John Fountain (d. 1663), transcribed ca.1720. Poems are on pages numbered 1-161, but two pages between pp.61-62 are unnumbered in error. Preced...
To the late Queen as she went to Bath, apparently by Thomas Warton
Warton, Thomas (1688-1745)
1700s
Panegyric to Queen Anne when visiting Bath, expressing hope that her virtues will beneficially affect the development of the youthful poet. Corrected.