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BC MS Lt 13, f. 20v:
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Commonplace book

c.1719-1742

Contains Latin and English prose and poetry in several hands, c.1719-1742 or earlier, the main verse hand probably of the 1730s. Flyleaf recto "An account of the Beans", verso "Quaestiones quarum ment...

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BC MS Lt q 3, f.3r:
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Commonplace book

c.1716-c.1736

Diary of important public and private events, 1 August 1714 to May 1728; single satirical verse item, "The British ambassadress's speech to the French king"; notes of account and payment, 3 January 17...

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Berkeley's commonplace book

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Johnston, G A (1888-)

1930

"The text of this edition is based on a careful examination of the manuscript (British museum Add. Ms. 39305) by Mr. A. J. Watson."--Editor's pref.

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BC MS Lt 34, f. 15r: The opening of
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Poetical commonplace book

1680s

Consists entirely of English verse, especially songs

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BC MS Lt 45, p. 213:
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Poetical commonplace book

c.1743-1767

Contains 307 items of English verse

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BC MS Lt 61, f. 24v: The opening of Andrew Marvell's poem
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Poetical commonplace book

c.1715

Poems transcribed on ff.2r-39v include five by Prior, three each by Waller and Isaac Watts, two each by Swift, Pope (1 unattributed), Motteux and Marvell, and one each by Ambrose Philips, Laurence Eus...

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Commonplace book containing extracts copied from accounts, books and lectures

c.1725-1775

Includes commercial accounts (mostly related to the shipping of commodities such as wheat); copies of contracts; statistical extracts from the Annual Register; and notes on various books including Tho...

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Philosophisches Tagebuch (commonplace book)

Berkeley, George (1685-1753); Hecht, Andreas (1903-)

1926

At head of title: Berkeley.

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Medical commonplace book, including a catalogue of the books in the Medical Library at the Leeds General Infirmary

1783-1799

Bound with boards and a vellum backstrip which is partly lost through damage. Comprises extracts on various subjects, but chiefly medical, written between 1783 and 1799, as follows: ff. 1-4, An obs...

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Account book and commonplace book relating to the coal industry, ca.1700-1720, by Joshua Arthington

Arthington, Joshua

c.1700-1720

Contents: (1) [f. 1r] Accounts for getting coal, notes of agreement for sinking pits etc., at Farnley, 1710-1720; (2) [f. 129v] Accounts of a similar nature, 1711-1714; (3) [f. 155v] Commonplace-book ...

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BC MS Lt 15, p. 6: The opening of
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Commonplace book, chiefly of English poems

c.1720-1748

Commonplace book, almost entirely of English verse and prose. Most poems are anonymous. Some prose tales, scenes from plays, and a few Latin lines. On p.211: "I ended this book Novr 13th 1723"; prose ...

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Commonplace book belonging to Thomas Eskricke

Eskricke, Thomas

c.1710-c.1748

Contains mainly veterinary preparations, but also notes on farming, as follows: (1) ff.1-15, veterinary preparations, ca.1710-ca.1748; (2) ff.24-19 (inverted), mathematical examples; (3) f.18v, sundry...

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