Sir Egerton Brydges manuscript material : 2 items 1806-1807

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Sir Egerton Brydges manuscript material : 2 items 1806-1807

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Sir (Samuel) Egerton Brydges, English writer and genealogist. Before experiencing a disappointing lack of success as a poet, he wrote Topographical Miscellanies (1792) and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His novels, including Mary De-Clifford (1792) and Arthur Fitz-Albini (1798) were more popular than his poetry had been. He was elected to Parliament in 1812 and moved to Geneva in the early 1820's, where he remained for the rest of his life. Brydges continued to write various kinds of works, including his Impartial Portrait of Lord Byron (1824). To William Hayley, poet and biographer : 2 autograph letters signed : 18 Dec 1806 (MISC 0384) and 9 Sep 1807 (MISC 0383), regarding Cowper, Gray, Bloomfield, and his discouragement as a poet due to Johnson's Lives of the Poets, and the reviews, particularly the Edinburgh.

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Hayley, William, 1745-1820

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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...

Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837

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Samuel Egerton Brydges was an editor of early English literature and a genealogist. From the description of Papers, 1679-1837 (inclusive), 1789-1837 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122335955 From the description of Letters and other papers, 1782-1837. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575058 From the guide to the Papers, 1679-1837 (inclusive), 1789-1837 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Bry...