Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1690-1730.

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Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1690-1730.

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Includes poems by Thomas Flatman (leaves 49v-51), and Dr. Swift (leaves 78v and 85v); Blackmore's Satyr against wit (Wing B3084), (leaf 57); and The game of love, or, cards for the year 1687 (unpublished?), (leaf 103). Also a glossary of Yorkshire words, (leaf 72); receipts for making counterfeit jewelry and committing practical jokes, (leaves 134-139); receipt for red sealing wax, (leaf 142); epigrams, (leaf 93), and epitaphs, (leaf 126), some in shorthand. Includes poem by A. Bevin, "In vain have I labour'd" (leaf 14). Also, shorthand alphabet inside front cover and some drawings (leaves 91, 92, 110v, 121, 124, 125, 143-151)

[151] leaves : ill.

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Boydell family,

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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

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The attribution of this otherwise unknown poem to 'D. Swift' may indicate D[ean Jonathan] Swift, the poet and satirist. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the A gentle echo on woman, attributed to D. Swift, ca. 1710-1720, (Leeds University Library) Epithet: Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

Blackmore, Richard, Sir, -1729

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Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688

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Epithet: Poet and Miniature-Painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x0002c5 ...