Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1815.

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Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1815.

Chiefly extracts from reading. Includes some extracts from Shakespeare (Much ado about nothing, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Two Gentlemen of Verona), Samuel Johnson, Joseph Dacre, and Thomas Carlyle. Originally thought to be in the hand of Byron or his wife and given to Byron's sister.

33 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7254971

Folger Shakespeare Library

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