Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1750.

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Poetical miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1750.

Chiefly epigrams and satirical verse, with a few pieces of prose. A prologue and epilogue to Otway's The orphan, by Nicholas Herbert, 1747, on leaves 24-26. An epitaph on Sir Edmund Bacon (d. 1750) and an addition (leaf 37) dated 1751 in a second hand supply the date of the MS.

71 leaves (34 blank)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7306916

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Herbert, Nicholas, fl. ca. 1750.

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Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685

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Epithet: Bishop of Killala and Achonry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00037c Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00037e ...

Bacon, Edmund, Sir

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