Commonplace book : manuscript, [16--]

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Commonplace book : manuscript, [16--]

Contains recipes, poems, prayers, theological passages, epigrams and epitaphs by Abraham Cowley, John Dryden, John Harington, and others. Many of the selections express strongly Protestant and anti-Jacobite sentiments.

1 v. (ca. 350 leaves) ; 19 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796625

Houghton Library

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Bristol, John Hervey, Earl of, 1665-1751

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Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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John Dryden, 1631-1700, was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England. From the description of John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 147971227 From the guide to the John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Epithet: poet and dramatist...

Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612

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English author and courtier; translator of Orlando Furioso; author of A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, called the Metamorphosis of Ajax; godson of Queen Elizabeth. From the description of Document signed : [Somerset], 1588 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270509725 ...

Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Mr. Long, 1650 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526766 From the description of Autograph endorsement and signature : [n.p.], 1660 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512553 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x00028d ...

Abbot, George, d. 1696.

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