A collection of poems vol. III [Commonplace book]; Liverpool, 1793.

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A collection of poems vol. III [Commonplace book]; Liverpool, 1793.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 71 poems by various 18th-century authors, primarily on meditative or melancholy subjects. Such poems include On the death of a beloved father; Monody on the death of a lady who died in childbed; Elegy written on the plain of Fontenoy; Elegy on Mary Blandy; and On the death of Deborah Carleton. The collection, moreover, contains a number of poems about non-European cultures, including Peru by Helen Maria Williams; The wrongs of Africa by William Roscoe; Oriental Eclogues by William Collins; and Stanzas to fancy written in the West Indies. Other poets represented in the collection include Ambrose Philips, William Cowper, and William Whitehead. The volume also contains a number of humorous verses by John Byron.

1 v. (578 p.) ; 20 x 17 cm.

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Whitehead, William, 1715-1785

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Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749

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Binns, Thomas

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Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827

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Helen Maria Williams was an English and French writer. From the description of Helen Maria Williams preface to a translation of Mr. Humboldt's Personal narrative etc., ca. 1814. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49014664 Epithet: authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000332 ...

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