[Commonplace book], [circa 1760].

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[Commonplace book], [circa 1760].

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of seven original poems by an unidentified student of Kings School, Canterbury, and later of Cambridge University. The manuscript begins with a fable, "being an exercise at Canterbury School"; and is followed by An ode to my ever respected master, the Revd. Osmond Beauvoir, presented upon my leaving the King's School at Canterbury. These are followed by several comic poems with references to Cambridge University, including one upon a doctor's behavior at a county club, and another on the marriage between a morose man and a widow. The volume also contains a lighthearted poem dedicated to Thomas Cholmondeley, of the Vale Royal, "spoken extempore at his table at a great meeting of gentlemen and ladies, about the time of the establishment of the militia in the year 1760."

1 v. (13 p.) ; 24 x 18 cm.

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Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...