[Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

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[Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175289

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 35 poems, bound in together. The verses are primarily lighthearted and address the subjects of love and women, occasionally in the form of occasional verse. Titles include A tale of Fidelia's quarrell with her looking-glass; On a robin redbreast that in a stormy day flew in at a window and settled on a lady's breast; The dangler; A prologue spoken at the opening of Punches Theatre at Bath; To Mrs Catherine Flemming at the Lord Digby's at Coleshill; and The comical dreamer. Two comic poems address the marriages of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess Strathmore. The collection also includes Colley Cibber's Ode for the new year as well as poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea.

1 v. (91 p.) ; 20 x 17 cm.

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Rochester, John Wilmot, earl of, 1647-1680

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Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800

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Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757

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Colley Cibber was an actor, playwright, stage manager, and poet laureate. From the description of Colley Cibber letter to Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington, 1747 June 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 37290455 ...

Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720

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Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762

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English authoress. From the description of While fruitfull Nile ador'd his horned Queen : autograph poem, n.d. [ca. 1734]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270640720 Lady Mary Montagu was a writer, early feminist (she was a friend of chief advocate of women's rights of the time, Mary Astell), and socialite. From the description of "Hail happy bride" : autograph manuscript, signed, "M., " no date. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865257 ...