The literary miscellany, 1798 and later.

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The literary miscellany, 1798 and later.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 300 verse and prose extracts Subjects of poems include deaths of friends and relatives, mourning, aging, friendship, and a variety of other moral and sentimental subjects. Verses include Good Bye by Eliza Cook; To a Beautiful Young Lady by Anna Laetitia Barbauld; The Rose by William Cowper; A Plea for Beautiful Things by Fanny Farmer; and Music by Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson; other poets in the volume include James Rogers, Charles Swain, and Frances Browne. The volume also contains numerous anecdotes and epigrams, both humorous and instructive, on such subjects as "George the 3d. and his Tailor," "Repartee," and "Origin of Blind Man's Buff." One entry on "Temper" declares that "Heaven did not give to the female sex insinuation and persuasion, in order to be surly."

1 v. (226 p.) ; 24 x 16 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cook, Elizabeth Adell

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Swain, Charles, 1801-1874

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Cowper, William, 1731-1800

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William Cowper, English poet. From the guide to the William Cowper manuscript material : 32 items, ca. 1784-1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston Underwood, to William [i.e. Walter] Churchey, 1786 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531182 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Olney], to Lady Austen, 1782 Aug...

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

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Anna Letitia Barbauld, née Aikin, English poet and essayist. Her first book of poems, published before her marriage, was a critical and popular success, but she came to be better known for her works on the teaching of infants. She was among the circle of radical intellectuals gathered around her publisher, Joseph Johnson, which also included the likes of Joanna Baillie, George Dyer, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin, and Henry Crabb Robinson. From the description of Anna Letitia Barba...

Rogers, James R., 1960-

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