[Commonplace book], 1811-1834.

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[Commonplace book], 1811-1834.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 200 entries of primarily sentimental, elegiac, moral, and philosophical verse and prose, on such subjects as love, solitude, virtue, and grief. The volume includes prose excerpts from the works of Samuel Johnson; Giovanni Battista Zappi; and François-René de Chateaubriand, as well as a letter from Don Juan Padilla to his wife before his execution and an Enigmatical description of a mountain. The verses in the volume include one on virtue; another on the grave; a translation of Richard West's Elegy to Gray; and an elegy by William Shenstone. A substantial number of the entries are in French and Italian. Laid into the volume is a page of travel notes, on the reverse of which is an address to George Jones, Esq., 10 New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, London.

1 v. (400 p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Jones, Elizabeth C.

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1758 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663776 From the description of Autograph letter signed in another hand : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, [1759 Aug. 6]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662690 From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Southwell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664476 From the description of Autograph...

Zappi, Giovanni Battista Felice, 1667-1710

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