Beinecke Osborn c82
Title | Untitled |
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Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Call Number | Beinecke Osborn c82 |
Complete | Yes |
Description | Anne Taylor, around or after the 1790s. 23 poems. Verse extracts and original poems, many about death. One Jacobite poem, a couple poems about children, and some social satire. |
Format | Quarto |
Book Size | 19.5 x 15.9 cm |
Filled Page Count | 30 pages |
Item Count | 25 |
Poem Count | 23 |
Periods | |
First Line Index | Yes |
Digitized | No |
Region | |
Additional Genres | Religious prose |
Print Sources | |
Major Themes |
Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
Minor Themes |
Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
Links | |
Bibliography | |
Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn c82.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/13. Accessed . |
Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
Updated | 2023-12-14 9:58:34 AM |
Contributor | Role |
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Anne Taylor | |
John Wolcot |
First Line | Context | Print Source |
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A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say |
p. 27. Local title: With a present of a knife. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Dear Cloe, while the busy croud |
p. 2. Local title: The fireside. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
God bless the King! (I mean our faith's defender!) |
p. 5 Local title: The Manchester Blessing. 1745. Attributed author: By Dr. Bryam Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
His Time was quick, his Touch was neat |
p. 23 Local title: On a runaway musician. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: "His time was short, his touch was neat..." Other: n/a |
Unknown |
The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower |
p. 6 Local title: The rose. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Feature | Note |
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Author attributions | Frequent. |
Binding | Stiff paper wrappers, with an engraving on the upper cover. Stitching very visible along spine. |
Decorations - printed | On the front cover-page, there is a picture of older women entering a building with beautiful young women inside with a sign that says “Old Women Ground Young.” Below this is written “Printed & Sold by Dean Conghton.” |
Hands | Single. |
Indications of use | Cross-outs; not a presentation copy. Religious prose note on the back-cover. The name “Dean” is practised twice on the left-hand-side of the cover page (the first name of the printer of the cover photo). |
Item formatting | Title in the same font size as text. Line of dashes separates items. |
Original poetry | Yes, according to the catalogue; however, nothing in the presentation distinguishes these poems from the copied poems. |
Ownership mark | On the first page: “Anne Taylor/ Lymme Hall.” |
Page layout | Very little blank space; poems are back-to-back and the pages are dense. |