Beinecke Osborn c139–142

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c139, p. 489

Local title: Precepts of conjugal happiness addressed to a young lady on her marriage.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

c140, p. 156.

Local title: A winter piece addressed to the Duke of Dorset.

Attributed author: Ambrose Philips.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: "Copenhagen, 1709."

c141; pp. 303–304

Local title: Ode on Westminster Abbey 

Attributed author: Collins

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: First line: "Here sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest..."

Other: n/a

c. 142; p. 374

Local title: To night. A sonnet.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

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c. 140; p. 150

Local title: Hymn. To humanity.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

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pp. 513–519.

Local title: An Evening address to a Nightingale.

Attributed Author: "Shaw."

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: Includes the annotation of "he, the noblest..." as a reference to Lord Lyttleton. 

pp. 453–454

Local title: The Poplars.

Attributed author: W. Cowper.

Adaptation: n/a

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Other: n/a

c. 139; pp. 64–68.

Local title: On Seeing a Skull.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

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c. 139; p. 410.

Local title: An ode.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

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Other: Also included in c. 140, p. 112.

c. 140; p. 112

Local title: n/a

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Other: Also included in c. 139, p. 410.

c. 139; pp. 30-33

Local title: The Indian Philosopher

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

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Regular; sometimes in the Table of Contents when not with the poem itself.

Pre-bound paperbooks. The writing in c.139 conforms to gutters and page-edges, with wide margins and fairly generous use of white space. c.140 may have been bound after compilation but it seems more likely that the compiler was just a skilled penman.

All half calf over marbled paper boards. 

Gilt on each spine: c.139: "Collection of Poems 2"; c.140: "Collection of Poems 3"; c.141: "Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 3"; c.142: "Miscellaneous Manuscripts 4."

Single, which becomes looser towards the end of c142.

Table of contents.

Occasional corrections, but seem to have been made as the book was compiled.

Binns must have taken pleasure in the sheer act of copying, given the very lengthy pieces.

Somewhat decorative lines demarcating poems and titles.

Some more elaborate titles introducing lengthier works.

Links to other volumes via titles and volume numbers.

Clumps of poems by certain poets. 

Final poetry section containing excerpts from Cowper’s Task and The Castaway–perhaps a final statement from Binns as he completes his own task.

Wide margins and fairly generous use of white space.

Paginated (vols. 2–3 only).

Yes, at the end of each volume. Contains occasional corrections, but seems to have been made as the book was compiled.

Headings “A” (for author) and “P” (for page) in c.139 and c.140.

Yes, for each volume.

c.139: "A Collection of Poems. Thomas Binns Liverpool 1789 Vol II."

c.140: "A Collection of Poems. Vol. III. Thomas Binns Liverpool 1793."

c.141: "Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Vol: 3. Thomas Binns Liverpool 1797."

c.142: "Miscellaneous Manuscripts Vol. 4. Thomas Binns Liverpool 1799."