Leeds Brotherton Lt 11
Title | Untitled |
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Archive | Brotherton Library |
Call Number | Leeds Brotherton Lt 11 |
Complete | Yes |
Description | Smyth family of Heath, ca. 1710–1806. This entry concerns only pp. 1-239 which consists of two hands, the second replacing the first but adopting the first hand's format. The second hand is also responsible for the index. All in all, however, the book is a sequence of at least six single-hand compilations. 173 items. Political satire (Tory perspective), Oxford affairs, Wakefield-area affairs. |
Format | Quarto |
Book Size | |
Filled Page Count | 145 pages |
Item Count | 45 |
Poem Count | 43 |
Periods | |
First Line Index | Yes |
Digitized | Yes |
Region | |
Additional Genres | 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. |
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Bibliography | |
Citation |
“Leeds Brotherton Lt 11.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/291. Accessed . |
Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM |
Updated | 2023-07-25 11:32:03 AM |
Contributor | Role |
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Isaac Hawkins Browne | |
William Congreve | |
William Hamilton | |
George Lyttelton | |
George Plaxton | |
Nicholas Rowe | |
Smyth Family Members |
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William Tunstall | |
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams | |
John Wilmot | |
Charles Yorke |
First Line | Context |
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Clio, behold this charming Day |
pp. 256–259 Local title: An ode to Harry Foxe upon the Dutchess of Manchester marrying -- Hussey, an Irish man. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Cries Celia to a reverend Dean |
p. 248 Local title: An epigram. Attributed author: Anonymous. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "Cries Celia to a learned dean"... instead of "reverend." Other: n/a |
Despairing, beside a clear Stream |
pp. 185–187 Local title: Colin's Complaint. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
From Me, Dear Charles, inspir’d with Ale |
pp. 190–192 Local title: From Will. Tonstall in the Marshalsea to Charles Wogan in Newgate. Tune, To all the ladies, etc. Attributed author: Will. Tonstall. Adaptation: n/a Other variant: n/a Other: n/a |
Goddess of golden dreams, whose magic pow'r |
pp. 287–291 Local title: Castle building. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
In Charles the Second’s Golden Days |
pp. 240–242. Local title: Vicar of Bray on ye Clergy. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Remote from Liberty and Truth |
pp. 257–277 Local title: An ode to William Pulteney Esq. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed |
pp. 304–305. Local title: A gentleman on the late anniversary of his wedding day presented his wife with a ring & the following lines. Attributed author: A gentleman. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd |
pp. 295 Local title: To Mrs Crewe. Attributed author: Ch: Fox. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Followed by the Answer on p. 296. |
Feature | Note |
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Author attributions | Never. |
Binding | Post-bound. No blanks; spine title suggests it was bound by someone else as part of a larger collection of manuscripts. Spine lettered “XXVI” and “A.BP MARGETSON WILL & MISCELL: POEMS.” Eighteenth-century panelled calf. |
Hands | Two consecutive; six hands total, but this database entry concerns only the first two. First hand is very calligraphic. The second hand adopts the formatting of the first. |
Indications of use | Successive entries suggest book was passed on as a useful record of something, perhaps a personalised anthology. Spine label suggests the volume was bound by someone as part of a larger collection of manuscripts. |
Item formatting | Horizontal lines seperating items. Running titles written across the top margin. |
Original poetry | Perhaps the first nine poems, which are not in the FLI. |
Ownership mark | Bookplate of John Smyth of Heath. |
Page layout | Paginated (both sides of the page). Heavy line ruled across the top and down the left margin of each page. Carefully compiled; writing is spacious. |
Table of Contents | Index by the second hand (pp. 345–350). |