Leeds Brotherton Lt 93
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
| Call Number | Leeds Brotherton Lt 93 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anonymous, ca. 1750–1770. This entry pertains only to ff. 1–64v (the first two compilers of three). 68 items. Many poems about love, courtship, marriage, women. |
| Format | Octavo |
| Book Size | |
| Filled Page Count | 132 pages |
| Item Count | 68 |
| Poem Count | 60 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | Yes |
| Digitized | Yes |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | Bills of fare, Prose, Prose letter, Prose meditations |
| 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 |
“Leeds Brotherton Lt 93.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/303. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM |
| Updated | 2023-07-25 11:39:29 AM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| [Anonymous] | |
| Samuel Boyce | |
| Alexander Pope |
| First Line | Context |
|---|---|
| A Northern pair, we wave the name |
ff. 8–9. Local title: The Power of Innocence. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Attributed date: 1762. |
| As some fond virgin, whom her mother's care |
ff. 36–37. Local title: To a Lady, on her leaving the Town. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Dear Peggy, since the single state |
ff. 14v–15. Local title: To A Lady lately married. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Immortal Newton never spoke |
f. 34v. Local title: Written Under the picture of Beau Nash, that was placed between ye. Busts of Sr. Isaac Newton and Alexander Pope Esqr. in the Long roome at Bath. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Imprimis---my departed shade I trust |
ff. 10-10v Local title: Mira's Will Attributed author: Mary Leapor Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Is not my measter here among you, pray? |
f. 41r-42r Local title: Prologue to Barbarossa. Written by Mr. Garrick and spoken by him in the Character of a Country Boy. Attributed author: Garrick Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| My Time, O ye Muses, was happily spent |
ff. 11–12v Local title: A Song. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Oh be thou blest with all that Heav'n can send |
ff. 32v Local title: To a Lady. Sent on her Birth-day. Attributed author: Pope Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Wife and Servant are the same |
ff. 33 Local title: A Satyr Upon Marriage Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Wou'd you think it, my Duck! (for the fault I must own) |
f. 3. Local title: Miss Ham—n, to Miss Duck. Attributed author: Jenny Hamilton. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Minor differences in diction and spelling from Folger M.b. 23. Other: Attributed date: 1749. |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Rare; generally not attributed unless as part of the title. |
| Binding | Pre-bound paperbook. Many blanks. Note on interior of front-cover says original half sheep. |
| Hands | Three; the cataloguer only notes two hands but three hands are obvious. Hand 1 from ff.1–57v; Hand 2 (also 18th-century) ff. 58–64v and 110r–111v; Hand 3 ff. 65r–77v (blanks ff. 67r-68r), 107–109v. – presumably filling in blank pages at a later date with miscellaneous items. |
| Indications of use | The manuscript obviously was moved from one user to another and the secondary users felt confident in continuing the book, potentially even with their own works. f. 111v has pen trials/ signatures of Sarah Bignell in third hand. Frequent appears of pastoral names. |
| Item formatting | Under many titles in the main (first) hand section there is a decorative horizontal border in two colours of ink (brown-black and light brown). |
| Organization | Entries in the third hand are in vertical orientation for ff. 75v-77v, then reverse orientation for ff. 107-109v. |
| Original poetry | Possibly, perhaps the work of the second eighteenth-century hand. f. 58 note: “never published.” No indications of original work in first hand section. |
| Ownership mark | Bookplate of The Pacific-Union Club (San Francisco). f. 111v has pen trials/signatures of Sarah Bignell in third hand. |
| Page layout | Paginated (all in the same hand, possibly by the first/ primary compiler, but after ff. 32v and 33 were cut out). |