Beinecke Osborn c186 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c186
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1760. Unbound. 103 items. Broad range of subjects organized thematically (e.g. divine poems, hymns, drinking themes, court characters, etc.)
Format	Octavo
Book Size	16cm x 11cm
Filled Page Count	160 pages
Item Count	103
Poem Count	103
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources	General Evening Post Poor Robin's Almanack Spectator
Major Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Devotional writing, religio... Nature Satire - social Women Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Alcohol, other beverages, t... Animals, pets Death, afterlife Education Illness Literature Love Satire - political Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu collections.library.yale.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c186.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/55. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-19 4:33:31 PM

First Line	Context
Could but our tempers move like this machine	p. 59. Local title: On a Watch. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid	pp. 90–91 Local title: On the particular advantages arising from epistolary writing. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
How are thy servants blest, O Lord!	p. 34 Local title: How are thy Servants Bless’d, O Lord! Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Since thine is the only power on earth we know	p. 422. Local title: The Dutchess of Kingston's Petition to his Holiness the Pope. Attributed author: The Dutchess of Kingston. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Day of Wrath, that Dreadful Day	p. 151 Local title: On the last judgment. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
This Preacher, silent yet severe	p. 55. Local title: On seeing a Scull. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Tomorrow, didst thou say!	p. 125. Local title: Tomorrow Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: In imitation of Edward Young. Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional, sometimes quite elaborate.
Binding	Stitched as a single gathering of 160 pages. A very plain book.
Decorations - hand-drawn	Decorative presentation of many items, but not necessarily in a unified pattern.
Hands	Single, fairly decorative.
Indications of use	Some dog-eared pages. Items have very different layouts and sizing; gives the sense that the compiler really enjoyed the act of copying – forming letters and numerals, etc.
Item formatting	Where there are titles, they are generally separated from the poem by a horizontal line. Item endings marked by various kinds of devices – a row of small circles, a flourish, a ruled line, a double ruled line etc.
Organization	Contents tend to be organized thematically.
Table of Contents	Yes; six unnumbered pages for “The Contents,” including back cover (actually a kind of index, listing items more or less by subject).