Beinecke Osborn c265
Title | (Poems &c) |
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Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Call Number | Beinecke Osborn c265 |
Complete | Yes |
Description | Anonymous, ca. 1730. Additions and annotations possibly by a second hand in 1730s. 39 items. Centred on Swift and Pope, with a few items about them by others, and a few additional satires. |
Format | Octavo |
Book Size | 16cm x 10cm |
Filled Page Count | 55 pages |
Item Count | 39 |
Poem Count | 39 |
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First Line Index | Yes |
Digitized | No |
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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 |
“Beinecke Osborn c265.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/62. Accessed . |
Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
Updated | 2023-07-19 4:37:58 PM |
Contributor | Role |
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[Anonymous] | |
Alexander Pope | |
Jonathan Swift |
First Line | Context |
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As on his Death-bed gasping Strephon lay |
p. 103 Local title: A Pastoral on the Death of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester Born in 1648 Died July 26, 1680. Attributed author: Mr. Flatman. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "gasping" not "grasping." Other: n/a |
Careful Observers may foretel the Hour |
p. 5 Local title: A description of a city shower. Oct. 1710. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Cries Celia to a reverend Dean |
p. 113 Local title: No Marriage in Heaven. Why? Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "Says Celia to a Certain Dean,"... rather than "Cries Celia." Other: n/a |
When Foes are o'ercome, we preserve them from Slaughter |
pp. 107–109 Local title: A Serious Poem upon Wm Wood, Brasier, Tinker, Hardware-man, Coiner, Founder, and Esquire. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Feature | Note |
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Author attributions | Occasional; later addition of references to Pope and Swift miscellany of 1731. |
Binding | Post-Bound (stitched). None; first page also serves as the cover of this single quire of paper that was stitched together. Middle section on slightly smaller-sized paper. |
Hands | Could be single but most likely double. Catalogue note implies a second, later hand; they are very close, although page references to the Miscellanies and the left margin note on the first page do seem to be added later (maybe not much later – still looks like an early-century hand) – this hand is about ½ the size of the first, and contributes many tiny items as fillers especially in the final section of the book. |
Indications of use | Original compiler or slightly later owner has added in references. Final riddles added even later. Corners quite worn – page numbers worn off. |
Item formatting | Short ruled lines under titles; double ruled lines at the ends of items. Running titles at the tops of pages. |
Page layout | Ruled margins around each filled page and a few blank ones after the first filled section. Unpaginated. |