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Commonplace book of English prose and verse : Commonplace book c.1700.
Literary Manuscripts Leeds: Sources from The Brotherton Library, University of Leeds Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (140 pages)
- Summary:
- Contains extracts from a wide variety of sources including quotations from Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' and 'Comedy of Errors', Ben Jonson, Suckling, Abraham Cowley (including his 'Essays'), Rochester's 'Satyr against Mankind', Pomfret's 'The Choice', Browne's 'Religio Medici', Butler's 'Hudibras', a satyrical "Will of a Virtuoso", etc. Includes also historical and biographical anecdotes, etc
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:Lt 48
- The compiler of the commonplace book is unknown
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