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Commonplace book
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Commonplace book containing two quotations from Shakespeare's Othello, along with passages and translations from classical texts, notes on classical and mythological figures, remedies, household hints and practical notes, theological notes and arguments, poems, epigrams and sententiae, legal forms, rentals for land around Kirby Knowle [North Yorkshire], and copies of letters and documents.
mssHM 60413
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Commonplace book
Manuscripts
Contains a Historical Dialogue in Scripture, as well as addresses, ballads, epigrams, epitaphs, extracts, poems and verses. The volume also includes works by or about Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Sir Robert Walpole, among others. There is a Table of Contents (possibly incomplete) and penciled autograph notes on the flyleaf. Note: page numbering is not consistent.
mssHM 82623
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Commonplace book. English history: manuscript
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Extracts from the works of Francis Bacon, maxims of state, notes on a book of ancient history, etc.
mssHM 1728
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Commonplace book. English law: manuscript
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Extracts from Year Books, abridgements of cases and decisions, law reports, precedents and formularies, notes on the Assize of Forests and other legal matters. Owned by and [partly in the hand of?] Sir John Port.
mssHM 46980
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Commonplace book. English history: manuscript
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Extracts from medieval records about defense, including information about the general musters, the provision of ships for defense, the defense of the sea coast, and the use of beacons.
mssHM 30661
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Letter to Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von Bunsen
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Hamburg, Germany. In German; with a copy of extracts of the letter in English.
LI 1012