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Commonplace book
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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. Parliament: manuscript
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A Booke Conteyning the whole Passages of the last Parliament ended the 10th daie of March 1628 [with] other materiall passages that happened from the yeare 1623 untill the end of the Parliament in the Yeare 1628[/29].
mssHM 213
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A collection of rebusses [sic], riddles, conundrums, &c, poetry, acrostics, epigrams, etc.: commonplace book
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The volume beings in 1813. One of the first original poems by William Murton was written on his 20th birthday.The volume contains many poems written by William, several of which were written to his wife Mary (on the occasion of her birthday, Valentine's Day, their wedding day, etc.). There are also quotations and other writings in the volume. At some point William's son John took over the volume and there are several entries by him including some riddles and puzzles. The title "A collection of rebusses [sic], riddles, conundrums, &c, poetry, acrostics, epigrams, etc." seems to be John's title for the volume. On one of the inside covers is the inscription "Mrs. Murton." There are several tabs in the pages; the cataloger left them in place. William started writing from one side of the volume; John turned it and started writing from the other side.
mssHM 80583
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Commonplace books of Sarah A. Pierson Walsworth
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The volumes contain short essays on philosophy, literature and religion; essays on the history of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and India; discussions on origins of American place names; poetry; newspaper clippings; and notable quotations
mssHm 64269-64274
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The note book of Elbert Hubbard : mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, orphic sayings and preachments : coined from a life of love, laughter and work by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business
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"Original mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, Orphic sayings and preachments, coined from a life of love, laughter and work, by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business"--Cover
614099
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Commonplace book :
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Commonplace book with extracts from Classical authors such as Cicero, Seneca, Boethius and Ovid. Written possibly in Germany (two of the books bound with it were printed in Germany and the binding is German) in the late 15th or 16th centuries.
98651a