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Seller's note reads "Volume containing a Selection of Poems in Lady Bury's handwriting, including Lines written Impromptu by Mr. Hook at the Dinner Table at Belle Vue, Lord Lorne having just before, made him a present of a plaid ; Lines written on a Skeleton found in Dalkeith Park during the time of the American War, by Lady Frances Scot ; Living without God in the World, by Charles Lamb ; Lines addressed to the Thames near Eaton School, occasioned by the death of the Friend under whom the Author was weducated, Supposed Pastoral by Dryden not published with his Works ; the Orphan's Prayer by Mrs. St. George, etc., clearly written manuscript, 210 pages, 8vo, morocco, gilt."
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Date
c. 1820
Call number
mssHM 29165
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