Folger MS M.a.53–58
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| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Call Number | Folger MS M.a.53–58 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | John Dixon, ca. 1780–1817. Six volumes. Popular eighteenth-century poetry. |
| Format | Octavo |
| Book Size | 6 vols.; 23cm x 14cm |
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| First Line Index | No |
| 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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| Citation |
“Folger MS M.a.53–58.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/342. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-11-04 2:14:11 PM |
| Updated | 2023-07-25 11:07:23 AM |
| First Line | Context |
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| A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say |
p. 286. Local title: n/a Attributed author: Mr. Bishop. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Brimful of anger, not of love |
pp. 301–302. Local title: From the Same to the Same with a Pair of Gloves before Marriage. Attributed author: Mr Bishop ["the Same" are here "Bishop, Mr" and his wife]. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: Fir'd by resentment not by love... Other: n/a |
| Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain |
vol. 1, p. 185f Local title: Mrs. Greville's A Prayer to Indifference Attributed author: Mrs. Greville Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: cross-references at the bottom of the page to Lyttleton's reply (p. 408) and Lady Carlisle's Answer (vol. 3, p. 450). |
| Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song |
vol. 1, page: n/a Local title: Few Happy Matches. Attributed author: Dr. Watts. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| The Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear |
pp. 113–119 Local title: Advice to a Lady. 1731 Attributed author: Lord Lyttleton Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed |
pp. 299–301. Local title: A Gentleman on his late Anniversary of his wedding day presented his Wife with a Ring & the following Lines. Attributed author: Mr Bishop. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| What Fears, what Terrors does thy Gift create! |
p. 302. Local title: At the Request of a Gentleman to whom a Lady had given a Sprig of Myrtle. Attributed author: Dr. Johnson. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: "What hopes, what terrors does thy gift create..." Other: n/a |
| Without preamble, to my friend |
vol. 3, pp. 450–453 Local title: Lady Carlisle's Answer to Mrs. Greville's Prayer to Indifference Attributed author: Lady Carlisle Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: cross-references "Prayer to Indifference" (vol. 1 p. 185). |
| Feature | Note |
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| Author attributions | Frequent, some seemingly inserted later. |
| Binding | Post-bound. Pages trimmed very evenly. Marbled paper boards and calf backstrips. Red labels, "Poems," ca. 1795-1817, replaced by Folger in 1952 with green cloth backstrips. |
| Decorations - hand-drawn | In vol. 1 (M.a.53) there is a silhouette of Dixon by his granddaughter, Laura Beercroft. |
| Hands | Single. |
| Indications of use | Opening silhouette by granddaughter, note by daughter, and poem by friend memorialising the compiler serves as a “wreath” in his remembrance set before the collection of poetry he compiled. |
| Organization | M.a. 53 contains introductory remarks by Dixon's daughter, Judith Dixon Beecroft, and a laudatory poem by John Taylor. |
| Ownership mark | Each volume contains the bookplate of John Arundell Hudson. |
| Page layout | Paginated. Impressions of six points on every recto page and outer margin rulings, possibly from a device for guiding lines. These guidemarks disappear after vol. 3. |
| Table of Contents | Yes, at the start of each volume. Labeled "Contents" but actually alphabetical indexes. |
| Title page | Each volume has a title page like "1st: Poems Vol: 1" (or variation – e.g. Volme. 3rd.) except for Vol. 2, which has no title page. |