Commonplace book, [ca. 1821-1840].
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CMV33143
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Osborn d78
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Commonplace book, [ca. 1821-1840].
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Brief Summary:
A manuscript collection of prose and verse anecdotes, verses, quotations, and maxims.
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The collection includes: historical miscellanea on government, law, political philosophy, church hierarchy, and contemporary politicians. Notes on Carolingian, Confucian, Solomonic, Egyptian, Roman, Athenian, and Spartan laws; on slavery and legal status of mixed-race children in the West Indies; on the Spanish Inquisition and Protestant Reformation; on English kings and queens; against universal suffrage; on Catholic clergy in Ireland; on the House of Commons; axioms of Burgleigh [sic]; a few brief riddles and verse satires. Includes a brief excerpt from David Hume’s History of England, quotes from la Bruyere, Byron, Dryden, Voltaire, and others, and several excerpts in French, and a few in Latin. Entries dated 1821-1840.
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Church, David Hume, History, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Riddle, Satire, Verse
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141 pp.
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90 x 120 mm
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The paper is watermarked with the date ‘1821’.
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