1787 poet (8 risultati)

12mo: 1 p. Very good. 14 closely-written lines. 'A friend of mine was asked by our dear old kind friend Chorley to assist in procuring for a Protege of his a musical education. I think the young person was originally introduced to him by Lady Devonshire. A sum was promised for two years, and the time is approaching for the payment to be made.' Asks if she can tell her 'anything about this'. 'You will be glad to hear I know that my husband is still well - His birthday the 21st. Novr. found him 84.'.…

On upper half of a piece of quarto paper, unevenly torn to make a piece roughly 11 x 18.5 cm. Fair: on aged paper. Part of address from previous letter to 'W. Jerdan | 267 Strand ' on reverse, which is docketed 'Procter | Miss Proby | Cornwalls poems'. Reads 'I inclose you a note left here for you | George says he will review the book for you next week - in the meantime give a flourish in your notice - 'The time does not admit of doing just to the vol. &c &c We are all a Party in this success -'. Jerdan acquired the premises at 267 Strand with his purchase of 'The Satirist' from George Manners, and retained them during the early days of his editorship of the 'Literary Gazette' (beginning circa 1819).…

One page, 12mo. Very good. Docketed in pencil at head. 'I have no knowledge of Mr Tupper [presumably the poetaster Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1810-89] or of his address. I was in hopes that the madness of collecting autographs had subsided - but I am sorry to perceive, from your letter, that this is not yet the Case.'.…

Proctor was a much loved individual in literary circles, from the days of the London Magazine to the mid-Victorian period, in which he was the dedicatee of both Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' and Wilkie Collins's 'Woman in White'. His reputation as a poet was international: he was thought highly of by Pushkin. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse. The letter reads: 'Dear [Harris?] | Pray tell me where [?] I can have some conversation with you about some patients of the name of [Lealer? Lester?], whom you know. If an interview be difficult, then you will perhaps tell me what you know about them (their Conduct I mean) particularly about Miss Anne [Lealer? Lester?]' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. A significant mid-18th-century synthesis of Newtonian cosmology and Evangelical devotion. Moses Browne, a pen-cutter turned clergyman under the influence of James Hervey, utilized his 'Essay on the Universe' to harmonize the vastness of the physical 'Creation' with the structured spiritual life detailed in 'Sunday Thoughts.' Published by the influential Andrew Millar, this volume represents the transition of British religious poetry from classical patronage toward the deeply personal, observational piety that would eventually define the Olney circle. It captures a specific moment in the Georgian era where the 'Astrophil' of the Gentleman?s Magazine successfully merged the scientific awe of the universe with the moral requirements of the Christian Sabbath. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Woodcut ornaments and initials. +++ Binding: Period full calf; five raised spine bands; gilt-ruled spine with a contemporary title label. +++ Content: Combines the first major revision of 'An Essay on the Universe' (originally 1739) with the popular 'Sunday Thoughts' (1849). Features the 'Christian Sabbath' in three distinct parts. +++ Imprint: A. Millar, London. 1752. +++ Specs: 16mo; xiv, viii, [2], 240 pp. CONDITION ? Overall Very Good. The Book: Binding is tight and square. Period calf shows light rubbing and a few minor scratches; the rear board has localized spotting from surface rubs. Internally, the contents are excellent, with clean text and only minimal, light foxing or toning in isolated areas. Note: A small, singular wormhole is present at the upper corner of the final leaves (page 234 through the end), not affecting text. A well-preserved and unsophisticated copy. SCHOLARLY FEATURES +++ Cosmological Poetry: 'An Essay on the Universe' is a primary example of 18th-century didactic verse attempting to explain Newtonian physics and astronomy through a theological lens. +++ Evangelical Lineage: Browne was the predecessor to John Newton as the Vicar of Olney; this work provides the early intellectual foundation for the Evangelical revival in the English Midlands. +++ Publishing History: Printed by Andrew Millar, the publisher of Fielding and Hume, signaling the mainstream commercial appeal of Browne?s devotional works by the mid-century. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ? Moses Browne?s trajectory from a struggling pen-cutter to a favored protégé of the Countess of Hertford is a classic Enlightenment success story. This 1752 collection was instrumental in securing his reputation, eventually leading to his ordination. By framing the 'Universe' as a subject of both scientific and 'Sunday' contemplation, Browne helped bridge the gap between the intellectual elites and the emerging Evangelical middle class, setting the stage for the later hymnodal traditions of Cowper and Newton. SUBJECTS: 18th Century Poetry, Newtonian Cosmology, Evangelical History, Christian Sabbath, Moses Browne, Olney History, Poetry, Devotional Literature, 18th Century Printing. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES: ESTC T83749; Foxon B521; Alston XIII, 35; Northup 687.…

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper. Addressed to 'My Dr Sawyer'. He begins by thanking him for the photograph: 'Whenever I look on it - and I shall do so often - I shall be reminded of the fourth gentle poet who did all he could to make a few pleasant hours for a humble brother during his short sojourn in the great metropolitan maze of this England of ours'. Since his return from London he has been reading Sawyer's book ('Ten Miles from Town', 1866), 'and can feel my way into the heart of its sweet beauty much better here than I could possibly have done amid the turmoil of a city'. He quotes from the book, adding that he is 'content and cann better attune my ear to the melody of your tender verse'. He mentions one poem which 'interested us very much': 'all throughout the book there is such an under-flame of delicate feeling and sentiment that one is fain to stop that one may dream such happy dreams'. He would like to send him a photograph in return, but thinks that he will 'get a better one than I have from our friend Blanchard'. He concludes with his 'kind regards to Mrs Sawyer & dear Procter'.…

4to. 2½ pp. on bifolium. To the Nuremberg architect and artist Carl Alexander Heideloff (1789-1865), who had approached Uhland several weeks earlier, requesting his opinion as a poet. Heideloff had been commissioned to contribute illustrations to the "Dies irae" and "Stabat mater" poems written by a friend from Freiburg, Herr von Stöckern, and the illustrator had apparently been doubtful of the literary quality of the work he was asked to embellish. Uhland allay his fears: "Verehrtester Freund! Ihr werthes Schreiben kam bei mir an, als ich durch Angelegenheiten einer Vormundschaft auf längere Dauer in Anspruch genommen war. Entschuldigen Sie damit meine verspätete Antwort. Die mitgetheilten Uebersetzungen haben mir gleich beim ersten Lesen den Eindruck gemacht, daß hier der rechte Ton des alten kirchlichen Gesangs getroffen sei, und das ist zum Voraus eine Hauptsache. Aber auch im Einzelnen, bei der Vergleichung mit den Texten, ergibt sich sinnige Treue und Sorgfalt, ohne daß darunter die freie Bewegung gelitten hätte. Es ist gewiß richtig, gerade da am genauesten zu reimen, wo der Reim, wie in Dies irae, als ein mehrfacher schwierig ist, eben aber durch den wiederholten Anschlag, besonders im Deutschen, welches dessen weniger gewohnt ist, die Aufmerksamkeit des Ohres auf sich lenkt. Einige Bemerkungen über Einzelstellen habe ich beigelegt. Die versuchten abändernden Fassungen sind nicht so gemeint, als ob damit nun das Rechte gefunden wäre, sie sollten nur meine Absicht positiv ausdrücken und, soweit diese gebilligt wird, das Anlegen der letzten Hand hervorrufen. Erlauben Sie noch, daß ich Anlaß nehme, eine Sache, die nicht mich selbst betrifft, bei Ihnen in wohlwollende Erinnerung zu bringen. Sie übernahmen es vor mehreren Jahren gefälligst, für unsern Landsmann, Dr. Moriz Rapp, damals in Rotweil, sich zum Behuf des Verkaufs einer ihm zugehörigen Sammlung Riepenhausenscher Handzeichnungen im Kreis Ihrer ausgebreiteten Verbindungen umzusehen. Diese Sammlung, der Ihr kundiges Urtheil einen nicht unbedeutenden pekuniären Werth zuerkannte, wird nahezu das Einzige sein, was dem Eigenthümer, der auf Studien und Reisen Vieles verwendet hat, von der väterlichen Erbschaft übrig geblieben ist. Er lebt hier als Docent an der Universität, mit dem Titel eines Professors, aber ohne den festen Gehalt eines solchen, mit einem kleinen, widerruflichen Wortgeld. Seine ausgezeichnete sprachwissenschaftliche Kenntniß und Begabung, wovon ein Werk, das sich eben im Drucke befindet ["Vergleichende Grammatik", vol. 1, Cotta 1852], neues Zeugniß ablegen wird, ist zwar wohl geeignet, ihm als Gelehrten Achtung zu verschaffen, nicht aber, da diese Fächer kein zahlreiches Publikum haben, ihm auch ergiebige schriftstellerische oder akademische Honorare abzuwerfen. Seine Gesundheit ist öfters leidend und all dieß zusammen macht es seinen Freunden höchst wünschenswerth, daß ihm für spätere Jahre das Mögliche gewahrt bleibe. Darum würden Sie einem wahren Anliegen derselben erfreulich entgegenkommen, wenn Sie wirklich für jenen ererbten Kunstschatz ein entsprechendes Angebot zu erlangen vermöchten, oder, sofern Sie hiezu keine Aussicht mehr haben, solchen jetzt an Rapp zurückgehen ließen, damit er selbst etwa sich ergebende Gelegenheit zum Verkaufe wahrnehmen könnte. Ich schreibe dieß, ohne dazu von Rapp, der seine eigenen Interessen nur zu wenig betreibt, irgend beauftragt oder veranlaßt zu sein, einzig weil mir sein Geschick am Herzen liegt und ich mich zugleich der freundlichsten Gesinnung von Ihrer Seite stets zu erfreuen hatte. Indem ich das Manuscript der Lieder hiebei zurückgebe und dem geehrten Uebersetzer mich bestens zu empfehlen bitte, bin ich mit alter Freundschaft und Hochachtung der Ihrige [.]". - Uhlands Briefwechsel IV (1916), p. 17f., no. 2428 "(Or[iginal] war 1908 im Handel").…

The letter, to Charles Kincaid at Glasgow explaining that ill health had prevented him from complying with Kincaid's request for his autograph earlier. 1-side 8vo. Dated Brechin June 11th, 1848. With on the conjugate leaf his autograph poem "The Wayside Flower" - "There's a moral, my child, / In the wayside flower; / There's an emblem of life / In its short liv'd life.". 3-stanzas, each of 8-lines. Signed and inscribed "To Charles G. Kincaid Esq. With the respectful and best wishes of the author. 1848". Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Laing 'the Brechin poet' was the son of an agricultural labourer. He received only two years schooling and became a cowherd at the age of eight.…