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5, ROYAL OPERA ARCADE
version present slight variations. Cowper’s punctuation in the
Manuscript is ignored in the printing.
The Greek Translations comprise 37 poems (only three more were
ever printed) ; the three Translations of the Fables of Gay comprise
all that have appeared in print. The Translations from Vincent
Bourne comprise nine of the twenty-three published.
The well-known “ Norfolk MS.,” so inscribed in a neat hand
of the 18th Century upon the upper cover of the wrapper.
These Poems were written at Dereham, Norfolk, and were formerly
the property of William Hayley the Poet and friend of Cowper and
William Blake, and afterwards the property of Joseph Mayer of
Liverpool.
Together with 2 A.Ll.s. of John Johnson. One written when in
charge of the Poet Cowper, near Swafiham, dated Dunham Lodge,
23 Jan. 1796, to Plowman, and stating that the Poet continues to
mend. Cowper heartily wishes he could get to work and talks of
it every day. “ He has been ill two years ... a longer period
than ever before.” His sane periods cover 7 or 8 years and then
“ he is the most humorous of all creatures.” The second letter to
Upcott, Yaxham Parsonage, East Dereham, Norfolk, 24 Mar. 1823.
“ We are too late for the insertion of the letters (Cowper’s) ... in
the Memoir of Hayley,” " Must reserve them for a second edition.
The work is to be dedicated to Lord Holland.” Will remember
about Cowper as soon as he has time.
93 CUTLER (Sir John). His Original Correspondence to
Aiderman John Morris. 22 A.Ll.s. 1654 t° x675- Rela-
tive to the Irish trouble, Francis Harvie of “ Waxford,”
the sale of a half of the good ship Anna by Sir John and Dr
Thos. Yate of Brasenose, Oxford, Robert Greenwell’s con-
signment of 1240 bars of iron to Cutler, shipments from
Ireland, etc. Guarded and bound in a folio volume, half red
morocco. £10
*** Cutler, the wealthy London merchant, whose avarice was
immortalised by Pope the Poet, and the dramatist, Wycherley,
was knighted by Charles II for his aid in the King’s Restoration.
He was Master-Warden of the Grocer’s Company and a liberal friend
of the College of Physicians, building at his own expense the College’s
Anatomical Theatre, named after him the Cutlerian Theatre.
94 DANBY (The) Family. Fifteen A.Ll.s. and Dd.s. by the
First Earl of Danby and his relatives, 1631 to 1678. Folio.
Half red morocco. fy
Comprising:
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl. Two Dd., each signed by
the Earl and Frances Viscountess Purbecke, relative
to the payment of £1838, 6s. 8d. by the Duchess of
37
version present slight variations. Cowper’s punctuation in the
Manuscript is ignored in the printing.
The Greek Translations comprise 37 poems (only three more were
ever printed) ; the three Translations of the Fables of Gay comprise
all that have appeared in print. The Translations from Vincent
Bourne comprise nine of the twenty-three published.
The well-known “ Norfolk MS.,” so inscribed in a neat hand
of the 18th Century upon the upper cover of the wrapper.
These Poems were written at Dereham, Norfolk, and were formerly
the property of William Hayley the Poet and friend of Cowper and
William Blake, and afterwards the property of Joseph Mayer of
Liverpool.
Together with 2 A.Ll.s. of John Johnson. One written when in
charge of the Poet Cowper, near Swafiham, dated Dunham Lodge,
23 Jan. 1796, to Plowman, and stating that the Poet continues to
mend. Cowper heartily wishes he could get to work and talks of
it every day. “ He has been ill two years ... a longer period
than ever before.” His sane periods cover 7 or 8 years and then
“ he is the most humorous of all creatures.” The second letter to
Upcott, Yaxham Parsonage, East Dereham, Norfolk, 24 Mar. 1823.
“ We are too late for the insertion of the letters (Cowper’s) ... in
the Memoir of Hayley,” " Must reserve them for a second edition.
The work is to be dedicated to Lord Holland.” Will remember
about Cowper as soon as he has time.
93 CUTLER (Sir John). His Original Correspondence to
Aiderman John Morris. 22 A.Ll.s. 1654 t° x675- Rela-
tive to the Irish trouble, Francis Harvie of “ Waxford,”
the sale of a half of the good ship Anna by Sir John and Dr
Thos. Yate of Brasenose, Oxford, Robert Greenwell’s con-
signment of 1240 bars of iron to Cutler, shipments from
Ireland, etc. Guarded and bound in a folio volume, half red
morocco. £10
*** Cutler, the wealthy London merchant, whose avarice was
immortalised by Pope the Poet, and the dramatist, Wycherley,
was knighted by Charles II for his aid in the King’s Restoration.
He was Master-Warden of the Grocer’s Company and a liberal friend
of the College of Physicians, building at his own expense the College’s
Anatomical Theatre, named after him the Cutlerian Theatre.
94 DANBY (The) Family. Fifteen A.Ll.s. and Dd.s. by the
First Earl of Danby and his relatives, 1631 to 1678. Folio.
Half red morocco. fy
Comprising:
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl. Two Dd., each signed by
the Earl and Frances Viscountess Purbecke, relative
to the payment of £1838, 6s. 8d. by the Duchess of
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