Search Results: Miscellaneous Literary from Sophie Dupre

(1) 'Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth', ordaining "every Swanherde" to keep "any swannes or signettes... in a pen or pit within xx foote of the common stremes... or... the Queenes highway... so that the Quenes subiects... may have syght of the said swannes, upon payne of xx s", (from the Bodleian Library) (2) 'The Case of Swans', a judgment about the ownership of swans and cygnets, remarking that "the cock swan is an emblem... of an affectionate and true husband to his wife", and talking learnedly about the swan singing as death approaches, (from Coke's Reports, in the case of The Queen v. Lady Jane Young), and (3) 'Ye Swan Warden to ye Father of ye Vintners' Company', 20 lines of verse, beginning 'If you're anxious to retain my fond affection, Father dear', begging him to rise early for the Swan-Upping next morning, 'from a Sixteenth Century Broadsheet' but clearly a spoof, and saying the Vintners' Swans, if dying,… Read More

sending a "2nd Edition of my 'Oxford Reformers'. You spoke so kindly of your interest in the 1st... The chief amplification is the connection between Colet", (c. 1467-1519, Dean of St.Paul's, the great humanist educator) "& Florence & the Dionysian school of thought", 2 sides 8" x 5", Hitchin Bank ('Bank' crossed out), 28th June a little worn without loss Seebohm argued that the reforms advocated by Colet, Erasmus and More could have avoided the Reformation crisis.

congratulating him on his safe return from Russia on Government business, he sends the British Academy's draft report on transliteration of Cyrillic, and asks whether he prefers 'zh' or 'j' on which the committee is evenly divided, quoting the Persian equivalents, 4 side 8vo., 82 Cornwall Gardens, S.W.7., 7th April

saying he has "received your dainty Book of English Verse on Infancy & Childhood. I am sure I shall find much to enjoy & appreciate in it. I am a bad reader of poetry... but rather tends to make books of selections... I hope that the Oxford visit has proved in every way delightful & a success this year...", 1 side 8vo., New College, Oxford, 26th July

concerning James Form Hartwright, "a late member of our Choir, now at School at the Boys High School, but living in the school House would like to be confirmed this spring. Have you a confirmation in All Saint's Church & could you present him with your candidates? I did some work in the way of preparation with him last year and would see him again this year if you were good enough to present him... He seems a nice quiet well behaved boy and has, I believe a genuine wish to be confirmed..", 3 sides 8vo., New College, Oxford, 22nd February

recommending "Mr E. V. Culme Seymour open Exhibitioner of New College has borne always an excellent character - that he has worked well and steadily and that we have good hopes that he will distinguish himself in the Schools. He has much independence & force of character & should, I think, make his mark & way in the world... an Exhibition would be of very great assistance to him and that without further help it is a hard struggle for his father to continue...", 2 sides 8vo., New College, Oxford, 24th December

regretting that they will not see each other as "you are inaccessible every morning & I am engaged every evening. But my regard for you, my respect, I had almost said my Reverence will accompany me to the end of my existence - I have put the paper which you obligingly sent in the hands of Lady Ann Hamilton & it will be laid before the law advisers of the Queen. If Mr Roc be with you present my best compts to him - The Queen has written a firm and wise letter to her Royal Consort, But I expect little good from it...", 2 side 8vo., with integral autograph address leaf, Cumberland Place, 9th August

saying "Yorkshire and Beverley are famous spots to dwell in... even if they have not the peculiar tender romance of Wales", referring him for "the sea blue bird of March" to "Hallams full and faithful life of his father", Lord Tennyson, "It is taken from the Greek poet Alcman", he thinks the halcyon "is most seen in March when the leaves are still not on, but I have seen it in January and July", he talks of other poets and other Morrises, and asks "Have you read The Good Companions which everybody is talking of; a tribute to Yorkshire?", 2 sides 8vo., 74 Woodstock Road, Oxford, 10th April '1903', really faint trace of paper clip

who has recalled Keble's visit to his father at Nunburnholme, saying "If I publish my lecture I shall try to make use of it", talking of Wales, and suggesting Henry VII rather than Lloyd George as "the greatest man it ever produced... George Meredith used to contend that all the best English poets had Welsh bood in their veins... I am very fond of Vaughan, the Swan of Usk", 1 side folio, Magdalen College, 29th November

sending "the fragment of Sallust [not present]" from the preface to the "Bellum Catilinarium", which, "however feeble the translation", exemplifies "the Stoical doctrines. The beauty of Virtue, & the efficacy of Science are the objects of a glowing panegyric", he also sends "the two first volumes of Shakespeare containing all the prefaces of his editors" among which that of Dr Johnson "is a masterly production glowing in every paragraph with sound judgement, nervous expressions & acute investigations", he contrasts those of Theobald, Pope and Warburton, he continues "When I reflect on your situation I realy pity you... since social conversation is denied you", and talks of the sources of happiness sought by different people, his own view is "extend [man's] sphere of reflection, & you extend his sphere of pleasure in the same ratio... I need not make an application of what I have written above, you can do… Read More

sending a "cheque for £20 at my daughter's request. I hardly know what to say about advertising. I have done the whole of my own work without advertising, publishing lists of subscriptions, or anything of the kind. I have always disliked it and thought it ostentatious. Yet some say that it practically pays, and that the advertised subscriptions attract others. I have no kind of notion what it would cost. At any rate the repeated mentions of me might be all rolled into one and it should be made plain that it is merely gathered by me - not all my own giving. Where would you advertise if you do? The Times, I suppose. I have no practise in such things...", 2 sides 8vo., Somerleaze, Wells, Somerset, 9th November

the first a brief letter inviting him to tea, the next commiserating with him on missing his first, and telling him that he nearly achieved it, quoting from the examiner "Richmond did some good work but was not quite up to the level of the first class, except perhaps in his history, he came very near it in his Old Testament work, and was good in New Test & in doctrine. He gave me the impression that with a little more time or trouble he might have got into the first Class", ending by telling him what a pleasure it has been to work with him, a year later he is glad to find "that you are up this term and to see you are better", inviting him to din and "meet Pule, who is preaching for us in Chapel on Sunday...", the final letter says that he has signed "the College Testimonials for Holy Orders, and I hope they are reaching you today. I cannot send them without writing you a line to say how much I hope you may be able to do good and useful work as a clergyman and I… Read More

(1684 or 1685 - 1765, 2nd Master of Westminster, 1714, Headmaster 1733-1753), headed "D[omin]o Nicol A. Alsop", gently urging him to take a wife, rather in the manner of Gilbert's 'Take a pair of sparkling eyes', but in grammatical terms, talking of singular and plural, perfection in mood and figure, increasing in the genitive (like some 3rd declension nouns), principal parts ('genitum' follows 'genui'), altogether a most polished set of verses, 34 lines, this copy 2 sides 8vo., no date, c. small tear in bottom edge without loss of text Alsop was a fine writer of lyric verses, which he dedicated to his friends and patrons. He and Nicoll were both at Westminster, and will have overlapped at Christ Church, Oxford, where Alsop was tutor to 'the principal noblemen and gentlemen'. In 1717 Alsop was involved in a breach of promise of marriage and, losing the case, left England for a while. The present verses are apparently unpublished. They are found with… Read More

showing her seated at her desk, half length, turned full face, at her home in Regent's Park, no date, c. The "flimsy" on the verso describes her as "the first peeress to write cinema plays", saying that three of her works "are about to be produced by the Clarendon Film Company".

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