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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 246
Title
Autograph MS speech, entitled 'Uganda's speech, design'd to conclude the British Enchanters', by George Granville, Baron Lansdowne; n.d.
Date
1667-1735
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 45 lines.
From Granville's play 'The British Enchantress' (1706).
Endorsed in lead 'Lord Lansdowne's hand'.
Title Of Work
Uganda's speech, design'd to conclude the British Enchanters
First Line of Poem
Prophetick fury, rowls within my Breast
Last Line of Poem
To trust thy Powr, safe in thy Piety
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Letters HR, 12 x 24 mm; gold graphed
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
S. Johnson, Poets (1779) XXV, pp 310-311
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Dates of existence
NA29687
Granville; George (1667-1735); Baron Lansdowne; cr. 1711; imprisoned in Tower on suspicion of Jacobitism 1715-1717
1667-1735
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