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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 365
Title
MS poem, untitled, by Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of four quatrains.
Note in Francis Needham's hand on folder states: In Lady M Harley's Commonplace book, p 229, this poem is headed 'By Ld Middlesex on Miss F being proposed to him'.
First Line of Poem
In vain with Riches you wou'd Try
Last Line of Poem
All other Bribes are Vain
Language
English
Physical Description
Quarto folded once forming two octavos
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate crowned shield, approx. 60 x 52 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1110
Needham; Francis (1900-1971); Mr; librarian to the 6th Duke of Portland
1900-1971
NA74527
Middlesex; Lord
NA12483
Sackville; Charles (1711-1769); 2nd Duke of Dorset; styled Lord Middlesex until 1765 opera financier
1711-1769
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