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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 458
Title
MS poem, entitled 'To Mr Pope. Upon Bentley's Railing at Him', by Samuel Wesley, the younger; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of four quatrains.
The name of the author is not given on this text.
Title Of Work
To Mr. Pope. Upon Bentley's Railing at Him
First Line of Poem
Depend not upon Verse for Fame
Last Line of Poem
And Bentley was thy Foe
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Physical match: Pw V 451 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 452 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 453 (dimensions, paper, script) & Pw V 461 (dimensions, paper, script)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Monogram PvL, approx. 22 x 18 mm
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1123
Pope; Alexander (1688-1744); poet
1688-1744
NA38746
Bentley; Richard (1662-1742); Dr; D.D.; scholar and critic; Master of Trinity College Cambridge 1700-1742
1662-1742
NA72806
Wesley; Samuel (1691-1739); Mr; the younger
1691-1739
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