Poems, on several occasions / by Ann Yearsley, a milkwoman of Bristol.
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TextPublisher: London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXXV [1785]Description: xxx, 127, [1] pages ; 26 cm (4to)Accession Number: (PPRF)1352/18; (OCoLC)3596881Content type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
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List of subscribers: pages xiii-xxvii.Source of Acquisition: 2025.Binding Information: Contemporary half-calf, speckled tan boards, spine ruled in gilt, black morocco spine label lettered in gilt, edges stained yellow. Bound 1st in volume with: Poems on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Clifton, Near Bristol, Being Her Second Work. London: Printed for the Author, 1787; [William Woty], The Graces: A Poetical Epistle from a Gentleman to his Son. London: Printed for the Author, 1774; and [William Combe], A Letter to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire. London: Fielding and Walker, 1777. PPRF.Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
- 821/.6 20
- PR3779.Y4 A17
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"A prefatory letter to Mrs. Montagu" by Hannah More: pages iii-xii
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Night, to Stella -- Thoughts on the author's own death -- To a friend; on Valentine's Day -- Another Valentine, to another person -- A fragment -- On the sudden death of a friend -- To Mr. R---, on his benevolent scheme for rescuing poor children from vice and misery, by promoting Sunday schools -- To Mrs. M--s -- To Stella; on a visit to Mrs. Montagu -- To the same; on her accusing the author of flattery, and of ascribing to the creature that praise which is only due to the creator -- Soliloquy -- Address to friendship -- To the Honourable H--e W--e, on reading the Castle of Otranto -- To her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Portland -- On Mrs. Montagu -- Clifton Hill.
List of subscribers: pages xiii-xxvii.
2025. PPRF
Contemporary half-calf, speckled tan boards, spine ruled in gilt, black morocco spine label lettered in gilt, edges stained yellow. Bound 1st in volume with: Poems on Various Subjects, by Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Clifton, Near Bristol, Being Her Second Work. London: Printed for the Author, 1787; [William Woty], The Graces: A Poetical Epistle from a Gentleman to his Son. London: Printed for the Author, 1774; and [William Combe], A Letter to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire. London: Fielding and Walker, 1777. PPRF