Part ff. 156–62 - ‘Common Place in 1. Universal Knowledge. 2. Divinity. Vol. Ist.’

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Crewe MS/29/ff. 156–62

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‘Common Place in 1. Universal Knowledge. 2. Divinity. Vol. Ist.’

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  • 1720 (Creation)

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7 leaves

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Henley, John (1692–1756), dissenting minister and eccentric, known as Orator Henley

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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On the first page is written ‘1720 | J Henley. A.M.’ Subjects covered include the drinking of healths, Pope’s preface to his translation of the Iliad (6 vols., 1715–20), and his essay on Homer (i. 1–63), hair, judging the quality of pictures, distinguishing orig-inals and copies, handwriting, Thomas Wood’s Institute of the Laws of England (1724), and the plague.

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      Bound into Crewe MS 29 (ff. 156–62).

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