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First line: ‘Fine Women are delicate things’.

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A Dialogue between two Brothers

Fine Women are delicate things
The Comfort and Joy of Man’s Life
Companions for Nobles and Kings,
Then who would but have a good Wife

Brother Billy O what do you mean?
Are not Women the Authors of Strife,
Many desperate Snares have I seen.
Then who would be plagu’d with a Wife?

When a Man’s incumber’d with Care
She’ll help for to Nourish his Life:
And part of the Burthen she’ll bear.
Then who would but have a good Wife

But they’ll plunder my silver and Gold
And ramble abroad to the life
Besides they are give to Scold,
Then who would be plagued with a Wife

Oh! why do you covet your wealth
It will bring you to sorrow and Strife
When you came of a Woman yourself
Then why should you hate a good Wife

I hate not a Woman he cryed
But O the sad Name of a Wife
I cannot endured† to be tyed
To Sorrow all Days of my life

Besides they have flattering tongues
They’ll Cousin a Man out of his Life
Ah! and Cuckold us when we are young
The[n] who would be plagued with a Wife

‘Nihil agendum quod actum nollemus novissime.’ Dated at Leiden.

Acknowledges the receipt of forty guineas for the copyright of a poem (by Philips) entitled Cyder, in two books. A memorandum by Tonson dated the same day records that ‘Mr Phillips is to have ten Guineas more upon a Second Edition’.

Information on most of the seniors added in MS notes beside the pasted-in sheet. 'The Master' is written, rather than Thompson's proper name.

(Dated ‘[th]e Aug Fridy 1875’ (sic) and postmarked 21 Aug. Docketed ‘Aug[u]st [th]e 18–75’.)

‘Thiologi, non Theologi, quorum sensa, verba et facta ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγος per fidem inhabitans vivaci influxu non animat.’ Dated at Amsterdam. Numbered 79.

(Dated ‘March [th]e 1753 [sic] | Wendsday Night 9 cClock’. Two messages, the second of which was added as a postcript.)

Acknowledges that Jacob and Richard Tonson are entitled to one moiety of the copyrights of Dr Parnell’s Poems and a play called Chit-Chat, by Killigrew, which have previously been printed with Lintot’s name alone as proprietor; and promises that the Tonsons' names will appear as proprietors in future editions. ‘The Battle of the Frogs and Mice’ he claims as entirely his own, except when it is printed with the rest of Parnell’s Poems.

‘In foraminis Petræ quiesco.’ Dated at Nuremberg.

(For the identity of the author see W. C. Newsam and J. Holland, The Poets of Yorkshire (1845), pp. 121–2.)

(Dated ‘March [th]e 1753 [sic] | Wendsday Night 9 cClock’. Two messages, the second of which was added as a postcript.)

Re money going missing from a letter sent by Ann Sutton, a woman in Rising's service.

20 Marlborough Square, Chelsea.—Praises Milnes’s poem on the funeral of Miss Berry, and encloses some poems of his own.

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20 Marlbro Sq | Chelsea
1 Dec 1852

My dear Sir

It is not the first time I have had the pleasure of addressing you, having formerly sent to you a small Vol the feeble effort of my Muse, (“Spring Buds 1844”) and also some lines on the Coronation of Her present Majesty. I merely allude to these trifles by way of preface & recalling to your recollection my former correspondence. But the object of my present writing is to express to you my most cordial thanks for the gratification I yesterday derived from reading your simple but touching Poem on the funeral of Miss Berry. 27 Nov 1852. in the Times[.] I know not indeed when I have perused (in recent days) a Poem that has so pleased me Descriptive—simple, solemn—earnest, philosophic—Christian[—]every thing that could be desired[.] If people & poets would but only feel as you express yourself how much of real Poetry if we had but eyes to see & hearts to feel of there is in our every day path & how flowers & affection might be bid to bloom in many a spot now flat, stale, and unprofitable but, thank GOD, there are still left on the Earth some few (though but few I fear) who appreciate the gifts of heaven in Patience, Providence, and Grace; that you my dear Sir may long be spared to adorn our Literature and our Senate is the very sincere wish of

Yours very sincerely
Saml Shepherd F.S.A.

PS. I have taken the liberty of enclosing with this hurried but hearty scrawl—two or three Sonnets & Poems I have recently composed. One on the loss of our great Duke {2} & a small Poetical tribute to the Memory of the late talented Dr G. A. Mantell.

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{1} Brackets supplied. ‘“Spring Buds 1844”’ is interlined.

{2} The Duke of Wellington, who had died on 14 September.

‘Multi multa sciunt et seipsos nesciunt: cum summa philosophia sit cognitio sui.’ Dated at Jena.