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Author |
Barbauld, Mrs. Anna Laetitia (1743-1825) |
Title |
A Legacy for young ladies, consisting of miscellaneous
pieces, in prose and verse. |
Imprint |
Boston : David Reed, 1826. |
Call number |
WPRP 103. |
Physical description |
viii, 151, [1] p. ; 18 cm |
Citation |
Jackson,
Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 19. |
Notes |
Gift of Edward and June Sampson. |
Notes |
Contains Preface. |
Epigraph |
none |
Online copies |
CU Digital Library
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Contents |
True Magicians |
1 |
A Lecture on the Use of Words |
10 |
The Pine and the Olive: a Fable |
13 |
On Riddles |
15 |
The King in his Castle |
20 |
On Female Studies |
24 |
The Rich and the Poor: a Dialogue |
33 |
Description of a curious Animal lately found in
the Wilds of Derbyshire |
40 |
On the Classics |
42 |
Letter of a Young King |
54 |
Verses written in the Leaves of an Ivory Pocket-book,
presented to master T***** |
59 |
On Plants |
61 |
On a Portrait of a Lady and Two Children |
64 |
Earth |
65 |
On the Uses of History |
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Letter I |
68 |
Letter II |
73 |
Letter III |
79 |
Letter IV |
85 |
Fashion: a Vision |
94 |
To Miss D**** |
102 |
On the Birth of a Friend’s eldest Son |
103 |
Epitaph on a Goldfinch |
105 |
The Morning Repast |
106 |
Description of Two Sisters |
107 |
A Character |
109 |
Pic-nic |
110 |
Letter from Grimalkin to Selima |
113 |
Petition of a Schoolboy to his Father |
117 |
The River and the Brook: a Fable |
120 |
The Lament: a Ballad |
121 |
Allegory on Sleep |
123 |
To *******, occasioned by his Poem on the Sun |
127 |
A Hymn |
128 |
On Friendship |
130 |
Confidence and Modesty: a Fable |
135 |
The Death-bed |
137 |
A Dialogue of the Dead, between Helen, and Madame
Maintenon |
139 |
A Riddle |
144 |
On Expense |
145 |
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