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Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Individual Item Contents: WPRP 400

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Title

Angelica's Ladies Library; or, Parents and Guardians Present. With Eight Elegant Plates, Designed by A. Kauffman, and H. Bunbury

Imprint

London, J. Hamilton, 1794.

Call number

WPRP 400

Physical Description

vi, 440 p. 8 plates 20 cm

Citation

Not in Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women; multiple copies in Worldcat.

Notes

Engraved title vignette. Eight engraved plates. Dedication "To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty," signed: John Hamilton.

Epigraph

“Ev’ry moral charm,
That leads in sweet captivity the mind
To Virtue” Thomson

Contents

DR. GREGORY’S LEGACY TO HIS DAUGHTERS	1
MARMONTEL’S SHEPHERDS OF THE ALPS	47
GUALTHERUS AND GRIFELDA, BY CHAUCER	73
LOVE AND JEALOUSY, BY DRYDEN	105
LADY PENNINGTON’S ADVICE TO HER DAUGHTER	107
AULD ROBIN GRAY	167
MARCHIONESS OF LAMBERT’S ADVICE TO HER DAUGHTER	169
LOVE AND HONOUR, BY WILLIAM SHENSTONE, ESQ.	213
MOORE’S FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX	215
FABLE I. THE EAGLE AND THE ASSEMBLY OF BIRDS	217
FABLE II. THE PANTHER, THE HORSE, AND OTHER BEASTS	223
FABLE III. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOW-WORM	227
FABLE IV. HYMEN AND DEATH	229
FABLE V. THE POET AND HIS PATRON	232
FABLE VI. THE WOLF, THE SHEEP, AND THE LAMB	236
FABLE VII. THE GOOSE AND SWANS	240
FABLE VIII. THE LAWYER AND JUSTICE	244
FABLE IX. THE FARMER, THE SPANIEL, AND CAT	249
FABLE X. THE SPIDER AND THE BEE	253
FABLE XI. THE YOUNG LION AND THE APE	256
FABLE XII. THE COLT AND THE FARMER	260
FABLE XIII. THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE	264
FABLE XIV. THE SPARROW AND THE DOVE	268
FABLE XV. THE FEMALE SEDUCERS	283
FABLE XVI. LOVE AND VANITY	302
LOVE AND HONOUR	317
LOVE AND HOPE, BY LORD LYTTELTON	319
LOVE AND JEALOUSY, BY THE SAME	325
LORD HALIFAX’S ADVICE TO HIS DAUGHTER	329
LADY ANN BOTHWELL’S LAMENTATION	395
MRS. TALBOT’S REFLECTIONS	399
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET	435