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Date
[1775]
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No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
5 leaves
Language
English
Genre
Literary
Communications
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 226187
Knapp, M.E. Checklist of verse by David Garrick: 41
Folger call number: W.b.464, fol. 43-46
Folger holdings ID: 279867
Knapp, M.E. Checklist of verse by David Garrick: 41
Folger call number: W.b.464, fol. 43-46
Folger holdings ID: 279867
Summary
6 versions; four autographs, two transcripts
Notes
General notes
Versions listed in the Folger card index of first lines. First line: Here lies a man misfortune could not bend; Here lies a man ye selfish minds attend; This dust inclos'd a wit and manly mind; His youth inspir'd by Pope's poetick flame Dorse of leaf 43 is a fragment beginning: If o'er his friends wit spread. A letter from L.B. accompanies the last Also available on microfilm
Also known as
Extended title: Epitaph on Paul Whitehead by David Garrick [1775]
Alternate titles: Here lies a man ye selfish minds attend, Here lies a man misfortune could not bend, His youth inspir'd by Pope's poetick flame, This dust inclos'd a wit and manly mind
Alternate titles: Here lies a man ye selfish minds attend, Here lies a man misfortune could not bend, His youth inspir'd by Pope's poetick flame, This dust inclos'd a wit and manly mind
Related names
author: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
subject: Whitehead, Paul, 1710-1774
subject: L. B., active 1775
correspondent: L. B., active 1775
subject: Whitehead, Paul, 1710-1774
subject: L. B., active 1775
correspondent: L. B., active 1775