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John Beaumont : An Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis Beaumont

'[Charles] Lamb copied ... [John Beaumont, Bart., the elder, "An Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis Beaumont"] into his copy of Beaumont and Fletcher's Fifty Comedies and Tragedies (1679).'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Lamb      Print: Unknown

John Beaumont : [poems]

'[Sir George] Beaumont wriote to W[ordsworth] on 10 Aug. 1806, saying: "I am sure you will be pleased with my ancestor (sir Johns) Poems. the more I read them the more I am pleased, his mind was elevated, pious & pure."'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir George Beaumont      

John Beaumont : Woman Pleased

'Wednesday May 10th. [...] Read Women Pleased [sic] and tragedy of Thierry & Theodoret of Beaumont & Fletcher.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Claire Clairmont      Print: Book

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