The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Ebor ( - )
Below Ebor's guestbook entry, Thoresby annotates that William and John Ebor are "both learned & pious authors." Relationships: William Ebor was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
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W:William Ebor
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(both learned &
pious Authors)
thJuly 1719.
Enjoy the present hour, be thankfull for the past,
And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.[*] Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), Imitations, Martial., Lib X, Ep. XLVII.
Vitæ summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.[*] Horace, Odes, 1.4, line 15: "The shortness of life forbids us long hopes."
(both learned &
pious Authors)