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english drama13
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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)35
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Miscellania. Or, Poems of all sorts, with divers other pieces

Flecknoe, Richard (1678)

M.D.C.LIII. [1653]

Signatures: A⁴ B-I⁸. Initials; ornaments. Errors in paging: p. 20-21 misnumbered 10-11; 81-98 omitted.

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A petition to the Right Hon. Mr. --, in favour of Mr. Maclean. : By a lady

Bentley, R (1708-1782); Pelham, Henry (1695?-1754); Maclaine, James

1750

A lady = Richard Bentley. Mr. -- = Henry Pelham. A mock petition in verse to Henry Pelham on behalf of James Maclean, highwayman.

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A Collection of miscellany poems, never before publish'd

1737

First edition. Signatures: A(-A11,12),B-E,F(±F8,9=A11,12),G-L. List of subscribers: p. vii-xvii. Issued in 1738 with title: The delights of the muses.

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The innocent epicure, or, The art of angling : a poem

J. S (fl. 1697); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1697

Preface signed: N. Tate. Published later, 1741, with title: Angling. Sig. A8, preceding p. 1, bears Playford's booklist and Brown's fishing tackle advertisement. A paraphrase of Horace's Epistle...

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The comical revenge : or, love in a tub. As it is now acted by His Majesty's servants

Etherege, Sir George (1635?-1691)

1697

Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) E3373.

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Comedies, tragi-comedies, with other poems

Cartwright, William (1611-1643); Lawes, Henry (1596-1662)

1651

Wing C 709; Danton, Library Quarterly, July, 1942, pp. 438-456. First collected ed. For full description cf. G. B. Evans' Comedies... by ... Cartwright; a bibliographical study. This copy has state ...

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The querist, containing several queries, proposed to the consideration of the public

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

1735-1737

By George Berkeley.

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A curry-comb of truth for a certain Dean : or, The Grub-street tribunal

Dunkin, William (1709?-1765)

1736

By William Dunkin.

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