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Brotherton Collection178
English Literature178

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english poetry6
english drama4
political satire, english4
english literature2
epic poetry2
longevity2
anti-catholicism1
characters and characteristics1
classical biography1
color1

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Great Britain15
Europe4
France3
Bath (England)1
Greece1
Islington (London, England) In Literature1
Peak District (England)1
Rome1
Turkey1

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People and organisationsCount
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)8
Shippen, William (1673-1743)8
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)8
Dryden, John (1631-1700)5
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)5
Shippen, William5
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)5
Bradshaw, William4
Bradshaw, William (1700-)4
Horace4

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From 1700105

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Brown bread and honour, : a tale. Moderniz'd from an ancient manuscript of Chaucer

1716

Satire, in verse. The ascription to Chaucer is false. Anon.

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A Prophesie, which hath been in a manuscript, in the Lord Powis's family sixty years

[1679]

Forms the left half of a double broadside (meant to be separated), of which the right half is "The Jesuits justification, proving they died as innocent as the child unborn" [London? : s.n., 1679]. V...

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Old Mother Grim's tales, found in an old manuscript, dated 1527 : never before published

Meston, William (1688?-1745)

1737

Signatures: A-M⁴ N2. Published anonymously; by William Meston. False imprint. Published in Edinburgh. Cf. Foxon. A second decade was published in 1738. In verse.

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The story of the St. Alb-ns ghost : or The apparition of Mother Haggy. Collected from the best manuscripts

Wagstaffe, William (1685-1725); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)

1712

Attributed also to Swift and Arbuthnot, possibly in collaboration. Published in "Miscellaneous works of Dr. William Wagstaffe" under title: The story of the St. A----n's ghost. Seems to correspond...

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A choice collection of poetry : by the most ingenious men of the age.... Most carefully collected from original manuscripts, by Joseph Yarrow

Yarrow, Joseph

1738

Titlepage to vol.1 in red and black. With a list of subscribers in vol.1.

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The Pope's advice to his sons : a conference in the Castle St. Angelo between the Pope, the Emperour, and the King of Spain : printed from an ancient manuscript

1679

The conference is between Pope Innocent XI, Leopold I, emperor of Austria, and Charles II, king of Spain [pp.1-6]; and between Pope Innocent XI and a cardinal [pp.6-10]. The text is headed "The cons...

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The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe : The greater part now first published, by her order, from her original manuscripts (v.1)

Rowe, Elizabeth Singer (1674-1737); Rowe, Theophilus; Rowe, Thomas (1687-1715)

1739

First edition.

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The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe : The greater part now first published, by her order, from her original manuscripts (v.2)

Rowe, Elizabeth Singer (1674-1737); Rowe, Theophilus; Rowe, Thomas (1687-1715)

1739

First edition.

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