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drama2
english poetry2
agincourt, battle of, agincourt, france, 14151
heraldry1
history, ancient1
history, modern1
nobility1
proverbs1
world history1

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Dryden, John (1631-1700)3
Brome, Alexander (1620-1666)1
Brooke, Ralph1
Brooke, Ralph (1553-1625)1
Brooke, Ralph, 1553-16251
Casaubon, Meric1
Casaubon, Meric (1599-1671)1
Catholic Church1
Collier, Jeremy, 1650-17261
D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723)1

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An essay on the Dunciad : an heroick poem

1728

Guerinot, p. 127-29.

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Of dramatick poesie : an essay

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1693

Signatures: A-G⁴. Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) D2329.

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Select proverbs, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Scotish [sic], British, &c. chiefly moral : the foreign languages done into English

Mapletoft, John (1631-1721)

1707

Author identified as John Mapletoft; cf. Halkett & Laing v. 5. Publisher's advertisements: p. [127-128].

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Of dramatick poesie, : an essay

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Herringman, Henry (1704)

1684

One of a number of copies with the variant spelling 'Dreyden' on the title-page. Indexed in: References: Wing D2328; ESTC (RLIN) R228550.

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Men-miracles : with other poemes

Lluelyn, Martin (1616-1682)

1646

Place of publication and publisher suggested by Wing. Errors in paging: p. 78-79 omitted in numbering only; p. 126-127 misprinted 127-126.

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The odes and satires of Horace

Horace; Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Rochester, Laurence Hyde Earl of; Horace

1715

Numbering of pages 126-127 and 161-176 repeated, and pages 143-160 omitted in pagination; text continuous. A piracy of Tonson's edition of the same year.

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Crazy tales

Hall-Stevenson, John (1718-1785)

1769

Verse. Author's dedication signed A.S., i.e. Antony Shandy = John Hall Stevenson. With a half-title. Final p. blank.

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Poems on several occasions

Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)

1717

Title vignette. Dedication signed: E. Fenton. "Errata": verso of 3d prelim. leaf. The [8] p. at end are advts.

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Ovid travestie : a burlesque upon Ovid's epistles. The third edition, enlarged with ten epistles never before printed

Radcliffe, Alexander (fl. 1669-1696)

1696

An expanded version of his response to: Stevenson, Matthew. The wits paraphras'd, or, Paraphrase upon paraphrase (Wing R125). Stevenson's work is an attack on Dryden's translation of Ovid. In vers...

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The history of the world : the second part, in six books: being a continuation of the famous History of Sir Walter Raleigh, knight: beginning where he left; viz. at the end of the Macedonian kingdom, and deduced to these later-times; that is, from the year of the world 3806, or 160 years before Christ, till the end of the year 1640. after Christ

Ross, Alexander (1591-1654); Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552?-1618)

1652

Numerous errors in paging: including the omission of nos. 179-180 and 193-220, the repetition of nos. 158-159, 397-400, and 545-556. "A brief chronology of the principal passages faln out in the wor...

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Of dramatick poesie, an essay

Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1668

First edition. Signatures: A-K⁴. Indexed in: Macdonald 127a.

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Poems upon several occasions

Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)

1716

Publisher's advertisements: p. [207-208]. "The British enchanters; or, No magick like love. A dramatick poem" (p. [127]-206) has special t. p. As in the first edition, the author's name is given i...

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