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Brotherton Collection1317
English Literature1317

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SubjectCount
english drama31
english poetry20
ballad operas8
oratorios8
songs, english8
conduct of life7
operas7
pharsalus, battle of, 48 b.c7
ballads, english6
political science6

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Great Britain38
Rome23
France8
London (England)6
Spain5
Granada (Kingdom)3
England2
Ireland2
Portugal2
Turkey2

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People and organisationsCount
Dryden, John (1631-1700)64
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)48
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)39
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)34
Dryden, John25
Hills, Henry25
Hills, Henry (1713)25
Horace23
Pope, Alexander23
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)21

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A translation of the second satyr of Persius. By T. Brewster, A.M.... [etc.]

Persius; Brewston, Thomas (1705-)

1733

Indexed in: Foxon B437.

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The comical lovers : A comedy. Acted by subscription at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

[1707]

First edition. Attributed to Cibber by New CBEL, with publication date given as 1707. Signatures: [A] ([A] half-t.p., [A]2 t.p.) B-I⁴ K⁴. Advertisement: bottom of t.p. "Composed of the com...

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Miscellaneous poems and translations

Travers, Henry (fl. 1731)

1740

First York edition?. Signatures: [a]-d⁴, A-Zz⁴.

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The elogy of nothing : dedicated to Nobody; with a postface

Trifler, T

1742

Signatures: [A]-D⁴.

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Tartuffe: or The French Puritan : A comedy, lately acted in the Theatre Royal

Molière (1622-1673); Medbourne, M (1679)

1670

First edition. Errors in paging.

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A tale of a tub : Written for the universal improvement of mankind.... To which is added, an account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James's library

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Nutt, John (active 1690?-1711?)

1704

With advertisements on verso of A1. Signatures: A⁶ B-X⁸ Y¹. "Battel" and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation..." has separate t.p. but pagination is continuous. Anonymous. By J...

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The odes and satyrs of Horace

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

1717

Final p. blank. A5 misprinted A3; p. 118 misnumbered 181.

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Three odes from the second book of Horace imitated

Horace

1739

Anon. Latin and English texts vis-à-vis.

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A sick-bed soliloquy to an empty purse : in Latin and English verse. Most humbly submitted and inscribed to the Right Honourable John Earl of Stair. To which is added A curse upon Punch; in imitation of the third epode of Horace: addressed to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Visc. Kilmory

Mitchell, Mr Joseph (1684-1738); Needham, Thomas Viscount Kilmorey; Stair, John Dalrymple Earl of (1673-1747); Horace; Mears, W (fl. 1713-1729)

[1735?]

Date suggested by ESTC. Signatures: [A]-B⁴.

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