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english drama15
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characters and characteristics4
conduct of life4
latin poetry, medieval and modern4
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irish drama (in english)3

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Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)53
Dryden, John (1631-1700)29
Steele, Richard25
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)22
Blackmore, Sir Richard (1729)21
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)16
Dryden, John16
Horace16
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)16
Brome, Richard (1652)14

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An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Cobham, Richard Temple Viscount (1669?-1749)

1734

Better known by half-title: Of the knowledge and characters of men.

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The English princess, or, The death of Richard III : a tragedy

Caryll, John (1625-1711)

1667

First edition?. Written by John Caryll; cf. Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1961: v. 1, p. 395. "Licensed May 22, 1667, Roger L'Estrange." Includes an untitled song without music.

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An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Cobham, Richard Temple Viscount (1669?-1749); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1733

Signatures: [A]-E². First edition. Issued January, 1734. Better known by half-title: Of the knowledge and characters of men. With book list of L. Gilliver on recto of last leaf.

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The character of Richard St-le, Esq; with some remarks

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Wagstaffe, William (1685-1725); Gucht, Michael van der (1660-1725)

1713

First edition. A satire on Sir Richard Steele. Attributed to both Jonathan Swift and William Wagstaffe. Plate: frontispiece portrait engraved by M. van der Gucht. Signatures: [A]², B-E⁴. Ha...

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An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham. By Mr. Pope

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1733 [1734]

Half-title: 'Of the knowledge and characters of men.. '. With a final advertisement leaf. Publication date from Foxon.

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The tragical history of King Richard III : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
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The tragical history of King Richard III : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1751

Titlepage in red and black.

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Two epistles; one, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; the other, to a lady

Gay, John (1685-1732); Burlington, Richard Boyle earl of (1694-1753)

[1715?]

The second epistle has a separate titlepage: 'An epistle to a lady, occasion'd by the arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The fifth edition.' London: printed for Bernard Lintot. Neith...

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A congratulary poem to the right honourable Richard Earl Rivers, upon his lordship's expedition

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Rivers, Richard Savage Earl

1706

Indexed in: Foxon T 49.5.

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King Richard III : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1778

Two columns to a page.

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Stowe, the gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham : address'd to Mr. Pope

West, Gilbert (1703-1756); Bickham, George (1706?-1771)

1732

Has been wrongly ascribed to George Bickham the younger. Published anonymously. By Gilbert West. Cf. Foxon.

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Astraea's tears : an elegie upon the death of that reverend, learned and honest judge, Sir Richard Hutton, Knight

Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)

1641

The long title-poem is followed by 4 epitaphs or elegies and (with separate title page) "Panaretees triumph, or, Hymens heavenly hymne". The collation differs from that given in Grolier no.88: the f...

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The first ode of the second book of Horace paraphras'd : and address'd to Richard St--le, Esq

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Horace; Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1714

Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Master microform held by: ResP. By Jonathan Swift. Indexed in: References: Goldsmiths' Lib. cat : 5184; Teerink 595; Rothschild 2053.

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