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english drama10
operas5
irish drama (in english)4
english drama (comedy)3
aphorisms and apothegms2
ballad operas2
college verse2
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gardens2
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Dryden, John (1631-1700)11
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)11
Virgil8
Garrick, David (1717-1779)7
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)6
Handel, George Frideric5
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)5
Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692)5
Milton, John (1608-1674)5
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The last will and testament of the Right Honourable R---t E--l of O----d, late P---e M------r of Great Britain

1745

A satire upon Robert Walpole, earl of Orford, formerly the prime minister.

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A new ballad on Lord D--n---l's altering his chapel at Gr---e into a kitchen

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774); Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1746

On Lord Doneraile's house at Grove. Title vignette. "Printed in Whitehead's Poems, 1777. A different text was added to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams's Odes, 1768, along with other poems not by him;...

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An authentick copy of the last will and testament of the R---t Ho----ble R----- E--l of O----- : With remarks

Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745)

[1745?]

The will is dated March 1741, and the two codicils June 1744; proved March 1744 (O.S.).

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The false patriot : a satyrical epistle to W------ P---------y, Esq; on his being created E----l of B--th, &c

Bath, William Pulteney Earl of (1684-1764)

1742

W------ P---------y = William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. Verse. The ornaments are those used by Ruddiman. Anon.

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L'allegro, ed il penseroso

Milton, John (1608-1674); Milton, John (1608-1674); Jennens, Charles (1700-1773)

[1779]

An oratorio, with the text of Milton's poems issued anonymously; condensed and with minor alterations by Charles Jennens. Drop-head title. Two columns to a page. Possibly issued with Shakespeare...

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L.A. Seneca the philosopher, his book of consolation to Marcia : Tr. into an English poem

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Freeman, Sir Ralph (fl. 1610-1655)

1635

Introduction signed: Philophrastes [i.e. Sir Ralph Freeman] cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue. First and last leaf blank.

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Memoirs of the life of William Wycherley, esq : with a character of his writings

Gildon, Charles (1665-1724); Lansdowne, George Granville Baron (1667-1735)

1718

The Memoirs are by Gildon; the Character by Lansdowne.

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The careless lovers : a comedy acted at the Duke's Theatre

Ravenscroft, Edward (1654?-1707); Molière (1622-1673)

1673

Taken in part from Molière's Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. L3 unsigned; pp.25-32 (E-E4) misnumbered 33-40, but total correct.

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Machiavil's advice to his son· Newly translated out of Italian into English verse. By R.L. Esq

Breton, Nicholas (1545?-1626); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469-1527)

[1681]

Not in fact by Machiavelli and not a translation by R.L., i.e. Roger L'Estrange, but rather an abridgment (by L'Estrange?) of: Breton, Nicholas. The uncasing of Machivils instructions to his sonne. ...

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The quacks : or, Love's the physician. As it was acted (after being twice) forbid at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Swinny, Owen Mac (1754); Molière (1622-1673)

1705

Signatures: [A]-D⁴; E⁸. First edition.

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The revenge a tragedy : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's servants

Young, Edward (1683-1765)

1722

C.B.E.L. gives 1726 as the date of the first Dublin edition, Nicoll, 1733.

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An excellent new ballad to the tune of, How unhappy is Phillis in love

1681

Caption title. A satire in verse on "Old Tony", i.e. A.A. Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury. Stanza [6], l.1, misprint "Poclamation". Anon.

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