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A funeral eclogue to the pious memory of the incomparable Mrs. Wharton
Gould, Robert (1709)
1685
Attributed to Robert Gould. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Place of publication from Wing.
A dialogue between an oak and an orange-tree
1716
Political tract referring to the two parties and their religious views.
The souldiers fortune : a comedy, acted by their Royal Highnesses servants at the Duke's Theatre
Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); Molière (1622-1673)
1681
Dedication to Richard Bentley. Prologue, by the Lord Falkland. First edition. Based on Molière's "L'école des maris."
Literature (Brotherton Collection)
The core English literary section of the Brotherton Collection (based on the bequest of Lord Brotherton's personal library in 1936), with its emphasis on English poetry and drama from 1600 to 1750. Th...
Æsop at the Bell-Tavern in Westminster, or, A present from the October-Club, in a few select fables from Sir Roger L'Estrange, done into English verse... [etc.]
Pittis, William (1674-1724); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1711
The October Club was a cabal of extreme Tories. Anonymous imitations of Aesop's fables, attributed to William Pittis by Foxon; also attributed to J. Swift.
Fatal friendship; or, The drunkards misery : being a satyr against hard drinking
Ames, Richard (1693)
1693
The author of The search after claret = Richard Ames. In verse. Fatal friendship.
Proposals for printing a very curious discourse, in two volumes in quarto, intitled, Psuedologia Politikē, or, A treatise of the art of political lying : with an abstract of the first volume of the said treatise
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1712
With half title. "Psuedololgia politikē" in the title is transliterated for the Greek. By Arbuthnot, but frequently attributed to Swift. The proposed treatise was apparently never published, al...
It cannot rain but it pours : or, London strow'd with rarities. Being, An account of the arrival of a white bear, at the house of Mr. Ratcliff... as also of the faustina, the celebrated Italian singing woman; and of the copper-farthing dean from Ireland. And lastly, of the wonderful wild man that was nursed ... by a wild beast, hunted and taken in toyls ... and is a Christian like one of us, being call'd Peter ... [etc.]
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)
1726
Asserted by Maurice Johnson of Spalding (1688-1755) to have been given to him with The manifesto of Lord Peter by John Gay and to have been written by Gay, Swift, Arbuthnot, Pope and others. Attribu...
Letters concerning the love of God, between the author of the Proposal to the ladies [i.e. Mary Astell], and Mr. John Norris: wherein his late discourse, shewing that it ought to be intire and exclusive of all other Loves, is further cleared and justified
Astell, Mary (1668-1731); Norris, John (1657-1711)
1695
Errors in pagination. Errata: b8v. Advertisement: p. [312]. Caption title: Letters philosophical and divine to Mr. John Norris, with his answers.
An enquiry after wit: wherein the trifling arguing and impious raillery of the late Earl of Shaftsbury, in his Letter concerning enthusiasm, and other profane writers are fully answer'd, and justly exposed
Astell, Mary (1668-1731)
1722
Issued first in 1709, as 'Bart'lemy fair'. Anonymous. By Mary Astell.
The lives of all the princes of Orange : from William the Great, founder of the common-wealth of the United provinces
Aubery du Maurier, Louis (1609-1687); Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)
1693
Originally published, 1680, under title: Mémoires pour servir l'histoire de Hollande et des autres Provinces-unies. Translated under the direction of Thomas Brown, who is said to have personally tr...
A short account of the life and death of Pope Alexander the VII [microform] : with a description of his funeral machin, and elegies erected in St. Peter's Church in Rome : together with an exact relation of the particular ceremonies performed at the creation and coronation of this present Pope Clement the IX. With a catalogue of all the Cardinals
Ayres, Philip (1638-1712); Cavalli, Stefano (1521-1577)
1667
The account of the coronation signed: Stephano Cavalli. The author has rewritten the material found in some Italian papers. Cf. DNB. Microfilm. Indexed in: Wing,