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Brotherton Collection1176
English Literature1176

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english drama24
english poetry20
theater12
english literature11
ballad operas10
classical poetry9
operas8
oratorios8
popish plot, 16787
church and state5

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Great Britain64
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Europe5
France5
Rome3
Italy2
Spain2
Bath (England)1
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Dryden, John (1631-1700)52
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)50
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)38
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)30
Pope, Alexander, 1688-174428
Dryden, John27
Hills, Henry22
Hills, Henry (1713)22
Tonson, Jacob19
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)19

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Letters of gallantry

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757); Ozell, John (1743)

1715

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Persian letters (v.1)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat baron de (1689-1755); Ozell, John (1743)

1722

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Persian letters (v.2)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat baron de (1689-1755); Ozell, John (1743)

1722

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A letter to the Examiner

Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751)

1710

Anonymous. By Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke.

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A letter to Mr. C---b---r, on his letter to Mr. P---

Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743)

1742

An attack on Pope in which Colley Cibber's Letter is used as a pretext. Cf. Guerinot, J.V. Pamphlet attacks on Alexander Pope, p. 296.

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A Letter to Mr. P** on occasion of his late letter in answer to the remarks, &c

1731

An attack on William Pulteney for his part in An Answer to one part of a late infamous libel, intitled Remarks on the Craftsman's vindication of his two honourable patrons, in which the character and ...

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Letters concerning the English nation

Voltaire (1694-1778); Lockman, John (1698-1771)

1733

Title page vignette. Publisher's catalogue: p. [15-16] at beginning. Translated by John Lockman.

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Letters of wit, politicks and morality

Guevara, Antonio de; Aristaenetus; Bentivoglio, Guido cardinal (1579-1644); Bussy, Roger de Rabutin comte de (1618-1693); Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Cheek, Thomas; Savage, John (1673-1747); Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)

1701

Paging irregular: pp. 157-176 omitted and pp. 337-347 misnumbered 327-437. Sig. D6 (fly-title to "Six select epistles out of Aristaenetus") not included in pagination. "Epistle dedicatory" signed: A...

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Letters from the dead to the living

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Barker, Henry (fl.1700); Ayloffe, W

1702

Some of the letters were translated from the French.

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Letter to the Knight of the sable shield

Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)

1716

Anonymous. By Elijah Fenton. Verse. A satire on Sir Richard Blackmore and Jacob Tonson.

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A criticism on The foundling : in a letter to the author

Moore, Edward (1712-1757)

1748

Anon.

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Letters and poems, amorous and gallant

Walsh, William (1663-1708)

1692

Anon. Attributed to William Walsh. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).

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