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Amhurst, Nicholas8
Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)6
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)3
Betterton, Thomas1
Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710)1
Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751)1
Bullock, Christopher (1690?-1724)1
D'Anvers, Caleb1
Gay, John, 1685-17321
Marston, John1

Title: Crambo-Satyricon; Or, a learned poeitical paraphrase on the Christ-cross-row

Author: Amhurst, Nicholas

Date(s): 1728

Manuscript: Lt 13

Contents: Lighthearted, partly political satire on contemporary England organised by

the letters of the alphabet; including allusions to the South Sea Bubble and

to Horace Walpole (later Baron Walpole), Isaac Le Heup and Sir Robert Walpole,

Earl of Orford, all iden

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Title: Crambo-satyricon; or a paraphrase upon the Christ-cross row 1728

Author: Amhurst, Nicholas

Date(s): 1728 (title)

Manuscript: Lt 96

Contents: Lighthearted, partly political satire on contemporary England organised by the letters of the alphabet; including allusions to the South Sea Bubble and to Horace Walpole (later Baron Walpole), Isaac Le Heup and Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford,

all iden

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The resurrection: a poem

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1718

The Latin text by Addison is followed by an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst. Unauthorized edition. Publisher's booklist, 1 p., follows p. 13. Plate differs from that in first ...

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The resurrection. A poem

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1718

The Latin text by Addison is followed by an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst. Unauthorized edition. Publisher's booklist, 1 p., follows p. 13.

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The resurrection. A poem

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1718

The Latin text by Addison is followed by an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst. Text continuous despite pagination. Unauthorized edition. Preliminaries followed by 13 printed pag...

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A collection of poems on several occasions; publish'd in the Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers

D'Anvers, Caleb; Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1731

A miscellany of poems contributed to the paper, often attributed to Nicholas Amhurst who edited the Craftsman under this pseudonym (Foxon).

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Woman's revenge : or, A match in Newgate. A comedy. As it is acted at the Royal Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields

Bullock, Christopher (1690?-1724); Marston, John (1575?-1634); Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710); Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1728

First published in 1715. An alteration by Christopher Bullock of Betterton's The revenge, itself an alteration of Marston's Dutch courtezan. "A key to the Beggar's opera, in a letter to Caleb Danv...

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A dissertation upon parties : in several letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq. : dedicated to the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Walpole

Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751); Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)

1739

Attributed to Viscount Bolingbroke in NUC pre-1956. First published as a series of letters in the "Craftsman", which was edited by Nicholas Amhurst (i.e. "Caleb d'Anvers"). One-page booklist of R....

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