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A bibliography of English poetical miscellanies, 1521-1750

Case, Arthur Ellicott (1894-1946)

1935 (for 1929)

Half-title inserted between pages 344 and 345 not included in the paging.

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Poems and drawings entitled "Facts and Scraps, original and select, wrote for amusement etc. 1838, [by] W.R.B.".

Roberts, W B

1834 - 1908

Bound volume of manuscript[brown ink] short/amusing poems and illustrations including "Characters of men", "Thoughts on a Bachelor's life", "On Writing Poetry", "A Woman Drinking Gin", "A Drunken Tin...

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Being human : the companion anthology to Staying Alive and Being Alive

Astley, Neil

2011

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Being human -- The stuff of life -- Life history -- About time -- Fight to the death -- War and survival -- Living in hope -- Body and soul -- More to...

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A manuscript anthology of early 19th century English poetry, including works by Lord Byron, John Keats and Anna Letitia Barbauld

Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824); Wordsworth, William (1770-1850); Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834); Keats, John (1795-1821); Clare, John (1793-1864); Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Barbauld, Mrs (Anna Letitia) (1743-1825)

1825-1830

The anthology includes works by the following romantic poets: Lord Byron (including his My Soul is Dark), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (including his Fears in Solitude), William Wordsworth (including his E...

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Anthologie bilingue de la poésie anglaise

Brugière, Bernard; Bensimon, P

2005

Includes bibliographical references (pages [1975]-1984) and index.

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.1)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.2)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.3)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Cambridge poetry, 1929

Saltmarshe, Christopher; Davenport, John Stewart (1907-); Wright, Basil

1929

"Erratum" slip laid in.

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A Rumoured city : new poets from Hull

Dunn, Douglas (1942-)

1982

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Ancient songs and ballads, from the reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution (v.1)

Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803); Frank, Joseph (1773-)

1829

First published in 1790 under title: Ancient songs, from the time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution. Edited by the compiler's nephew, Joseph Frank, who has included ballads from Ritson's Se...

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