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Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)4
Jesus Christ2
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)1
Faithorne, William (1616-1691)1
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Gorges, Sir Arthur (1557?-1625)1
Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-16941
Mr S.W. [In Miscellany of Poems By Charles Gildon ... 1692]1
Tillotson, John, 1630-16941
Wesley, Samuel, the Elder ?1

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Maggots, or, Poems on several subjects, never before handled

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

1685

First edition. Attributed to Samuel Wesley. cf. NUC pre-1956.

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The life of our blessed Lord & Saviour, Jesus Christ : an heroic poem, dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty : in ten books

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

1693

"Preface, being an essay on heroic poetry" on pp.[5-18]; commendatory verses by Nahum Tate, Luke Milbourne, Pierre Le Motteux and others on pp. [19-31]. Title on engraved t.p.: The life of Christ. ...

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The essays or counsels, civil & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban : with a table of the colours of good & evil : whereunto is added the wisdom of the ancients

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); Gorges, Sir Arthur (1557?-1625)

1673

Pages 68, 239, 1st group of paging, p.119, last group, incorrectly numbered 86, 39, 129, respectively. "The wisdom of the ancients. Written in Latine by Sir Francis Bacon... . Done into English by S...

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Elegies on the Queen and Archbishop

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

1695

Archbishop = John Tillotson. First edition.

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The life of our blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ : An heroic poem: dedicated to Her Most Sacred Majesty : in ten books

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735); Faithorne, William (1616-1691)

1697

Added title page: The life of Christ, an heroic poem. Table of contents: p. [1]-[6] at end.

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Title: The repenting husband; or a satyr upon marriage

Author: Wesley, Samuel, the elder ?

Attribution: Mr S.W. [in Miscellany of Poems by Charles Gildon ... 1692]

Date(s): 1692 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 71

Contents: Satire on marriage, in the form of a dialogue between Courtine, the exhausted husband of a wife grown ugly, and Beauregard, his astonished male friend

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