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Total number of records: 13858

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1158
Tipping, William ?301
Penn, William (1644-1718)269
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Congreve, William (1670-1729)97
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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)91

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Title: On King William

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 169- ?

Manuscript: Lt 15

Contents: Laudatory description of William III before the Battle of the Boyne,

imagining the scene as the subject of a painting

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Sender: Milburn, William

Recipient: [-]

Letters: 1

Date(s): 4 Sep 1782

Location: BC Sydney/Townshend: File E3

Note: Deposition about convicts.


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Title: Of Kinge William

Author: Tipping, William ?

Date(s): 1702 ?

Manuscript: Lt 50

Contents: Elegiac lament on the death of William III, fearing that England may never again have such a good king

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Title: William and Margaret

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: Mr Mallet

Date(s): 175- or 176- ?

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Poem in which William is visited and tormented by the ghost of Margaret, who has died from lovesickness following William's betrayal of her love. With parallel translation in Latin

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Title: To King William

Attribution: Prior

Date(s): 1700

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: Extracts from Prior's 'Carmen Seculare, for the Year 1700. To the King', in praise of William III

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Fabulous histories : designed for the instruction of children, respecting their treatment of animals

Trimmer, Mrs (1741-1810)

1798

A family of robins have various encounters with people in the community.

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