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Total number of records: 1247
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 542 |
| English Literature | 220 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 85 |
| Quaker Collection | 67 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 65 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 42 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 20 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 13 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 10 |
| Letters Database | 10 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | 28 |
| Morris, William (1834-1896) | 28 |
| Kelmscott Press | 24 |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) | 24 |
| Society of Friends | 24 |
| Story, Thomas (1662-1742) | 23 |
| Keith, George, 1639?-1716 | 19 |
| Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | 18 |
| Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | 16 |
| Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824) | 14 |
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Storie fiorentine
Segni, Bernardo (1504-1558); Cavalcanti, Andrea (1610-1672); Settimanni, Francesco; Störcklein, Johann Heinrich (1684?-1736)
1723
The two portraits, of Segni and Capponi, engraved by Johann Heinrich Störcklein. Two censored passages are omitted on p. 304. The first refers to Pier Luigi Farnese and the bishop of Fano; the seco...
Stories for the nursery
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee
[185-?]
Each story has separate title-page and paging.
Title: The cockfighter's story
Author: Cowper, William
Attribution: Cowper
Date(s): 1789
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Tale of a cock-fighter who, furious at the failure in combat of his favourite
cock, roasts him alive but dies himself in anger. Lacks stanzas 5 and 9 of the
published version.
A Roman story
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
1711
The story of M. Manlius Capitolinus is used as a framework for a satire against Harley and Marlborough.