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Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)4
Croxall, Samuel (1752)2
Horace2
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-15992
Steele, Richard2
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)2
Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-17241
Oxford, Robert Harley1
Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)1
Oxford, Robert Harley, Earl of, 1661-17241

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Part of the seventh epistle of the first book of Horace imitated: : and address'd to a noble peer

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Horace; Oxford, Robert Harley Earl of (1661-1724)

1713

The "noble peer" is Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. First edition. Anon., by Jonathan Swift.

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The first ode of the second book of Horace paraphras'd : and address'd to Richard St--le, Esq

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729); Horace

1714

Signatures: A⁴, B². First edition, second issue, with catchword 'Thou' at foot of p.3 cf. Rothschild 2052. Teerink (p.260) records 2 issues of the first (London) edition, one dated 1713, with cat...

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Another original canto of Spencer: design'd as part of his Fairy queen, but never printed

Croxall, Samuel (1752)

1714

A political satire on the administration of Robert Harley (ESTC). Nestor Ironside = Samuel Croxall (ESTC).

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Faction display'd. A poem... : From a correct copy

Shippen, William (1673-1743)

printed in the year 1704

Three lines by Dryden on Tonson are introduced on p.15. A satire against the Whigs. In this edition both rules at head of p. i broken. Macdonald (38) states: "There is more than one edition date...

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The Englishman: being the close of the paper so called : With an epistle concerning the Whiggs, Tories, and new converts

Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

1714

Forms no. 57, originally issued Feb. 15, 1714. "...being the sequel of the Guardian." Title vignette. By Richard Steele.

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An original canto of Spencer : design'd as part of his Fairy queen, but never printed

Croxall, Samuel (1752)

1714

"The preface contains a fictitious account of the preservation of the supposed unpublished piece of verse, which is a satire directed against the Earl of Oxford's administration."--Dict. nat. biog.

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