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Milton, John (1608-1674)25
Miller, James (1706-1744)12
Newton, Thomas7
Newton, Thomas (1704-1782)7
Milton, John6
Milton, John, 1608-16746
Dalton, John (1709-1763)4
Miller, James3
Moliere3
Moliere (1622-1673)3

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Paradise regain'd : a poem, in four books : to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon several occasions (v.1)

Milton, John (1608-1674); Newton, Thomas (1704-1782)

1753

"Samson Agonistes" and "Poems upon several occasions" have each a special t.-p.

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Paradise regain'd : a poem, in four books : to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon several occasions (v.2)

Milton, John (1608-1674); Newton, Thomas (1704-1782)

1753

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Poems upon several occasions : English, Italian, and Latin, with translations

Milton, John (1608-1674); Warton, Thomas (1728-1790); Burney, Charles (1726-1814)

1791

English, Italian, and Latin. Contents: Lycidas -- L'allegro -- Il penseroso -- Arcades -- Comus -- Odes -- Sonnets -- Miscellanies -- English psalms -- Elegiarum liber -- Epigrammatum liber -- Sylva...

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The humours of Oxford : a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's servants

Miller, James (1706-1744)

1730

Written by James Miller. Cf. Halkett & Laing. First performed on Jan. 9, 1730. Cf. London stage, pt. 3, v. 1, p. 30. Advertisements dated "1729" on verso of t.p. and on p. [4] at end. Errata on ...

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The dragon of Wantley : A burlesque opera. The musick by Mr. John Frederick Lampe, and performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Carey, Henry (1687?-1743); Lampe, John Frederick (1703?-1751)

1738

Libretto only.

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The fate of Corsica, or, The female politician : a comedy

Lady of quality

1732

Signatures: [A]², B-K⁴, L². Advertisements on leaf [A]2 recto. The catchword on G4v is not answered.

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Notes on Dryden's Virgil : in a letter to a friend : with an essay on the same poet

Milbourne, Luke (1649-1720); Virgil

1698

"The I. book of Virgil's Georgics made English" [by Milbourne]: p.206-232. Title-leaf, preceded by free end-paper and fly-leaf, is B1; B3 signed A3 in error - an irregularity not noted by Macdonald....

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Harlequin-Horace: or, The art of modern poetry

Miller, James (1706-1744); Gilliver, Lawton; Horace

1731

Anonymous. By James Miller. First edition. The same sheets were reissued as part of Richard Savage's 'Collection of pieces in verse and prose, which have been publish'd on occasion of the Dunciad'...

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The history of Britain, that part especially now called England : From the first traditional beginning, continued to the Norman conquest. Collected out of the antientest and best authors thereof

Milton, John (1608-1674)

1671

First edition, second issue, with new title-page. The first issue, "printed by J.M. for James Allestry," with an engraved portrait of Milton by Faithorne, appeared in 1670.

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