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Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)9
Whitehead, William (1715-1785)8
Pope, Alexander, 1688-17444
Whitehead, Paul3
Boleyn, Anne2
Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536)2
Cooper, Mary2
Cooper, Mary (1761)2
Dodsley, Robert2
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)2

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The State dunces

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1733

First edition. A "Part II" appeared the same year, but it is not included in Whitehead's Poems, 1777, nor mentioned in the life prefixed to them.

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The state dunces

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1733

Second edition. This edition bears no marks that it is not the first, but 8 lines have been added after "While his Eulogiums crucify thy Fame" (p.3 of original edition) and 10 lines after "Britannia...

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The state dunces

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1733

Second edition. This edition bears no marks that it is not the first, but 8 lines have been added after "While his Eulogiums crucify thy Fame" (p.3 of original edition) and 10 lines after "Britannia...

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A Friendly epistle to the author of the state dunces

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1733

In verse. The author of The state dunces = Paul Whitehead. Anon.

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An essay on ridicule

Whitehead, William (1715-1785)

1743

In verse.

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The eclipse, a poem : in commemoration of the total eclipse of the sun, April 22. 1715

W. W; Whiston, William (1667-1752)

1715

"The initials and the subject suggest that William Whiston was the author", Foxon.

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The poems and miscellaneous compositions of Paul Whitehead

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1777

With a final advertisement leaf.

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An epistle to Dr. Thompson

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

[1755]

A verse satire on the College of Physicians in defence of Dr Thomas Thompson, who had criticised the treatment of Frederick, Prince of Wales, in his fatal illness, 1751.

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Manners: a satire

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

[1739?]

Verse. In this edition: bust in vignette on the titlepage. "Probably a clandestine London edition" (Foxon). Iolo Williams: Points in 18th C. verse, p.103, states that this represents the form, p...

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The state of Rome under Nero and Domitian : a satire : containing a list of nobles, senators, high priests, great ministers of state, &c. &c. &c

Whitehead, Paul (1710-1774)

1739

Adaptations, with the relevant Latin passages at the foot of each page. Signatures: [A]²,B-D²,[E]¹. Doubtfully ascribed by Foxon to Paul Whitehead.

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Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth : An epistle

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536); Henry king of England (1491-1547); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Signatures: [A]-D².

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Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth : An epistle

Whitehead, William (1715-1785); Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536); Henry king of England (1491-1547); Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Cooper, Mary (1761)

1743

Signatures: [A]-D².

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