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Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)3
Dryden, John, 1631-17002
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)2
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-16832
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C1
Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)1
Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710)1
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Cassandra : the fam'd romance. The whole work: in five parts; written originally in the French, and now elegantly rendered into English

La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste seigneur de (1663); Cotterell, Sir Charles (1612?-1702)

1661

Pages 87-8 of the third numeration misnumbered 93-4.

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Man Jack

Langley, R F

1993

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The scourge of the swastika : a short history of Nazi war crimes

Russell of Liverpool, Edward Frederick Langley Russell Baron (1895-1981)

1954

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New Poetry 2 Anthology

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1976

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to the 'New Poetry 2 Anthology,' (1976) edited by Crossley-Holland and Patricia Beer. Includes the following: - 1 letter from the Arts Council ...

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An Elegy on the Right Honourable Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury. : Who died on the 21st of January, 1683

1683

In verse. Within mourning borders, with emblems and motto. Catalogued from drop-head title and colophon. Anon.

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An excellent new ballad to the tune of, How unhappy is Phillis in love

1681

Caption title. A satire in verse on "Old Tony", i.e. A.A. Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury. Stanza [6], l.1, misprint "Poclamation". Anon.

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Trick for trick, or, The debauch'd hypocrite : a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majestie's servants

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1678

"Licensed, April 30th. 1678. Roger L'Estrange." An alteration of John Fletcher's Monsieur Thomas. Cf. BLC. Indexed in: Wing d2789.

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Absalom senior : or, Achitophel transpos'd. A poem. Revis'd with additions

Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1682

In reply to the first part of Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel. The title of this edition has the reading "transpos'd".

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Absalom senior: or, Achitophel transpros'd : a poem

Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)

1682

In reply to the first part of Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel. Prefatory epistle "To the Tories" signed "Abso-". Another issue, with the epistle signed "Absolom", also published in 1682. Publish...

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Absalom senior: or, Achitophel transpros'd : a poem

Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)

1682

In reply to the first part of Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel. First edition. Prefatory epistle "To the Tories" signed "Absolom" [sic; i.e. Elkanah Settle]. Another issue, with the epistle signe...

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The counterfeit bridegroom, or, The defeated widow : a comedy

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689); Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710); Middleton, Thomas (1627)

1677

An alteration of Middleton's No wit, no help like a woman's, variously attributed to Aphra Behn and to Thomas Betterton; cf. Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1961: v. 1, p. 440. "As it i...

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The chances : a comedy, as it was acted at the Theater Royal

Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Buckingham, George Villiers Duke of (1628-1687)

1682

First edition of this adaptation. With prologue and epilogue. Fletcher's "unaided composition" with acts IV and V completely rewritten by George Buckingham. The plot is from "La Señora Cornelia,"...

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