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Dame Dobson; or, The cunning woman: a comedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre
Ravenscroft, Edward (1654?-1707); Hindmarsh, Joseph (fl. 1678-1696)
1684
First edition. Paper: watermarks include: fleur de lys/TILT?. Verse prologue p.[iii]; verse epilogue pp.71-2.
Prologue to Dame Dobson the cunning woman : spoken by Mrs. Currer. Epilogue to the same : spoken by Mr. Jevorn
Ravenscroft, Edward (1654?-1707)
1683
Broadside. Imprint from colophon. Attributed by Wing to the dramatist, Edward Ravenscroft. The prologue (only) appeared when Ravenscroft's play was staged in 1683, the play itself not being prin...
Pamela's conduct in high life : publish'd from her original papers : to which are prefix'd, several curious letters written to the editor on the subject
Kelly, John (1680?-1751); Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761)
1741
An intended continuation of S. Richardson's Pamela. Ascribed to "one Kelly, styling himself of the Temple," perhaps John Kelly; cf. Dobson. Publisher's advertisements: p. [1-8] at end.
The female fortune-teller : A comedy. As it is acted at the theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields
Johnson, Charles (1679-1748); Ravenscroft, Edward (1654?-1707)
1726
Founded on Ravenscroft's "Dame Dobson." First edition.
Letters to Jon Silkin
9 January 1977 - 10 December 1978
2 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Barrie Dobson, professor of history at the University of York, to Jon Silkin. One of the letters is accompanied by 2 duplicated tss of Silkin's poem 'Resting ...
A letter by Algernon Charles Swinburne on learning that Kate Greenaway had died
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909); Dobson, Austin (1840-1921); Mayfield, John S (1904-)
1944
Colored t.p. vignette. An unpublished letter to Austin Dobson, containing verses from one of Swinburne's unpublished early poems.
Excursions in criticism : being some prose recreations of a rhymer
Watson, Sir William (1858-1935)
1893
Contents: Some literary idolatries.--The punishment of genius.--Keats and Mr. Colvin.--The Lancashire laureate.--Mr. Hardy's ʻTess of the D'Urbervilles'.--Critics and their craft.--Lowell as a critic...
Reviews & critical papers
Johnson, Lionel Pigot (1867-1902); Shafer, Robert (1889-1956)
1921
Title vignette.