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Brotherton Collection16
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Quaker Collection4
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

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religious poetry, english23
english poetry5
christian poetry, english2
hymns, english2
society of friends2
christian life1
commonplace-books1
prayers1
trinity1

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Wesley, John (1703-1791)3
Buchanan, George (1506-1582)2
Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736)2
Perrot, John2
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)2
Barry, Elizabeth1
Barry, Elizabeth (1658-1713)1
Blackmore, Sir Richard (1729)1
Bowden, John William1
Bowden, John William (1798-1844)1

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Poems, paraphrases and translations

Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736); Buchanan, George (1506-1582)

1736

Attributed to John Crackanthorp (Foxon). Includes a translation of George Buchanan's poem "Imago ad peregrè venientes Religionis ergo": pp. 51-52.

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Poems, paraphrases and translations

Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736); Buchanan, George (1506-1582)

1736

Attributed to John Crackanthorp (Foxon). Includes a translation of George Buchanan's poem "Imago ad peregrè venientes Religionis ergo": pp. 51-52.

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The pastor : a poem. In two parts

Garratt, Thomas (fl. 1890)

[1824]

Includes an alphabetical list of subscribers, and a dedication to the Rev. George Vanbrugh, L.L.B.

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The changed cross, and other religious poems

Randolph, Anson D F; Wright, Lucy Pauline

[1868?]

"As the poems are mainly waifs, gathered from magazines and newspapers, it has not been possible, except in a few instances, to ascertain the names of the writers."--Preface. National Union Catalogu...

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BC MS Lt 84, f. 23v - 24r: The opening of Sir Francis Hubert's poem
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Commonplace book of English religious poems and prayers

c.1715

Ff.1r-6r (verso blank): miscellaneous notes in Latin and Greek; ff.7r-41r: twenty-four poems on religious subjects, beginning with two by Joseph Addison (from 'The Spectator' 489 and 513) and includin...

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A collection of divine hymns and poems on several occasions

Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1719

Pope's "Messiah" is reprinted on p. 32-36, anonymously. With booklist of W. Taylor: p. [6]-[8] at end. First published in 1704 under title: Divine hymns and poems on several occasions.

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Steps to the temple : sacred poems : with other Delights of the muses

Crashaw, Richard (1613?-1649)

1646

"The delights of the muses" has a separate t.p., p. [101]. 1st ed. Signatures: A6 B-G12. The first and last leaves are blank.

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Miscellanea sacra: or, Poems on divine & moral subjects

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

MCDXCVI [sic, i.e.1696]

This was to be an annual miscellany but no more were published. Signatures: A-K8. Case collates A-L, sig.L consisting of a bastard title, verso blank; text, pp.1-12; 2pp. blank. The Wrenn Library co...

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Miscellanea sacra, or, Poems on divine & moral subjects

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1698

Consists of sheets of the 1696 editions with cancel title-page, but retaining the dedication to Princess Anne [cf.Case], and with a new gathering of 4 leaves of poems. There is a separate part-title-p...

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A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors (v.1)

Wesley, John (1703-1791)

1744

Includes errata. Price, unbound, 7 s. 6 d. Each vol. has separate title page. Publisher varies: Vols. 2-3: Bristol, Printed by Felix Farley, 1744. And sold by the booksellers of London, Newcastl...

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A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors (v.2)

Wesley, John (1703-1791)

1744

Includes errata. Price, unbound, 7 s. 6 d. Each vol. has separate title page. Publisher varies: Vols. 2-3: Bristol, Printed by Felix Farley, 1744. And sold by the booksellers of London, Newcastl...

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A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors (v.3)

Wesley, John (1703-1791)

1744

Includes errata. Price, unbound, 7 s. 6 d. Each vol. has separate title page. Publisher varies: Vols. 2-3: Bristol, Printed by Felix Farley, 1744. And sold by the booksellers of London, Newcastl...

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