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Brotherton Collection111
English Literature111

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english poetry16
classical poetry11
history, ancient2
painters2
painting2
poetry2
cantatas, secular1
country life1
deism1
greek poetry1

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Greece2
Rome2
England1
Great Britain1
Stonehenge (England)1

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Dryden, John111
Dryden, John (1631-1700)111
Tonson, Jacob24
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)24
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)10
Publius Ovidus Naso10
Hills, Henry9
Hills, Henry (1713)9
Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698)9
Lucian of Samosata8

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Stories from Chaucer

McSpadden, J Walker; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1907

Includes "Palamon and Arcite... retold from Chaucer by John Dryden", pp.188-240.

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The address of John Dryden, laureat to His Highness, the Prince of Orange

Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1689

A satire in verse.

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The Annals and History of Cornelius Tacitus: his account of the antient Germans, and the Life of Agricola. Made English by several hands. With the political reflections and historical notes of Monsieur Amelot de la Houssay, and the learned Sir Henry Saville (v.1)

Tacitus, Cornelius; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706); Saville, Sir Henry

1698

Imprints vary slightly, vol.2 stating that it was printed by W. Onley.

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The Annals and History of Cornelius Tacitus: his account of the antient Germans, and the Life of Agricola. Made English by several hands. With the political reflections and historical notes of Monsieur Amelot de la Houssay, and the learned Sir Henry Saville (v.2)

Tacitus, Cornelius; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706); Saville, Sir Henry

1698

Imprints vary slightly, vol.2 stating that it was printed by W. Onley.

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The Annals and History of Cornelius Tacitus: his account of the antient Germans, and the Life of Agricola. Made English by several hands. With the political reflections and historical notes of Monsieur Amelot de la Houssay, and the learned Sir Henry Saville (v.3)

Tacitus, Cornelius; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Amelot de La Houssaye, Abraham Nicolas (1634-1706); Saville, Sir Henry

1698

Imprints vary slightly, vol.2 stating that it was printed by W. Onley.

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Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books

Ovid; Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1717

Published and with preface by Sir Samuel Garth; with parts by and from Dryden.

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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Persius

1693

The satires of Persius have separate title-page and pagination. Page liii is misnumbered xxxix. Page [1] at end blank.

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Religio laici : Written in a letter to John Dryden, Esq

Blount, Charles (1654-1693); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert Baron (1583-1648)

1683

Signatures: A-E12. The "epistle dedicatory" signed: C. B. [i.e. Charles Blount] cf. Halkett & Laing; Dict. nat. biog. "The 'Religio laici,' which professes to be supplementary to Dryden's poem of ...

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Lachrymæ musarum : the Tears of the Muses: exprest in elegies; written by divers persons of nobility and worth, upon the death of the most hopefull Henry, Lord Hastings

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678); Brome, Richard (1652)

1650

Contains an elegy by Dryden, "Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings" (p. 88-92), his first published work, written when at Westminster School. In this edition two unnumbered leaves are inserted between ...

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The widdow Ranter, or, The history of Bacon in Virginia : a tragi-comedy, acted by Their Majesties servants

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1690

First edition. Prologue by John Dryden.

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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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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: and of Aulus Persius Flaccus

Juvenal; Persius; Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1713

Separate part-title for "The satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus". The second and fifteenth satires of Juvenal translated by Nahum Tate; the fourth by Richard Duke; the fifth by William Bowles; the seve...

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