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Brotherton Collection10
English Literature10
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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english poetry2
national characteristics, english2
church and state in great britain1
physicians1
verse satire, english1

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Great Britain3
Namur (Belgium)1

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Pittis, William (1674-1724)15
Pittis, William4
Defoe, Daniel2
Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)2
Defoe, Daniel, 1660 Or 1-17312
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-17312
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)1
Atterbury, Francis1
Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)1
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-17321

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The True-Born-Hugonot, or, Daniel de Foe. A satyr

Pittis, William (1674-1724)

1703

Attributed to Pittis (see Foxon).

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The history of the Mitre and Purse, in which the first and second parts of The secret history of the White Staff are fully considered, and the hypocrisy and villanies of the staff himself are laid open and detected

Pittis, William (1674-1724); Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732)

1714

Sometimes attributed to William Pittis and to Francis Atterbury. Mitre = Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. Purse = Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor. White Staff = Robert ...

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The case of the Church of England's memorial fairly stated : or, A modest enquiry into the grounds of those prejudices that have been entertain'd against it

Leslie, Charles (1650-1722); Drake, James (1667-1707); Pittis, William (1674-1724)

1705

Ascribed to Leslie by Morgan (H-248). A defense of The memorial of the church of England, by either James Drake or William Pittis - NUC, pre-1956 imprints.

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Æsop at the Bell-Tavern in Westminster, or, A present from the October-Club, in a few select fables from Sir Roger L'Estrange, done into English verse... [etc.]

Pittis, William (1674-1724); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1711

The October Club was a cabal of extreme Tories. Anonymous imitations of Aesop's fables, attributed to William Pittis by Foxon; also attributed to J. Swift.

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Canterbury tales : rendred into familiar verse, viz. The plain proof. The forreigner. The choice... [etc.]. To which is added, The author's case

Pittis, William (1674-1724)

1701

Not connected with Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ascribed to William Pittis. cf. Foxon.

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An epistolary poem to N. Tate, Esquire, and poet laureat to His Majesty, occasioned by the taking of Namur

Pittis, William (1674-1724); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

[1696]

Date of publication from Wing. Date printed as MDXCXVI.

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The poetical works of the Right Honourable Charles, late Earl of Halifax : with his lordship's life, including the history of his times

Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715); Halifax, George Montagu Earl of (1739); Pittis, William (1674-1724); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Pittis, William (1674-1724); Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715); Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715); Curll, Edmund (1675-1747); Pemberton, John (1739); Van der Gucht, Gerard (1696-1776); Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723)

1716

"Poems on several occasions" has separate title-page. Edited by the author of the "Memoirs of the life": William Pittis. Frontispiece portrait (after G. Kneller) signed M. Vdr. Gucht Scul. This ...

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The true-born Englishman : a satyr, answer'd, paragraph by paragraph

Pittis, William (1674-1724); Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1701

The text of Daniel Defoe's poem with a prose commentary by William Pittis.

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Miscellanies over claret, or, The friends to the tavern the best friends to poetry : being a collection of poems, translations, &c. to be continued monthly from the Rose Tavern without Temple-Bar

Pittis, William (1674-1724)

in the year 1697

no.4 1698 Letter to contributors, dated March the 12th. 1697/8, and "signed" by J.S., secretary to the President and Court of Assistants at the Rose-Tavern, on back of title-page. Dedication to Sir ...

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