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Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-174317
Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742)4
Bath, William Pulteney4
Bath, William Pulteney Earl of (1684-1764)4
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-17642
Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751)2
Pope, Alexander, 1688-17442
Sherwin, William (1669-1735)2
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-17452
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-17611

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A most proper reply to the nobleman's epistle to a doctor of divinity : to which is added Horace versus Fannius, or, A case in poinct, as reported by Ben Johnson, and The belle-man of St. James's verses

Sherwin, William (1669-1735)

1734

The first piece is a reply to Baron Hervey's attack on Pope entitled 'An epistle from a nobleman to a doctor of divinity'. The second piece, 'Horace versus Fannius [i.e. Hervey]' is an abridgement of ...

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The Duel : a poem, inscribed to the Rt. Hon. W---- P---y,Esq

1731

Refers to the duel fought between Pulteney and Hervey on 25 Jan. 1731.

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A tryal of skill between a court lord, and a Twickenham 'squire. Inscrib'd to Mr. Pope

1734

Verse. A satire on John, Lord Hervey and his quarrel with Pope. Indexed in: Foxon,

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Tit for tat : To which is annex'd, An epistle from a nobleman to a doctor of divinity. In answer to a Latin letter in verse. Also The Review; or, The case fairly stated on both sides. : Wherein is shewn the true cause of the foregoing poems

Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743); Sherwin, William (1669-1735)

1734

In verse. The first is a satire in reply to Lord Hervey's attack on Alexander Pope, An epistle from a nobleman to a doctor of divinity. Cf. J.V. Guerinot. The third piece is also an attack on Lord...

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Sapho to Phaon : an epistle from a lady of quality to a noble lord, occasion'd by the late publication of his Miscellaneous thoughts

Sapho

M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]

Signatures: [A]² B-I⁴. Signed at end: Sapho. Addressed to John Hervey. Includes half-title.

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The Duel; a poem: inscribed to the Right Honourable W------ P-----y,Esq

[1731]

Refers to the duel fought between William Pulteney and John Hervey on 25 Jan. 1731.

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The Knight and the prelate; a new ballad : To the tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury : To which is added, an epistle from a gentleman at Twickenham, to a nobleman at St. James's

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

1734

'An epistle from a gentleman at Twickenham,.. ' has its own titlepage and is in reply to Hervey's 'Epistle from a nobleman', 1733. "Clearly a piracy, possibly of Dublin origin" (Foxon). The knight...

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The Tryal of skill between 'Squire Walsingham and Mother Osborne : An eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Palæmon. To which are added, Horace to Fannius, and an Apology for printing a certain Nobleman's epistle to Dr. S--w--n

Virgil; Horace

1734

Virgil's Eclogue III and Horace 's Ode 8 from Book II in Latin on pages opposite the English imitations. "On Francis Walsingham (pseudonym of William Arnall...) and F. Osborne (pseudonym of James Pi...

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The lost manuscript of the Reverend Lewis Rou's 'Critical remarks upon the Letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess' : written in 1734 and dedicated to His Excellency William Cosby, governor of New York

Fiske, Willard (1831-1904)

1902

Reprinted, with additions and comments, from 'Notes and Queries' 9th Series, vol. X, no. 238, 1902, pp. 41-43. In the Craftsman, no.376, Sept. 15, 1733, appeared "A short essay on the game of chess"...

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