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Balzac, Honore De (1799-1850)40
Saintsbury, George (1845-1933)40
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-188133
C F Lawler21
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)21
Gretry, Andre Ernest Modeste (1741-1813)19
Keith, George, 1639?-171618
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881)14
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Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?10

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Archive Item

Modest

n.d.

(n d) (4 typed copies of 1944 text, initially entitled Na iarmarke', with fragment of typed copy of 'Molodost' i starost'' on reverse of 1 page) 4ff; TS, with MS amendments; Russian

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Drawing

The Modest Hyacinthus

Wainwright, Albert (1898-1943)

c. 1930s

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Archive File

Modest Cuixart

Cuixart, Modest (1925-)

7 Jun 1966 - 17 Jun 1966

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter and 1 postcard from the painter Modest Cuixart, and 1 signed typescript letter from his wife Maria, to Herbert Read. Read's carbon copy responses are type...

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Title: A modest wish

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Religious poem, describing the uncontrolled and unprofitable nature of

undirected thoughts, praying for guidance that time might not be spent idly

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Title: Modest woer

Author: Cheek, Thomas ?

Attribution: [In Miscellany of Poems by Charles Gildon ... 1692], p.79

Date(s): 1692 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 71

Contents: Extract from "An Answer to the Foregoing Letter" (from Henry Cromwell), commenting on his friend's lack of success in love-making

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Archive Print Item

Modest Cuixart

Cuixart, Modest (1925-); Galeria Bonino (New York, N.Y)

[1964]

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Galeria Bonino, New York, April 28-May 28, 1964. Cover title: Cuixart, paintings.

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Archive Print Item

A modest apology for the man in the bottle

Bottleman

[1749]

Signed on p.23: The Bottleman. With a postscript on p.25.

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