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Total number of records: 1595

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english poetry1528
english drama311
letters311
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art201
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Bridgen, John William68
Park, Thomas (1759-1834)54
Dodsley, Robert40
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)40
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)36
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)31
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)30
Auden, W H (1907-1973)26
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Poetical miscellanies : consisting of original poems and translations by the best hands

Jeffrey, George; Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

MDDCXIV [i.e. 1714]

With engraved frontispiece. Case records another edition in this year, with correctly printed date (279b). A pirated edition appeared in 1726, and a second authorized edition in 1727. "Contains an...

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.1)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.2)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Specimens of the early English poets : to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language (v.3)

Ellis, George (1753-1815)

1803

Continued by Southey in his Specimens of the later English poets, 1807.

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Cambridge poetry, 1929

Saltmarshe, Christopher; Davenport, John Stewart (1907-); Wright, Basil

1929

"Erratum" slip laid in.

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A Rumoured city : new poets from Hull

Dunn, Douglas (1942-)

1982

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Ancient songs and ballads, from the reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution (v.1)

Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803); Frank, Joseph (1773-)

1829

First published in 1790 under title: Ancient songs, from the time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution. Edited by the compiler's nephew, Joseph Frank, who has included ballads from Ritson's Se...

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Ancient songs and ballads, from the reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution (v.2)

Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803); Frank, Joseph (1773-)

1829

First published in 1790 under title: Ancient songs, from the time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution. Edited by the compiler's nephew, Joseph Frank, who has included ballads from Ritson's Se...

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The water-colourist

Barry, Sebastian (1955-)

1983

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Georgian poetry, 1911-1922 : the critical heritage

Rogers, Timothy (1927-2006)

1977

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Contemporary British poetry : essays in theory and criticism

Acheson, James (1947-); Huk, Romana (1959-)

1996

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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