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Congreve, William15
Congreve, William (1670-1729)9
Dryden, John (1631-1700)8
Dryden, John2
Hopkins, Charles2
Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?)2
Maynwaring, Arthur2
Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712)2
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)2
Publius Ovidus Naso2

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Ovid's Art of love

Ovid; Ovid; Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712)

1709

Numbers 175-178, 236-237 omitted in paging. Ovid's Art of love and Remedy of love translated by J. Dryden, W. Congreve and N. Tate; Chaucer's The court of love modernized by A. Mainwaring. "The hi...

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Ovid's Art of love, in three books, together with his Remedy of love

Ovid; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Maynwaring, Arthur (1668-1712); Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?)

1725

Signatures: A-N12,O⁶. Omits the "Amours". Title reads as in edition of 1709, with a few differences of punctuation. "The history of love" by Charles Hopkins has a special title page. B3 signed...

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Title: An answer to a friend for loving a common jilt

Author: Congreve, William

Date(s): 1693 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 54

Contents: Song expressing content with the love of an unfaithful woman, despite the

disapproval of others. Sung in Act V of Thomas Southerne's play "The Maid's

last prayer".

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Title: To a candle

Author: Congreve, William

Date(s): 1710 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 110

Contents: Comparison of the writer's life, both happy and sad from unrequited love, with that of a candle

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Title: To a candle an elegy

Author: Congreve, William

Date(s): 1710 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 9

Contents: Comparison of the writer's life, both happy and sad from unrequited love,

with that of a candle

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Title: To sleep: an elegy

Author: Congreve, William

Date(s): 1710 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 110

Contents: Address to the personification of sleep, complaining of its powers and how it deserts those who are victims of unrequited love

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.1)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.2)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.3)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.4)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.5)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq : in six volumes (v.6)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1725

Edited by William Congreve. The general title appears in v. 1 only; each volume and each play has separate title page. Contents: vol.1.--An essay of dramatick poesie. The wild gallant. The rival l...

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