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english poetry22
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Dryden, John (1631-1700)22
Dryden, John16
Tonson, Jacob13
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)13
Everingham, Robert3
Everingham, Robert (1700-)3
Boccaccio, Giovanni2
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)2
Chaucer, Geoffrey2
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400)2

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Miscellany poems. Containing a new translation of Virgills eclogues, Ovid's love elegies, odes of Horace, and other authors; with several originial poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Creech, Thomas (1659-1700); Scrope, Sir Carr (1649-1680); Duke, Sir Richard (1658-1711); Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701); Stepney, George (1663-1707); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736); Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Chetwood, Knightly (1650-1720)

1684

First in a series of miscellany published by Tonson, 1684-1709. Five other volumes published under various titles. First edition. Includes table of contents. "Absalom and Achitophel" (6th ed., a...

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A choice of Dryden's verse

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Auden, W H (1907-1973); Bridgen, John William

1973

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BC MS Lt 16, f. A1r: Part of Alexander Pope's translation from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9. (
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Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

c.1703-1704

Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...

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Poetical miscellanies : the sixth part. Containing a collection of original poems, with several new translations

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1709

Collected and edited by Jacob Tonson. Pagination highly irregular: Y6, Hh8, Mm3 are cancels. First edition, second variant; cf. Griffith 1, Wise, T., Pope library, p. 3-4; Macdonald, Dryden, but o...

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The duel of the stags : a poem

Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

One of three variants: In this edition, p.9, last line: bred.--cf. Foxon. In this variant sig. A2-4 are signed correctly. Signatures: A[sup]8. Indexed in: ESTC,

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The duel of the stags : a poem

Howard, Sir Robert (1626-1698); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1709

One of three variants: In this edition, p.9, last line: bred.--cf. Foxon. In this variant sig. A2-4 are signed correctly. Signatures: A[sup]8. Indexed in: ESTC,

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Fables ancient and modern : translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer : with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1713

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

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Fables ancient and modern : translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer : with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1713

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

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John Dryden

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Quince Tree Press

1970

Cover title.

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The first part of Miscellany poems : Containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets: together with several original poems (v.1)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)

1727

Actually edited and published by Jacob Tonson, with some assistance from John Dryden. Title varies: The second [-sixth] part of Miscellany poems. Reprinted from the fourth edition, 1716. Each vo...

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The first part of Miscellany poems : Containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets: together with several original poems (v.2)

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736)

1727

Actually edited and published by Jacob Tonson, with some assistance from John Dryden. Title varies: The second [-sixth] part of Miscellany poems. Reprinted from the fourth edition, 1716. Each vo...

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