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Anthology of romanticism.
by: Bernbaum, Ernest, 1879-1958
Published: (1948)

English miscellanies consisting of various pieces of divinity, philosophy, morals politicks and history : as likewise of some choice poems collected out of the most approved authors in the English tongue viz. Tillotson Nichols Lock Ld. Bolinbroke Milton Cowley Waller Dryden Prior Addison D. of Buckingham Pope Thomson Glover &c. And chiefly intended for the advantage of such, as are willing to apply themselves to the learning of this usefull language, By Iohn Tompson. ... The fourth edition carefully revised and corrected; several new and interesting pieces having been inserted, instead of others, contained in the former editions, but left out in this.
Published: (1766)

The works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, bart in prose and verse : In two volumes. Containing the translations of Virgil's pastorals, the battle and government of bees, &c. With his speeches, political pieces, poems, songs and plays the greatest part never printed before, viz. The happy pair. Antony and Cleopatra, a tragedy. The Mulberry garden, a comedy. Venus and Adonis, Bellamira, or, The mistress, a comedy. The grumbler, a comedy. The tyrant King of Crete, a tragedy. With memoirs of the author's life, writ by an eminent hand.
by: Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
Published: (1722)

The works, in verse and prose, of Dr Thomas Parnell, late arch-deacon of Clogher : Enlarged with variations and poems, not before publish'd.
by: Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718
Published: (1773)

Miscellanies in prose and verse : consisting of dramatick pieces, poems, humorous tales, fables, &c. Under the following heads: I. The rival priests; or, The female politition: a farce. II. The perjur'd devotee, or Force of love: a comedy. III. Muscipula; sive, cambro-muo-ma chia: with a translation of it in Miltonick verse. IV. Back-gammon: or, The battle of the friars: a tale. V. The fair counsellor; or, The young lady's conduct after marriage: a matrimonial conference. VI. An essay on the nature of fable; with select tales and fables, and other mythological amusements; concluding with a short pastoral interlude, entitled, The absent nymph, or The doating swain. ... By D. Bellamy, some time since of St. John's College, Oxford, and D Bellamy, jun of Trinity-College, in Cambridge.
by: Bellamy, D. (Daniel), 1687-, et al.
Published: (1741)

Two epistles to Mr. Pope, concerning the authors of the age.
by: Young, Edward, 1683-1765
Published: (1730)

Ballads & broadsides, chiefly of the Elizabethan period and printed in black-letter : most of which were formerly in the Heber collection and are now in the library at Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire.
by: Collmann, Herbert Leonard, -1930
Published: (1971)

Remarks upon Mr. Pope's translation of Homer : With two letters concerning Windsor Forest, and the Temple of Fame. By Mr. Dennis.
by: Dennis, John, 1657-1734
Published: (1717)

Lady Mary Wroth's Love's victory : the Penshurst manuscript /
by: Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640
Published: (1988)

Traulus. The second part.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1730)

The poetical works of the Right Honourable Lady M- - -y W- - -y M- - -e.
by: Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762
Published: (1768)

The complaint. Or, night-thoughts : on life, death, and immortality. Night the eighth. Virtue's apology: ...
by: Young, Edward, 1683-1765
Published: (1745)

The posthumous works of William Wycherley Esq; in prose and verse : Faithfully publish'd from his original manuscripts, by Mr. Theobald. In two parts. To which are prefixed, some memoirs of Mr. Wycherley's life. By Major Pack.
by: Wycherley, William, 1640-1716
Published: (1728)

Peace and Dunkirk : Being an excellent new song upon the surrender of Dunkirk to General Hill.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1712)

Various pieces in verse and prose : By the late Nathaniel Cotton, M.D. many of which were never before published. In two volumes.
by: Cotton, Nathaniel, 1705-1788
Published: (1791)

An essay on the characteristic differences between ancient and modern poetry, and the several causes from which they result.
by: Richards, George, 1767-1837
Published: (1789)

The true Anti-Pamela : Or, Memoirs of Mr. James Parry, late organist of Ross in Herefordshire. In which are inserted, his amours with the celebrated Miss-of Monmouthshire. Written by himself. In two parts compleat. Part I. Memoirs of his life and amours. Part II. Genuine letters of love and gallantry.
by: Parry, James, 1712-1741
Published: (1741)

Dissertations and discussions : political, philosophical, and historical : reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster reviews /
by: Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
Published: (1867)

A letter from the Earl of Mar to the King, before His Majesty's arrival in England : With some remarks on my Lord's subsequent conduct. By Sir Richard Steele.
by: Erskine, John, 1675-1732
Published: (1785)

Some advice humbly offer'd to the members of the October Club, in a letter from a person of honour.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1712)

An anatomy of the world : A facsimile of the 1st ed., 1611 /
by: Donne, John, 1572-1631
Published: (1951)

Poems of Julius Rodenberg /
by: Rodenberg, Julius, 1831-1914
Published: (1869)

A familiar epistle to the most impudent man living.
by: Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Published: (1749)

A philosophical and critical history of the fine arts, painting, sculpture, and architecture : with occasional observations on the progress of engraving, in it's several branches, deduced from the earliest records, through every country in which those arts have been cherished, to their present establishment in Great-Britain, under the auspices of His Majesty King George III. In four parts. By the Rev. Robert Anthony Bromley, B.D. Rector of St. Mildred's in the Poultry, and Minister of Fitzroy-Chapel, London.
by: Bromley, Robert Anthony, 1735-1806
Published: (1793)

An imitation of the sixth satire of the second book of Horace. ... The first part done in the year 1714, by Dr. Swift. The latter part now first added, and never before printed.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1738)

Letters on the spirit of patriotism : on the idea of a patriot king, and on the state of parties, at the accession of King George the First.
by: Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Published: (1749)

Erle Robert's mice : A tale, in imitation of Chaucer, &c. By M------w P------r, Esq; corrected from the errors of a spurious edition.
by: Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721
Published: (1712)

Roscius anglicanus, or An historical review of the stage : After in had been suppres'd by means of the late unhappy civlil war, begun in 1641, till the time of King Charles the IIs. Restoration in May 1660. Giving an account of its rise again; of the time and places the governours of both the companies first erected their theatres. The names of the principal actors and actresses, who perform'd in the chiefest plays in each house. With the names of the most taking plays; and modern poets. For the space of 46 years, and during the reign of Three Kings, and pare of our present sovereign Lady Queen Anne, from 1660, to 1706.
by: Downes, John, active 1661-1719
Published: (1708)

An essay towards an abridgment of the English history.
by: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Published: (1760)

The wife of Bath : A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Gay.
by: Gay, John, 1685-1732
Published: (1713)

Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, in the House of Commons, on Friday the 23d day of May, 1794, in answer to certain observations on the report of the committee of managers, representing that report to have been a libel on the judges.
by: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Published: (1794)

A letter to M.B. Drapier. Author of a letter to the Ld. Molesworth, &c.
by: Misoxulos
Published: (1724)

Some advice humbly offer'd to the members of the October Club, in a letter from a person of honour.
by: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Published: (1713)

The dramatick works of Henry Carey.
by: Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743
Published: (1743)

The Sobieski Hours : a manuscript in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle /
by: Spencer, Eleanor P. (Eleanor Patterson)
Published: (1977)

Chronology of twenty-five years : the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953 /
Published: (1954)