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Total number of records: 35

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Brotherton Collection24
English Literature12
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3
Ripon Cathedral1

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masques with music3
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Gay, John35
Gay, John (1685-1732)32
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)10
Pope, Alexander7
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)7
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)5
Congreve, William4
Dryden, John4
Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719)4
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)4

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Choix de petites pièces du théâtre anglois, traduites des originaux (v.1)

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Gay, John (1685-1732); Patu, Claude Pierre (1729-1757)

1756

Translated by Claude Pierre Patu.

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Choix de petites pièces du théâtre anglois, traduites des originaux (v.2)

Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764); Gay, John (1685-1732); Patu, Claude Pierre (1729-1757)

1756

Translated by Claude Pierre Patu.

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An essay on the origin of evil (v.1)

King, William (1650-1729); Law, Edmund (1703-1787); Gay, John (1685-1732)

1732

Paged continuously.

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Title: A song

Author: Gay, John

Date(s): 1715 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 24

Contents: A burlesque lover's lament, from Gay's play "The What d'ye call it", 1715.

At end, "B. Coles, 20th December 1740 at Great Forster's".

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Ovid's Metamorphoses (v.1)

Ovid; Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Gay, John (1685-1732)

1794

Each volume has added title-page. "Translated by Dryden, Addison, Garth, Congreve, Pope, Gay, and other eminent persons."

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Ovid's Metamorphoses (v.2)

Ovid; Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Gay, John (1685-1732)

1794

Each volume has added title-page. "Translated by Dryden, Addison, Garth, Congreve, Pope, Gay, and other eminent persons."

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Ovid's Metamorphoses (v.3)

Ovid; Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Gay, John (1685-1732)

1794

Each volume has added title-page. "Translated by Dryden, Addison, Garth, Congreve, Pope, Gay, and other eminent persons."

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Ovid's Metamorphoses (v.4)

Ovid; Garth, Sir Samuel (1661-1719); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Congreve, William (1670-1729); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Gay, John (1685-1732)

1794

Each volume has added title-page. "Translated by Dryden, Addison, Garth, Congreve, Pope, Gay, and other eminent persons."

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Title: Black ey'd Susan. A song

Author: Gay, John

Date(s): 1719 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 24

Contents: Valedictory love poem in which William takes his leave of Susan

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Title: Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan

Author: Gay, John

Attribution: Mr Gay

Date(s): 1719 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 99

Contents: Valedictory love poem in which William takes his leave of Susan. With parallel translation in Latin

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Acis and Galatea : a serenata

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Gay, John (1685-1732)

[18--]

Libretto only.

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Acis and Galatea : a serenata

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Gay, John (1685-1732)

[18--]

Libretto only.

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