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Total number of records: 293

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Brotherton Collection293
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse293

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Anonymous22
Rowe, Elizabeth21
Mrs Rowe19
Mr Henry Hall18
Hall, Henry, the Elder17
Pope, Alexander17
Mr Pope14
Yorke, Charles ?9
Mr: C--- Y---E (Verso of Preceding Leaf)8
Hawkins Browne, Isaac7

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INDEX/BCMSV/1034
1775 (published) ?
Satirical epigram on a tedious writer
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INDEX/BCMSV/1039
1778 ?
'Answer' to the verses on peaceful pastoral life addressed to him by William
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INDEX/BCMSV/1110
1640 (title)
Vigorous defence against Puritan accusations of idolatry of the scriptural scenes depicted in the new stained-glass windows in the chapel of Christ Church, Oxford, describing them and praising the painter's art. Followed
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INDEX/BCMSV/1255
170-
Panegyric to Queen Anne when visiting Bath, expressing hope that her virtues
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INDEX/BCMSV/1275
1718 (published)
In praise of the theory of the formation of the Earth put forward by Dr Thomas Burnet in his "Telluris Theoria Sacra", 1681, translating Addison's
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INDEX/BCMSV/1360
1659 (published)
Panegyric on the occasion of Oliver Cromwell's death, extravagantly praising all aspects of his life and career, and expressing confidence that Richard
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INDEX/BCMSV/1363
173- or 174- ?
Love poem complaining that a girl will tantalisingly allow only the briefest
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INDEX/BCMSV/1372
173- or 174- ?
Epigram on a husband preferring to dine apart from his wife, apparently
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INDEX/BCMSV/1374
1694 (published)
Extract from Addison's "An account of the greatest English poets", praising
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INDEX/BCMSV/1384
1712 (published)
Satire on the dullness and small literary ability of Elkanah Settle
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INDEX/BCMSV/1387
1720 (published)
Witty verses on a lady silencing her quarrelling servants, one uproar putting
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INDEX/BCMSV/1392
1718
Epitaph on Nicholas Rowe's monument in Westminster Abbey, praising him