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Total number of records: 37

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Brotherton Collection37
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse37

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Dryden, John37
Mr Dryden3
Dryden2
Mr Dryden; [Latin]1
Mr Dreyden1
J.S. (At End)1
Dryden [Latin]1

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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1118
On the conquest of Mexico
1664
Part of the prologue to Dryden and Howard's play "The Indian Queen", in which the natives of Mexico realise that the Spanish conquest has brought their
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1124
Alexander's feast
1697 (published)
Extracts from Dryden's poem on Alexander the Great's feast after his victory over Persia, demonstrating the power of music to sway emotions before the time
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1375
Virgil's first pastoral, or Tityrus and Meliboeus. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's first Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd Tityrus relates his good fortune in being able to remain on his native land as
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1376
Second pastoral, or Alexis. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's second Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1377
Third pastoral, or Palaemon. Menalcas, Dametas, Palaemon. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's third Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which Palaemon judges that the shepherds Menalcas and Damaetas both deserve the prize after
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1378
Fourth pastoral, or Pollio. [The Argument follows.]
1684 (published)
Translation of Virgil's fourth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the poet celebrates the birth of Salonius, son of the consul Pollio, as beginning a new
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1379
Fifth pastoral, or Daphnis. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's fifth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherds Menalcas and Mopsus sing elegiac laments for the death of Daphnis, praising
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1380
Sixth pastoral, or Silenus. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's sixth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the satyr Silenus sings of the creation of the world and subsequent events in classical
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1381
The first book of Virgil's Georgics. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", I, a treatise on agriculture and weather-lore, requesting assistance for his enterprise from the gods and
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INDEX/BCMSV/1382
The second book of the Georgics. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", II, a treatise on agriculture, particularly horticulture, tree-planting and soils, including praise of Italy
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INDEX/BCMSV/1383
The third book of the Georgics. [The Argument follows.]
1697 (published)
Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", III, largely a treatise on the breeding and care of animals, particularly horses, cattle and sheep, including
Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1395
Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston, of Barningham in Norfolk
1712 (published)
Epitaph on Margaret Paston, praising her virtues