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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/1392

1718

Epitaph on Nicholas Rowe's monument in Westminster Abbey, praising him

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INDEX/BCMSV/1402

1718

Epitaph on John Hewet and Sarah Drew of Stanton Harcourt, two lovers killed

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INDEX/BCMSV/1542

1733 (published)

On civilized mankind's questioning of the laws of God's creation contrasted with the Indian's contentment with simple natural religion; extracted from

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INDEX/BCMSV/2092

1720 ?

On the pleasant surroundings that men construct for themselves being only unsuccessful attempts to ward off life's cares and sorrows. Extracted and altered from a poem addressed to John Gay to form a response to Benjamin

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INDEX/BCMSV/2096

1727 (published)

In praise of a life of quiet country retirement, virtuous, happy and sufficient; the text is that of the 1727 version. Lacks some 7 lines where a portion of f.40 has been removed, perhaps for the sake of the indexed poem "To

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INDEX/BCMSV/2103

1718

Epitaph on John Hewet and Sarah Drew of Stanton Harcourt, two lovers killed

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INDEX/BCMSV/2348

1714

On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the

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INDEX/BCMSV/2794

1726 ?

Humorous recipe for soup, partly riddling (some solutions given), addressed to Jonathan Swift

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INDEX/BCMSV/789

1726 ?

Humorous recipe for soup, partly riddling (some solutions given), addressed

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INDEX/BCMSV/884

1716 (published)

Witty satire on the idea of men as worms and other kinds of insects,

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INDEX/BCMSV/910

1741 (published)

Epitaph for his own gravestone, expressing confidence in God and independence