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Total number of records: 16

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	16
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	16

Count of People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Congreve, William	16
Mr Congreve [In Miscellany of Poems By Charles Gildon ... 1692];	2
Mr Congreve [In Miscellany of Poems By Charles Gildon ... 1692]	1
Congreve; [Latin]	1

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Earliest date	Count
From 1600	7
From 1700	9

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	7
Up to 1799	9

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INDEX/BCMSV/772

Doris

1710 (published)

Light satire seemingly on Mrs Barry the actress, particularly on her

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INDEX/BCMSV/773

An epistle to Sir Richard Temple on pleasing

1710 (published)

Lighthearted satire on mankind's impulse to please, arising from vanity and usually involving perversion of natural qualities; in the form of an epistle to Sir Richard Temple (later Viscount Cobham), praising his unaffected

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/776

To Cynthia weeping and not speaking

1694 (published)

Love poem, appealing to his mistress to tell him why she is weeping so that

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INDEX/BCMSV/856

Jack Frenchman's lamentation to the tune of I'll tell the Dick

1708 (published)

Satirical ballad on the French defeat at the battle of Oudenarde, praising the Elector of Hanover (the future George I) and laughing at Louis XIV's