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Total number of records: 24

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Books and printed items	14
Indexes	9
Archives	1

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English Literature	10
Brotherton Collection	8
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	7
Letters Database	2

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letters	1
english poetry	1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Hayley, William	24
Hayley, William (1745-1820)	14
Cowper, William, 1731-1800	9
Grimshawe, Thomas Shuttleworth (1778-1850)	8
Cowper, William (1731-1800)	8
Grimshawe, Thomas Shuttleworth	8
Mr Hayley	4
Milton, John (1608-1674)	3
Milton, John, 1608-1674	3
Mr Hayley (F.93v)	2

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From 1800	9

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Up to 1899	10

Archive Print Item:
English K-1/WOL

A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban, alias Master John Nichols, Printer... not forgetting Master William Hayley. To which is added an elegy to Apollo; also Sir Joseph Banks and the boiled fleas, an ode

Pindar, Peter (1738-1819); Nichols, John (1745-1826); Hayley, William (1745-1820); Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820)

1790

Indexed in: ESTC,

Archive Item:
BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Hayley

Letters from William Hayley, with related material, including poems by Hayley.

1774-1816

Comprises carbon copy transcriptions of 39 letters from William Hayley to John Thornton dated 21 September 1774 - 17 April 1779, miscellaneous letters between others, and poems by William Hayley, the ...

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Case FC-2/MIL

The poetical works of John Milton (v.1)

Milton, John (1608-1674); Hayley, William (1745-1820)

1794-1797

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Case FC-2/MIL

The poetical works of John Milton (v.2)

Milton, John (1608-1674); Hayley, William (1745-1820)

1794-1797

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Case FC-2/MIL

The poetical works of John Milton (v.3)

Milton, John (1608-1674); Hayley, William (1745-1820)

1794-1797

Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/3119

Hayley, William to [unknown]

n.d.

Bottom part of a letter which has been cut up. With Hayley's signature.

Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/3120

Hayley, William to Fanshawe, Catherine Maria

n.d.

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English K-7.5/COW/H

Supplementary pages to the life of Cowper : containing the additions made to that work on reprinting it in octavo

Hayley, William (1745-1820); Hayley, William (1745-1820)

1806

Includes index.

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6187

He next makes a speech for his mother diswading him from the practice of poetry, there discribes her parental care of him

1788 (published)

Describes how Poetry (personified) offers a cetrain parental protection to those she favours; also contains a praise of Poetry. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6188, 6189, 6191

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6188

The author's reflections on the fate of poor Chatterton

178-?

Lament for the poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) describing how, due to the malignancy of critics, he commits suicide by swallowing poison. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6189, 6191

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6189

On the force of prejudice

178-?

On the inhibiting effect of prejudice on artistic creation; the poem focuses particularly on its damaging effect on female poets. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6188, 6191

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6191

On Epic Poetry. Upon Milton

1788 (published)

In praise of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. Extract from Hayley's "Essay on Epic Poetry", Epistle 4. Cf BCMSV 6187, 6188, 6189