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epigrams, english11
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persian poetry1
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Oldys, William (1696-1761)4
Oldys, William4
Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde1
Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)1
Wither, George (1588-1667)1
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)1
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Heywood, John (1497?-1580?)1
Early English Drama Society1
Davis, Dick (1945-)1

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Archive Collection:
Elliott Collection MS Wilde
1878-1895
Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...
Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 18
c.1650
Collection of parallel translations from Latin divided into four groups: (1) "Select epigrammes of Martial Englished"; (2) "Other epigrammes ancient and moderne"; (3) "Epigrammes or sentences epigramm...
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/OLD
1727
Booklist of J. Walthoe (12 p.) at end (not mentioned by Case). With half t.p. Title page vignette. Publisher's advertisement: verso of half title leaf. Attributed to William Oldys; cf. Halkett...
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/OLD
1735-37
Vol. 2 lacks edition statement and has imprint date 1737. Anon., sometimes attributed to William Oldys.
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/OLD
1735-37
Vol. 2 lacks edition statement and has imprint date 1737. Anon., sometimes attributed to William Oldys.
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/OLD
1735-37
Vol. 2 lacks edition statement and has imprint date 1737. Anon., sometimes attributed to William Oldys.
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/WIT
1613
In verse. Collation: A⁸ a⁴ B-V⁸ (A1, V7,8 blank). In this edition A4r line 4 has: quareld. This and STC 25891.5 may have been printed after 25894 (STC).
Archive Print Item:
BC Lt/ELS
1700
Attributed to John Elsum. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.). Includes index.
Archive Print Item:
BC Gen/FAR
The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood

Heywood, John (1497?-1580?); Farmer, John Stephen (1845?-1915?); Early English Drama Society

1906
Contents: A dialogue of the effectual proverbs in the English tongue concerning marriages -- First hundred epigrams -- Three hundred epigrams on three hundred proverbs -- The fifth hundred epigrams --...
Archive Print Item:
Swainson Collection DAV
1996
Translated from the Persian.
Archive Print part:
BC Lt/QUA
1633
Second edition. Title and imprint within double lined borders. In verse. Printer's name from STC. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Pages 89-96 (sig. N) numbered 81-88 in error.