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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)38
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Notes, typescript and galley proofs of the 'Dictionary of modern colloquial French' by Edwin A. Lovatt

Lovatt, Edwin A (1944-)

198-?

Also known as:Dictionary of modern colloquial French

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Yorkshire dialect bibliography, by Frank James Taylor

Taylor, Frank James (1916-1926)

c.1920

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Poems and prose works, by Benjamin Preston

Preston, Benjamin (1819-1902)

c.1875-1902

Includes news-cuttings and other printed material by and about Benjamin Preston, including obituary notices

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Dialect bibliography, by Frederic Madden

Madden, Frederic (1801-1873)

1839-1873

Comprises a copy of 'A Bibliographical list of the works that have been published, towards illustrating the provincial dialects of England' by John Russell Smith (London, 1839) annotated and interleav...

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Yorkshire dialect poem

c.1844

Comprises a poem which begins: "A Tale Partly in the yorkshire Diealect/At a House on a Moor one night/Some Neighbours together did meet/A blasing Wood fire gave them light/And grouler laid quiet at t...

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Dialect writings by Frederic William Moorman

Moorman, Frederic William (1872-1919)

c.1900-1920

Poems: (1) Nests (2 ff.); (2) The exile (2 ff.); (3) Blind (2 ff.); (4) The organ-grinder (2 ff.); (5) The organ-grinder [another version] (2 ff.); (6) [Untitled. Begins: "Within the city's precincts...

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Five notebooks compiled by Charles Edward Gough, mainly on Germanic philology, 1903-1907

Gough, Charles Edward (1875-1957)

1903-1907

1. Ein Auszug aus der Formenlehre des Gotischen, Althochdeutschen, Mittelhochd., Altenglischen & Altsächischen (including a loose comparative table in pocket at end), 1903-4. 2. Old English phonolog...

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A bibliography of Albert Hugh Smith, believed to have been compiled by Joseph William Scott

Scott, Joseph William

c.1967

Marked 'Festschrift'; perhaps originally intended for 'Early English and Norse studies presented to Hugh Smith'(1963), but not used

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Poetical work of Joe Brook

Brook, Joe

1889-1933

Contains: (1) f.2. A short account of the author's life, by himself. On the verso is an index to the poems; (2) ff.3-178. Poems in the Halifax dialect, written between 1889 and 1933

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