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Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)9
Hall, Henry (1656-1707)3
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)3
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Fitzgerald, Thomas2
Knevet, Ralph2
Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)2
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Mock poem or Whiggs supplicatione, by Samuel Colvil
Mock poem or Whiggs supplicatione, by Samuel Colvil

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An attempt to explain whence the virtues of the Bath waters proceed
An attempt to explain whence the virtues of the Bath waters proceed

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Poems by Oliver Style
Poems by Oliver Style

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Lisy's parting with her cat, by James Thomson
Lisy's parting with her cat, by James Thomson

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The life and actions of W.S. written by himself during his confinement in the tower at Liverpool.
The life and actions of W.S. written by himself during his confinement in the tower at Liverpool.

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Commonplace book containing draft legal warrants, culinary and medical recipes, mathematical notes, moral precepts, and English verse from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Commonplace book containing draft legal warrants, culinary and medical recipes, mathematical notes, moral precepts, and English verse from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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Poems of various kinds, by Peter Pinnell and others.
Poems of various kinds, by Peter Pinnell and others.

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Collection of poems, predominantly religious, by Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron, professionally transcribed, with annotations by his uncle, Colonel Charles Fairfax.
Collection of poems, predominantly religious, by Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron, professionally transcribed, with annotations by his uncle, Colonel Charles Fairfax.

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Commonplace book of eighteenth century prose and verse, chiefly with Jacobite sympathies.
Commonplace book of eighteenth century prose and verse, chiefly with Jacobite sympathies.

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Miscellany of original early eighteenth century English poetry with East Anglian connections, by Robert Worlidge.
Miscellany of original early eighteenth century English poetry with East Anglian connections, by Robert Worlidge.

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A gentle echo on woman, attributed to D. Swift.
A gentle echo on woman, attributed to D. Swift.

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Commonplace book owned by the Lewis family, including transcribed poems by Pope, Gray, and Prior.
Commonplace book owned by the Lewis family, including transcribed poems by Pope, Gray, and Prior.

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Collection of English verse
Collection of English verse

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Poetical miscellany, entitled 'Poems, & verses on several occasions, MDCCXXVI'.
Poetical miscellany, entitled 'Poems, & verses on several occasions, MDCCXXVI'.

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On her majesty's birth day : a poem on Queen Caroline's birthday, by Stephen Duck
On her majesty's birth day : a poem on Queen Caroline's birthday, by Stephen Duck

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Satirical poem in the form of a letter from Thomas Hearne to Sir Hans Sloane.
Satirical poem in the form of a letter from Thomas Hearne to Sir Hans Sloane.

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Commonplace book, compiled largely by Mr Charles Deynes of Roydon near Diss in Norfolk.
Commonplace book, compiled largely by Mr Charles Deynes of Roydon near Diss in Norfolk.

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Collection of poems by William Hamilton Esq. of Bangour.
Collection of poems by William Hamilton Esq. of Bangour.

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Two anonymous eighteenth-century poems on the Godalming Rabbits.
Two anonymous eighteenth-century poems on the Godalming Rabbits.

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Poems on several occasions, by Thomas Fitzgerald, with inserted manuscript material relating to the poem
Poems on several occasions, by Thomas Fitzgerald, with inserted manuscript material relating to the poem "Bedlam".

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Anthology of eighteenth-century verse, compiled by Mary Capell.
Anthology of eighteenth-century verse, compiled by Mary Capell.

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Poetical commonplace book, partly in the hand of George Scott
Poetical commonplace book, partly in the hand of George Scott

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Collection of Restoration satires
Collection of Restoration satires

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Mock poem or Whiggs Supplicatione, Part Second, by Samuel Colvil.
Mock poem or Whiggs Supplicatione, Part Second, by Samuel Colvil.

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Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.
Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.

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Miscellany of seventeenth and eighteenth-century verse.
Miscellany of seventeenth and eighteenth-century verse.

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Commonplace book
Commonplace book

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To the late Queen as she went to Bath, apparently by Thomas Warton
To the late Queen as she went to Bath, apparently by Thomas Warton

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To his Grace the Duke of Chandos, by Edward Young
To his Grace the Duke of Chandos, by Edward Young

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Commonplace book, chiefly of English poems
Commonplace book, chiefly of English poems

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Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope
Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope

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Mock poem or Whiggs supplication Part First, by Samuel Colvil
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication Part First, by Samuel Colvil

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Satire on named Justices of the Peace for Northamptonshire
Satire on named Justices of the Peace for Northamptonshire

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Three poems by Ro. James
Three poems by Ro. James

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Collection of epigrams with parallel translations from Latin into English
Collection of epigrams with parallel translations from Latin into English

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A satyr on the political state of Great Britain
A satyr on the political state of Great Britain

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Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies
Verses upon several occasions, English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies

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Mock poem or Whiggs supplication, by Samuel Colvil, and other poems added later
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication, by Samuel Colvil, and other poems added later

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The sacred historie conteined in the First Boocke of Moses called Genesis ... March 10, 1669
The sacred historie conteined in the First Boocke of Moses called Genesis ... March 10, 1669

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Poetical miscellany compiled by E. Beardwell
Poetical miscellany compiled by E. Beardwell

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Collection of English verse, begun on March 26th 1732 by William Jermy of Norfolk
Collection of English verse, begun on March 26th 1732 by William Jermy of Norfolk

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Upon the lamented death of the worthy Robert Vansitart Esq, December 27th 1719
Upon the lamented death of the worthy Robert Vansitart Esq, December 27th 1719

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Commonplace book of verse and prose
Commonplace book of verse and prose

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Autograph notebook, including verse, by William Fairfax
Autograph notebook, including verse, by William Fairfax

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Swattle, and other poems
Swattle, and other poems

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Supplementary cantos to Gondibert, by Sir William Davenant
Supplementary cantos to Gondibert, by Sir William Davenant

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Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Benjamin Coles
Poetical commonplace book, compiled by Benjamin Coles

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Ane encomium upon the most renouned and most illustrious John Earle of Lauderdale, Esquire, his majesties high commissioner for the kingdome of Scotland, his grace, by Maxwell
Ane encomium upon the most renouned and most illustrious John Earle of Lauderdale, Esquire, his majesties high commissioner for the kingdome of Scotland, his grace, by Maxwell

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Commonplace book of English and Latin verse and prose
Commonplace book of English and Latin verse and prose

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Hymn, beginning
Hymn, beginning "O God of Gods true God of might, Glory of glories infinite"

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Mock poem or Whiggs supplication part First, by Samuel Colvil
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication part First, by Samuel Colvil

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Letter from John Bridger, Brookland, to his wife in Canterbury, 3 April 1728
Letter from John Bridger, Brookland, to his wife in Canterbury, 3 April 1728

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Mock poem or Whiggs supplication Part First, by Samuel Colvil
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication Part First, by Samuel Colvil

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A ballad on a certain lord's altering his chapel at Grove into a kitchen
A ballad on a certain lord's altering his chapel at Grove into a kitchen

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To the memory of Qeene Elizabeth
To the memory of Qeene Elizabeth

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Seventeenth-century verse satire
Seventeenth-century verse satire

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Upon the approach of the shore at Harwich, in January 1668; begun under the mast at the desire of my Lady Giffard, by Sir William Temple
Upon the approach of the shore at Harwich, in January 1668; begun under the mast at the desire of my Lady Giffard, by Sir William Temple

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Mock poem or Whiggs supplication, by Samuel Colvil
Mock poem or Whiggs supplication, by Samuel Colvil

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Commonplace book
Commonplace book

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Five poems in a single hand
Five poems in a single hand

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