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english poetry2
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Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Trumbull, William1
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)1
Maidwell, Lewis (1650-1715)1
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)1

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BC MS Lt 16, f. A1r: Part of Alexander Pope's translation from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9. (
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Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's 'De consolatione philosophiae', by Alexander Pope

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

c.1703-1704

Verse prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort, translated from Boethius, 'Consolation of Philosophy', III.9, by Alexander Pope; together with bifolium lett...

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BC MS Lt 66, f. 1r:
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Treatise on grammar by Lewis Maidwell, with commendatory poems by John Dryden and Nahum Tate

Maidwell, Lewis (1650-1715)

c.1684

Manuscript treatise on grammar headed 'Grammar is the art of speaking', using Latin and English examples (ff.3r-37r); preceded by poems 'To Mr. L. Maidwell on his new method' (f.1r-v), signed 'J. Dryd...

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