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Total number of records: 10

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Indexes	7
Books and printed items	3

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Brotherton Collection	10
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	7
English Literature	3

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marriage	1
living alone	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Pomfret, John	10
Pomfret, John (1667-1702)	3
Prior, Matthew	1
Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)	1
Ward, Edward	1
Ward, Edward (1667-1731)	1
Dillon, John	1
Dillon, Sir John (1709-)	1
Harcourt, Simon	1
Harcourt, Simon (1684-1720)	1

Count of Earliest date

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From 1600	4
From 1700	6

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	4
Up to 1799	6

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1154

A happy life

1699 (published)

Abridged extract from Pomfret's "The Choice", describing the pleasures of an

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1841

[unknown]

1699 (published)

Incomplete copy of Pomfret's "The Choice", describing the pleasures of an ideal country life of refinement and moderation, including characteristics of

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1971

To his friend under affliction

1702 (published)

Religious poem, on the universality of human suffering and its advantages in

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1972

To another friend under affliction

1702 (published)

On the difficulty of applying philosophy or reason in time of suffering, in consequence advising a friend to see his affliction in the context of the

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1979

A prospect of death

1702 (published)

On the inevitability of death and the uncertainty of the fate of the soul, describing in detail the suffering of the dying man surrounded by friends and

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2797

The Choice

1699 (published)

Description of the pleasures of an ideal country life of refinement and moderation, including characteristics of home, garden, food, drink and friends

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/2805

[unknown]

169- ?

Contending that pain and sorrow are relieved the sooner by prayer, and that they give rise to the most beautiful music. Extract from Pomfret's "To his friend under affliction".

Archive Print Item:
BC Lt d/PLE

The Pleasures of a single life: or, The miseries of matrimony. Occasionally writ upon the many divorces lately granted by Parliament. With The choice, or, The pleasures of a country-life

Dillon, Sir John (fl. 1709); Ward, Edward (1667-1731); Pomfret, John (1667-1702)

1709

Attributed to both John Dillon and Edward Ward. "The choice..." by John Pomfret covers p. 13-16.

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BC Lt/FIN

The spleen, a Pindarique ode

Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch Countess of (1661-1720); Pomfret, John (1667-1702)

1709

First separate edition.

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BC Lt/POM

Three poems : viz. I. Reason, a satire

Pomfret, John (1667-1702); Harcourt, Simon (1684-1720); Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)

1720

With a half-title. Half-title reads "The judgement of Venus. Price 6d." "The female Phaeto" is ascribed also to Matthew Prior. "Mr. Harcourt" is possibly Simon Harcourt, 1684-1720. Advertiseme...