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Total number of records: 24

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English Literature21
Brotherton Collection20

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poems, english1
metamorphosis1
mythology, classical1

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Great Britain1
Blenheim, Battle of, 17041

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Sewell, George (1726)24
Sewell, George11
Philips, John (1676-1709)4
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-16184
Addison, Joseph, 1672-17192
Newcomb, Thomas2
Newcomb, Thomas (1682-1765)2
Philips, John, 1676-17091
Philips, John (1716-)1
Publius Ovidus Naso1

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Remarks upon a pamphlet intitul'd, (Observations upon the state of the nation, in January, 1712/13.)

Sewell, George (1726); Winchilsea and Nottingham, Daniel Finch Earl of (1647-1730); Wotton, William (1666-1727)

1713

Author identified by Halkett & Laing. The words "Observations... 1712/13" are enclosed in square brackets on t.p. Observations upon the state of the nation has been attributed to Daniel Finch and ...

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The works of William Shakespear : containing Venus and Adonis. Tarquin and Lucrece : with his miscellany poems : to which are added, critical remarks on his plays, and an Essay on the art, rise, and progress of the stage, in Greece, Rome, and England

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Sewell, George (1726); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)

1728

In 1728 Tonson published an 8 volume set of Shakespeare's works edited by Pope. A ninth volume was published that year by Tonson and others to supplement the set. The present volume is intended to acc...

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Protestant Popery : or, the convocation. A poem.... Address'd to ... the Lord Bishop of Bangor

Amhurst, Nicholas (1697-1742); Sewell, George (1726)

1718

Attributed to Nicholas Amhurst; formerly attributed to George Sewell. With a final advertisement leaf. At foot of titlepage: (Price 1s.6d.). Variant: no price on titlepage. First issue. Straus, ...

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The works of Anacreon, and Sappho : done from the Greek

Sappho; Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749); Sewell, George (1726)

1713

Based on the collection published in 1683, "Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek" [by F. Willis, A. Cowley, J. Oldham and T. Wood] with additions. Divisional titlepage: 'The odes of ...

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Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books : a new translation (v.1-2)

Ovid; Sewell, George (1726)

1717

Dedication signed by the editor, G. Sewell. Vol. 2 has title: Ovid's Metamorphoses made English by several hands. Each vol. includes index. I7 of vol. 1 is a cancel. The directions to the binder...

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The tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

Sewell, George (1726)

1722

Dedication signed: George Sewell.

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The Earl of Mar marr'd : With the humours of Jockey, the Highlander: A tragi-comical farce

Philips, John (fl. 1716); Sewell, George (1726)

1716

Authorship doubtful, according to NUC, and ascribed to George Sewell in a Curll advertisement.

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The whole works of Mr. John Philips :... I. The splendid shilling: ... II. Blenheim: ... III. Cyder: ... IV. Ode ad Henricum St. John, ... V. The same translated by Mr. Newcomb. To which is prefixed his life, by Mr. Sewell

Philips, John (1676-1709); Newcomb, Thomas (1682-1765); Sewell, George (1726)

1720

Latin text and English translation of the "Ode" vis-á-vis.

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Observations upon Cato : a tragedy. By Mr. Addison. In a letter to ***

Sewell, George (1726)

1713

Anonymous. By George Sewell.

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The tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh

Sewell, George (1726)

1719

First edition. Written by George Sewell; cf. Nicoll, A. A hist. of Eng. drama, 1660-1900, 1952: v. 2, p. 354. Dedication signed "George Sewell".

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