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England -- Social life and customs.
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English poetry.
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Roberts, Sydney Castle, Sir, 1887–1966 -- Donor.
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
The portable Blake,
1946
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
The poems of William Blake
1921
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of William Blake
[1905?]
4
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
5
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
6
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
7
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
8
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
9
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
10
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
11
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
12
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
13
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
14
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
15
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
16
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
17
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
18
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
19
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
20
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
The correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
1892
21
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
22
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
23
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray;
1945-46
24
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
25
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
26
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
27
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
28
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
29
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
30
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
31
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
32
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
33
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
34
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
Samuel Foote
MCMX [1910]
35
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley
1928
36
Collison, C. S
Sketches in the Vale of Chalke
1900?]
37
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
38
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
39
Prior, Matthew, 1664–1721
Poems on several occasions
1905
40
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
41
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
42
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
43
Cole, William, 1714–1782
The Blecheley diary of the Rev. William Cole ... 1765-67;
1931
44
Greever, Garland, 1883–1967
A Wiltshire parson and his friends
[1926]
45
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
46
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
47
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
48
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
49
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
50
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
51
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
52
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
53
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
54
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
55
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
56
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
57
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
58
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
59
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
60
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
61
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
62
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
63
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
64
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
65
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
66
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
67
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
68
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
69
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
70
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
71
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
72
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
73
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
74
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
75
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
76
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
77
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
New light on Dr. Johnson;
1967 [c1959]
78
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
79
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
80
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
81
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
82
Burr, Allston, 1866–
Sir Walter Scott,
1936
83
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Memoirs of Count Gramont
1906
84
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
85
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
86
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
87
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
Sonnets from the Portuguese
1909
88
Cotton, William, 1794–1863
Some account of the ancient borough town of Plymouth St. Maurice, or Plympton Earl,
1859
89
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
90
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
91
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Social life in the reign of Queen Anne
1882
92
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
93
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
94
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
95
Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
The poem of the mind;
1966
96
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
97
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
98
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
99
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
100
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
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