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Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881–1960
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England -- Social life and customs.
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English poetry.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Inscription to Annie Burr Lewis.
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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
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
6
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
8
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
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Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
10
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
11
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
12
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
13
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
14
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
15
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
16
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
17
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
18
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
19
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
20
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
21
Prior, Matthew, 1664–1721
Poems on several occasions
1905
22
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Memoirs of Count Gramont
1906
23
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
The correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
1892
24
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
25
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
26
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
27
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
28
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
29
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
30
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
31
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
32
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
33
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
34
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
35
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
36
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
37
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
38
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
39
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
40
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
41
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
42
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
43
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
44
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
45
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
46
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
47
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
48
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
49
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
50
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
51
Greever, Garland, 1883–1967
A Wiltshire parson and his friends
[1926]
52
Cole, William, 1714–1782
The Blecheley diary of the Rev. William Cole ... 1765-67;
1931
53
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
New light on Dr. Johnson;
1967 [c1959]
54
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
55
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
56
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
57
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
58
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
59
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
60
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
61
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
62
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
63
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
64
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
65
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
66
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
67
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
68
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
69
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
70
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
71
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
72
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
73
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
74
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
75
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
76
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
77
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
78
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
79
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
80
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
81
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
82
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
83
Crabbe, George, 1785–1857
The life of George Crabbe,
[1932]
84
Kökeritz, Helge, 1902–
Shakespeare's pronunciation
1953
85
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
The letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
1935
86
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746–1820
A series of letters of the first Earl of Malmesbury
MDCCCLXX [1870]
87
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
The rehearsal
1868
88
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
89
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
90
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
91
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
92
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
93
Hogan, Charles Beecher, 1906–
Shakespeare in the theatre, 1701-1800
1952-1957
94
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
95
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
96
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1965-1967
97
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
98
Stucley, Elizabeth Florence, 1906–
A Hebridean journey with Johnson and Boswell
[1956]
99
Corson, James Clarkson
A bibliography of Sir Walter Scott;
1943
100
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
Sonnets from the Portuguese
1909
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