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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Chapman, R. W. (Robert William), 1881–1960
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Ms. notes.
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England -- Social life and customs.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
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English poetry.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Bibliography.
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Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Inscription to Annie Burr Lewis.
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821.
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Roberts, Sydney Castle, Sir, 1887-1966 -- Donor.
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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
The portable Blake,
1946
2
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of William Blake
[1905?]
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The poems of William Blake
1921
4
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
5
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
6
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
7
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
8
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
9
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
10
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
11
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
12
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
13
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
14
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
15
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
16
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
17
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
18
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
19
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
20
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
21
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
22
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
23
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
The rehearsal
1868
24
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
25
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
26
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
27
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
28
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
29
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
30
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
31
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
32
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
33
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
34
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
35
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
36
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
37
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
38
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
39
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
40
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
41
Shakespeare's England;
1917
42
Crabbe, George, 1785–1857
The life of George Crabbe,
[1932]
43
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
44
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
45
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1965-1967
46
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
47
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
48
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
49
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
50
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
51
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
52
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
53
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
54
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
55
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
56
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
57
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
58
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
59
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
60
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
61
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
62
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
63
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
64
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
65
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
66
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
67
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
68
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
69
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
70
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
71
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
72
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
73
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
74
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
75
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
76
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
77
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
78
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
79
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
80
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
81
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
82
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
83
Dennis, John, 1657–1734
The critical works of John Dennis;
1939-43
84
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Shakespeare's poems
1964
85
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Selections from the poetical works of A.C. Swinburne
[1884]
86
Hurd, Richard, 1720–1808
The correspondence of Richard Hurd & William Mason,
1932
87
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
88
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
89
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
90
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Private correspondence of Chesterfield and Newcastle, 1744-46
1930
91
Tuell, Anne Kimball, 1876–
John Sterling,
1941
92
Kökeritz, Helge, 1902–
Shakespeare's pronunciation
1953
93
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
The letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
1935
94
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746–1820
A series of letters of the first Earl of Malmesbury
MDCCCLXX [1870]
95
Legg, L. G. Wickham (Leopold George Wickham), b. 1877
Matthew Prior: a study of his public career and correspondence,
1921
96
Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Baron, 1852–1928
Alfred lord Tennyson;
1897
97
Clifford, James Lowry, 1901–1978
Young Sam Johnson
[c1955]
98
Bleackley, Horace, 1868–1931
Casanova in England
[1923]
99
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–1667
The rule and exercises of holy dying
1857
100
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
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