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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Austin, Gabriel
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
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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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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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Rollins, Carl Purington 1880-1960 -- Ownership.
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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
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
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
6
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
7
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
8
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
9
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
10
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
11
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
12
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
13
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
14
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
15
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
16
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
17
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
18
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
19
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
20
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
21
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
22
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
23
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
24
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
25
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
26
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
27
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
28
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
29
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
30
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
31
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
32
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
33
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
34
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
35
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
36
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
37
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
38
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
39
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
40
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
41
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
42
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
43
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
44
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
45
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
46
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
47
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
48
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
49
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
50
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
51
Corson, James Clarkson
A bibliography of Sir Walter Scott;
1943
52
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
53
Stucley, Elizabeth Florence, 1906–
A Hebridean journey with Johnson and Boswell
[1956]
54
Barry, Iris, 1895–1969
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
[1928]
55
Cavendish, George, 1500–1561?
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey
1959
56
Austin, Gabriel
Four Oaks Farm
1967
57
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
58
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Letters of Laurence Sterne;
1935
59
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
60
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
61
Cotton, William, 1794–1863
Some account of the ancient borough town of Plymouth St. Maurice, or Plympton Earl,
1859
62
Bell, Eva Mary Hamilton, "Mrs. G. H. Bell,", 1878–
The Hamwood papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton,
1930
63
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Memoranda Walpoliana,
1937
64
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
Sonnets from the Portuguese
1909
65
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
66
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
67
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Private correspondence of Chesterfield and Newcastle, 1744-46
1930
68
Tuell, Anne Kimball, 1876–
John Sterling,
1941
69
Kökeritz, Helge, 1902–
Shakespeare's pronunciation
1953
70
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746–1820
A series of letters of the first Earl of Malmesbury
MDCCCLXX [1870]
71
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
72
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
73
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
74
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
75
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
76
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
77
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
78
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1965-1967
79
Shakespeare's England;
1917
80
Crabbe, George, 1785–1857
The life of George Crabbe,
[1932]
81
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
82
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
83
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
84
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
85
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
86
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
87
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
88
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
89
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
90
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
91
Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902–1988
A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800
1935]
92
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
93
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
94
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
Samuel Foote
MCMX [1910]
95
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley
1928
96
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
97
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
98
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
99
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
100
Burr, Allston, 1866–
Sir Walter Scott,
1936
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