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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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Roberts, Sydney Castle, Sir, 1887-1966 -- Donor.
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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
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
5
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
6
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
7
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
8
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Social life in the reign of Queen Anne
1882
9
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
10
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
11
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
12
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
13
Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
The poem of the mind;
1966
14
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
15
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
16
Kökeritz, Helge, 1902–
Shakespeare's pronunciation
1953
17
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
The letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
1935
18
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746–1820
A series of letters of the first Earl of Malmesbury
MDCCCLXX [1870]
19
Tuell, Anne Kimball, 1876–
John Sterling,
1941
20
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Private correspondence of Chesterfield and Newcastle, 1744-46
1930
21
Doran, Dr. (John), 1807–1878
'Mann' and manners at the court of Florence, 1740-1786
1876
22
Cole, William, 1714–1782
A journal of my journey to Paris in the year 1765
1931
23
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
24
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639?-1701
The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley
1928
25
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
In memoriam
1910
26
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834–1925
Samuel Foote
MCMX [1910]
27
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
28
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
29
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
30
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
31
Hillhouse, James Theodore, 1890–1956
The Grub-street journal,
1928
32
Bolton, Arthur T. (Arthur Thomas), 1864–
The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
1922
33
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
34
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
35
Sheridan, Betsy, 1758–1837
Betsy Sheridan's journal
[1960]
36
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
37
Cole, William, 1714–1782
The Blecheley diary of the Rev. William Cole ... 1765-67;
1931
38
Greever, Garland, 1883–1967
A Wiltshire parson and his friends
[1926]
39
Collison, C. S
Sketches in the Vale of Chalke
1900?]
40
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881
The correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
1892
41
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794)
1896
42
Neville, Sylas
Diary, 1767-1788
1950
43
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
44
Eliot, Harriot Pitt, Lady, 1758–1786
The letters of Lady Harriot Eliot, 1766-1786;
1914
45
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689–1762
The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1965-1967
46
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
47
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
48
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
49
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
50
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
51
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
52
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
53
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
54
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
55
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
56
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
57
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
58
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
59
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
60
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
61
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
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
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
67
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
68
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
69
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
70
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
71
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
72
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
73
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
74
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
75
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
76
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
77
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
78
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
79
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
80
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
81
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
82
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
83
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
84
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593
Plays
1950
85
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray;
1945-46
86
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
87
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
88
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
89
Black, Clementina
The Linleys of Bath,
[1911]
90
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
91
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
92
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
93
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
94
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
95
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
96
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
97
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
98
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
99
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
100
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
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