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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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Ashton, John, 1834–1911
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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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Clifford, James Lowry, 1901–1978
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Cockburn, Henry Cockburn, Lord, 1779–1854
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Cole, William, 1714–1782
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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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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
Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024
Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub
1960
5
Prior, James, Sir, 1790?-1869
Life of Edmond Malone, editor of Shakspeare
1860
6
Hesselgrave, Ruth Avaline
Lady Miller and the Batheaston literary circle,
1927
7
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Observations, anecdotes, and characters of books and men,
1966
8
Greene, Donald Johnson
The politics of Samuel Johnson
1960
9
Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron, 1846–1935
Life of William, earl of Shelburne, afterwards first marguess of Lansdowne
1875-76
10
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXXVI [1936]
11
Watson, J. Steven (John Steven)
The reign of George III, 1760-1815
1960
12
Quarles, Francis, 1592–1644
Quarles' emblems;
1886
13
Price, Martin, 1920–2010
Swift's rhetorical art;
1953
14
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
The journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1825-32,
1891
15
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Poems of Robert Southey
1909
16
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Don Juan,
1924
17
Episcopal Church
The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church
1944
18
Sutherland, James Runcieman, 1900–
Defoe,
[1937]
19
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720–1800
Mrs. Montagu, "Queen of the blues",
[1923]
20
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
English literature in the earlier seventeenth century, 1600-1660,
1945
21
Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
The works of Beaumont and Fletcher;
1854
22
The Oxford book of eighteenth century verse,
1926
23
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832–1916
Tennyson, his art and relation to modern life
1894
24
Ashford, Daisy
Daisy Ashford: her book,
[c1920]
25
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise lost
c1935
26
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
The poems of George Herbert
1913
27
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872–1962
The home book of verse, American and English, 1580-1912
1912
28
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
The Tinker library ;
[1959]
29
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages,
[1934]
30
Luttrell, Barbara
The prim romantic
1965
31
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828–1897
Sheridan
1909
32
Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757–1851
Notes by Lady Louisa Stuart on George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1928
33
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812–1880
Selections from the letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
1892
34
Masson, David, 1822–1907
Chatterton
1874
35
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979
Bentley's designs for Walpole's Fugitive pieces,
1936
36
Omar Khayyam
The Rubāīyāt of Omar Khayyām, the astronomer-poet of Persia
[18--?]
37
Tourneur, Cyril, 1575?-1626
The works of Cyril Tourneur
[1930]
38
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1825
39
Jones, M. G. (Mary Gwladys)
Hannah More
1952
40
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
41
Cecil, David, Lord, 1902–
The stricken deer; or, The life of Cowper,
1935
42
Hawkins, John, 1719–1789
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
[1962]
43
Jones, William, 1765–1821
The diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821
[1929]
44
Hazen, Allen T. (Allen Tracy), 1904–1977
The introduction to A catalogue of Horace Walpole's library
1969
45
Hesketh, Harriet Cowper, Lady, 1733–1807
Letters of Lady Hesketh to the Rev. John Johnson, concerning their kinsman William Cowper the poet,
1901
46
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
The autobiography of Edward Gibbon
[1911]
47
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Chap-books of the eighteenth century,
1882
48
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Letters
1959-62
49
Fothergill, John, 1712–1780
Chain of friendship
1971
50
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
The poems of Wordsworth
1926
51
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The deserted village
[1907?]
52
Reed, Isaac, 1742–1807
Isaac Reed diaries, 1762-1804
1946
53
Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633–1713
Some short observations for the Lady Mary Stanhope concerning the writing of ordinary letters,
1934
54
The Oxford book of American verse
1927
55
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
56
Rosenberg, John D
The darkening glass;
1961
57
Dictionary of national biography
[1920]
58
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Erasmus in praise of folly
[187-?]
59
Halsband, Robert, 1914–
The life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1957, 1956
60
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574
Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
1850-1852
61
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
62
Landa, Louis A., 1901–
Swift and the Church of Ireland
1954
63
Verney family
Verney letters of the eighteenth century from the mss. at Claydon House,
[1930]
64
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The letters of Tobias Smollett;
1970
65
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Journal to Stella,
1948
66
Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
The autobiography of Leigh Hunt
1949
67
Woodforde, James, 1740–1803
Woodforde;
1935
68
Wardle, Ralph Martin, 1909–
Mary Wollstonecraft,
1951
69
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
William Roscoe of Liverpool
[1953]
70
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
The letters and private papers of William Makepeace Thackeray;
1945-46
71
Hilles, Frederick W. (Frederick Whiley), 1900–1975
New light on Dr. Johnson;
1967 [c1959]
72
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
The rehearsal
1868
73
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697–1780
Letters to and from Madame du Deffand and Julie de Lespinasse,
1938
74
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
75
Cole, William, 1714–1782
The Blecheley diary of the Rev. William Cole ... 1765-67;
1931
76
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Letters of Laurence Sterne;
1935
77
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners & The life & death of Mr. Badman,
[1928]
78
Neville, Sylas
Diary, 1767-1788
1950
79
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794)
1896
80
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Eighteenth century vignettes
1892
81
Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Social life in the reign of Queen Anne
1882
82
Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913–2001
The poem of the mind;
1966
83
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)
1926
84
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Paradise regained, the Minor poems, and Samson Agonistes
c1937
85
Whythorne, Thomas, 1528–
The autobiography of Thomas Whythorne
1962
86
Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649
The poems of Richard Crashaw;
[1905?]
87
Congreve, William, 1670–1729
Letters & documents
1964
88
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
89
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606
Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Mitcham
1953
90
Symington, Andrew James, b. 1825
Some personal reminiscences of Carlyle
1886
91
Lennox, Sarah, Lady, 1745–1826
The life and letters of Lady Sarah Lennox, 1745-1826
1902
92
Mudge, Isadore Gilbert, 1875–1957
A Thackeray dictionary;
1910
93
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875
History of England
1870
94
Corson, James Clarkson
A bibliography of Sir Walter Scott;
1943
95
Bettany, Lewis, 1869–
Edward Jerningham and his friends
1919
96
Barry, Iris, 1895–1969
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
[1928]
97
Cavendish, George, 1500–1561?
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey
1959
98
Straus, Ralph, 1882–1950
The unspeakable Curll
MCMXXVII [1927]
99
Cotton, William, 1794–1863
Some account of the ancient borough town of Plymouth St. Maurice, or Plympton Earl,
1859
100
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–1667
The rule and exercises of holy dying
1857
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