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English poetry - 18th century

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    Saturday noon; or, the pitman's frolick. April 27, 1778.

    Ogle, John, active 1778. | Date: M,CXX,LXXVIII [1778]
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    The diaboliad. A poem. Part the second. By the author of part the first. Dedicated to the worst woman in His Majesty's dominions.

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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    Retaliation: a poem. By Doctor Goldsmith. Including epitaphs on some of the most distinguished wits of this metropolis.

    Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. | Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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    The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: being the second and third parts thereof, adorn'd with proper and elegant cuts. Part II. What was written and publish'd by himself; now reprinted together. The ninth edition. Part III. His six books of plants, The First and Second of Herbs. The Third and Fouth of Flowers. The Fifth and Sixth of Trees. Made English by several celebrated hands. With necessary tables, and divers poems of eminent Persons, in praise of the author: with the author's life, and other considerable additions and improvements.

    Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. | Date: 1711
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    Poems on several occasions. Written in Pennsylvania. By William Moore Smith, ...

    Smith, William Moore, 1759-1821. | Date: 1786
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