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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, 1728-1774.
    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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  • Milton's Paradise regain'd. A poem, in four books.

    • Milton, John, 1608-1674.
    Date
    1793
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  • Poems by Allan Ramsay.

    • Ramsay, Allan, 1685-1758.
    Date
    1727 [1732?]
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  • Whisky, a poem. By William M'vitie.

    • McVitie, William.
    Date
    MDCCXCV. [1795]
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  • Poems on several occasions. By the late Mr John Gay. In two volumes. ...

    • Gay, John, 1685-1732.
    Date
    M.DCC.LXXI. [1771]
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  • A Large loaf for sixpence.

    Date
    1800?]
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  • The court parrot. A new miscellany, in prose and verse; ...

    Date
    1733
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  • Some thouhgts [sic] on building and planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart.

    Date
    1755?]
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  • Mirth diverts all care: being excellent new songs, compos'd by the most celebrated wits of the age, on divers subjects, viz. The Scotch Riddle unfolded. News from London. The Voyage to Scotland. Sir Henry Wotten to Qanne. The Golden Age. An Old Man Courting a young Girl. The Leveller. The Chearful Heart. The Quaker's Ballad. The Quiet Retreat. Win at first, Lose at last, or, a Game at Cards. The Loyal Scot. On a Ladies Eyes and Lips. A Fly drown'd in a Ladies Eye. The Character of a Good Parson. A Song by Col. Salisbury. A Song on Ingratitude. A Song in English and Latin. Chivy Chase in English and Latin. The Grand Tack. The Fable. The Honest Man's Fate. A Peruke Block. A Latin Song. In Truncum Capillatum. With many more Rare songs, worthy of the Reader's Esteem.

    • Philomusus.
    Date
    1709
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  • The new Dunciad: as it was found in the year 1741. With the illustrations of Scriblerus, and notes variorum.

    • Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
    Date
    [1742]
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  • The lewes newsmen's address to their worthy masters and mistresses, for the new year, 1792.

    Date
    1792]
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  • The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. I. With explanatory notes and additions never before printed.

    • Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
    Date
    1736
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  • The triumphant return, A po'́em; in Latin and English: humbly dedicated to His Excellency George Greenville Nugent temple, Marquis of Buckingham, lord lieutenant general, and general governor of Ireland. By John Gilborne, M.D.

    • Gilborne, John.
    Date
    [1788?]
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  • The gamesters. A poem. Addressed to the Mayor of C-----.

    • Wilkinson, Edward, 1728-1809.
    Date
    MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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  • Otaheite: a poem.

    Date
    MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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  • My wedding day, a poem. Addressed to my wife.

    Date
    1799]
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  • To the most serene and potent Princess, Ann of Scotland, England, France and Ireland Queen. The Humble and Hearty address, of A great many of Your Majesties Subjects Presbyterians, of the Church of Scotland, whose maxims are knowen to be consistent with Monarchy, Contrary to the false Aspersions of their Enemies.

    Date
    1702]
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  • The posthumous works of Mr Samuel Butler, (author of Hudibras) compleat in one volume: Written in the Time of the Grand Rebellion, and in the Reign of King Charles II. being a collection of Satires, speeches, and Reflections, upon those Times. Publish'd from original M.SS. and Scarce and Valuable Pieces formerly Printed. To which is added, A key to Hudibras by Sir Roger L'Estrange.

    • Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
    Date
    1754
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  • Julia; or, Last follies.

    • Beloe, William.
    Date
    1798
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  • Sixty-ninth day. 9th June, 1790.

    • Villiers, George, active 1785-1790.
    Date
    1790]
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  • A collection of poems, essays, and epistles. Containing Essay on man. Universal prayer. Eloisa to Abelard. Messiah: A sacred Eclogue. An Ode on Solitude. An Essay on Criticism. Poem on the Last Day. An Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard. Hymn to Adversity. The Grave. The Hermit. A Night-Piece on Death. The Splendid Shilling. The Desertfd Village. The Traveller. With elegies, songs, and pieces of humour. By Pope, Young, Gray, Blair, Parnell, Philips, Goldsmith and Shenstone.

    Date
    MDCCLXXI. [1771]
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