The quintessence of English poetry [electronic resource] : or, a collection of all the beautiful passages in our poems and plays: From the Celebrated Spencer. The Whole Instructive, Moral, and Humourous; and adapted to all Degrees of Mankind: Alphabetically digested under proper Heads, in Chronological Order of Time. Collected from many hundred volumes, by several eminent hands. To which is prefix'd, an alphabetical catalogue of authors, Poems, and Plays quoted in the Collection. Also an historical and critical review of all the essays of this kind hitherto published. In Three Volumes.
1740
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The quintessence of English poetry [electronic resource] : or, a collection of all the beautiful passages in our poems and plays: From the Celebrated Spencer. The Whole Instructive, Moral, and Humourous; and adapted to all Degrees of Mankind: Alphabetically digested under proper Heads, in Chronological Order of Time. Collected from many hundred volumes, by several eminent hands. To which is prefix'd, an alphabetical catalogue of authors, Poems, and Plays quoted in the Collection. Also an historical and critical review of all the essays of this kind hitherto published. In Three Volumes.
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British muse.
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London : printed for O. Payne at Horace's-Head in Pope's-Head-Alley, opposite the Royal-Exchange, MDCCXL. [1740]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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3v. ; 12⁰.
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Edited by Thomas Hayward.
First published in 1738 as 'The British muse'.
Titlepages in red and black.
The review is by W. Oldys.
Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
First published in 1738 as 'The British muse'.
Titlepages in red and black.
The review is by W. Oldys.
Reproduction of original from John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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English Short Title Catalog, T168447.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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