Papers removed from Dillon's extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's , Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men 1690-1956.

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Papers removed from Dillon's extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's , Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men 1690-1956.

Drawings, watercolors, engravings, letters, and other documents by various artists andauthors removed from John Dillon's extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men.

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Alexander Pope

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Michael Studholme.

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Charles Jarvis

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Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1638?-1706

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English poet. From the description of Dorinda's sparkling wit, & eyes : ms. poem, [ca. 1820]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610923 ...

Athenaeum (Liverpool)

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Sallet, treasurer to the duc de Bouillon.

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Pope's

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Cole, William

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William Cole (1714-1782), Cambridge antiquary, was born at Little Abington, near Babraham, on 3 August 1714. He attended private schools in Cambridge, Linton and Saffron Walden, before spending five years at Eton. He entered Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1733, transferring to King's College, Cambridge, in 1736 (B.A., 1736; M.A., 1740). Cole was rector of Hornsey, Middlesex, 1749-1751, although he chose not to reside there, then rector of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, 1753-1767. He moved to Waterbeach,...

John Dillon's

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Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800

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Joseph Warton was an influential author and critic, a literary radical who encouraged the use of imagination and eschewed traditional verse forms in his criticism and his own writing. Warton was born in Surrey, and educated at Oxford University, where he developed an interest in poetry and imagination; he began publishing verse soon after, and literary essays on figures such as Milton, Shakespeare, and Pope. He taught at Winchester College, eventually becoming master and later headmaster, forcin...

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719

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English essayist, poet and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : postmarked Rugby, to Ambrose Philips, 1713 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904667 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Oxford], to Jacob Tonson, [1694-5] Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904668 From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, authorizing payment of expenses of George Bubb [Dodington] in Spain, 1717 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Robert Dodsley

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Schmitz, Robert M. (Robert Morell), 1900-

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Dillon, John

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Epithet: of the Free-thinking Christians British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000157 Epithet: of Add MS 40425 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000153 Epithet: of Ballinagh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000155 Isaac Grif...

Warburton, William, 1698-1779

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Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...

Brian Fairfax

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Vertue, George, 1684-1756

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English engraver and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to [Joseph] Ames, [no year] "Sept. 8 Monday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584764 Epithet: of Sloane MS 4066 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x000157 ...

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...

Winchester College

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Homerus. English. 1715-1720

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William Fortescue

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Washington university Saint-Louis, Mo., Department of medicine

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Whitin

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Dillon, John, d. ca. 1868.

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Wilkes (1727-1797) was an English politician and journalist. He served several times in Parliament and also as Lord Mayor and Chamberlain of London. From the guide to the Papers and prints concerning John Wilkes, 1758-1843, (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858

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Spence's

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Wilson

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Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768

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Joseph Spence (1699-1768), anecdotist and professor of poetry in New College, Oxford, is best known for his Essay on Pope's Odyssey (1727) and his Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men (1820), published posthumously. From the description of Joseph Spence papers, 1649-1859 (bulk 1739-1768). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138266 ...

Chandos, James Brydges, Duke of, 1674-1744

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1702-1714, was the last Stuart monarch. Raised as a Protestant, she was convinced to support the efforts of William of Orange and her sister Mary to depose her Catholic father, King James II. William and Mary became monarchs, and Anne succeeded to the throne upon William's death. Anne herself had no clear successor, and this uncertainty fuelled discord in her reign, marked by bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories. She was succeeded by the Hanoverian line, descend...

Dibdin, T. C. (Thomas Colman), 1810-1893

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Tonson, Jacob, 1714-1767

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Antonio Schinella Conti

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Trumbull, William, Sir, 1639-1716

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Politician; knighted Nov. 21, 1684; Secretary of State and privy councillor under William III, May 3, 1695-Dec. 1, 1697; in his retirement, befriended the young Alexander Pope. From the description of Letter : Whitehall [London, Eng.], to [William] Blathwayte [i.e. Blathwayt], 1697 Aug. 6. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580819 Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716), a noted lawyer, foreign diplomatist, and Secretary of State 1695-1697, was one of Alexander Pope'...

Delamotte, William, 1775-1863

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English painter and engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Benjamin West, 1799 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526324 ...

Joseph Addison.

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Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1658-1735

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John Pinkerton

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Jonathan Richardson's

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Ramsay, Chevalier (Andrew Michael), 1686-1743

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Epithet: Chevalier de Ramsay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x0002de Chevalier de Ramsay. From the description of Autograph receipt in French signed : Paris, to the treasurer of the Duc de Bouillon, 1738 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616155 From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris, to Mr. Bayne in London, 1713 Aug. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27061...

Fraguier, Claude-François 1660-1728

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Epithet: Abbé British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000072 ...

Steele, Richard, 1672-1729

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Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832

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English actor. From the description of Partially printed document signed, dated : [London], ca. 3 December 1819, ca. 1819 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582784 From the description of Autograph letters, bills, receipts signed (17), 1812-1821. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613105 Son of J.S. Munden, the actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kentish Town, to Winston, Tuesday Morning [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Nurse

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