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Early British Literature to 1800

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The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
Headnote: Headnote for Shakespeare by Howe, Tonya and Leane Dondapati
"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: England's Helicon (London: John Flasket, 1600)
"The Extasie" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"The Rape of the Lock" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "The Rape of the Lock" (London: B. Lintott, 1714)
Headnote: Headnote for Alexander Pope by O'Brien, John
"The Relique" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
Articles of Peace Between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles II and Several Indian Kings and Queens ["The Treaty of Middle Plantation"] by Stuart, CharlesSource: ARTICLES OF PEACE Between The Most Serene and Mighty PRINCE CHARLES II. By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. And Several Indian Kings and Queens, etc. (London: Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty., 1677)
A Revelation of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichSource: A Revelation of Divine Love (Norwich: np, manuscript, 1373)
Headnote: Headnote for Julian of Norwich by O'Brien, John
"Rosania to Lucasia on her Letters" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
Othello by Shakespeare, WilliamSource: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. (London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623)
The Rover, or, The Banished Cavaliers by Behn, AphraSource: The Rover: or, the Banish't Cavaliers (London: Printed for John Amery, 1677)
"Saturday. The Small-Pox" by Wortley Montagu, Mary, LadySource: Six Town Eclogues with some other POEMS (London: M. Cooper, 1747)
"Satyr [Against Reason and Mankind]" by Wilmot, John, Earl of RochesterSource: Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable, THE E. of R--- (Antwerpen [London]: [John Redmayne], 1680)
"The Flea" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
Headnote: Headnote for John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester by O'Brien, John
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, For the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest by Astell, MarySource: A Serious Proposal To the Ladies, For the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest (London, England: Printed for R. Wilkin at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1694)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by AnonymousSource: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (N.P.: manuscript, c.1400)
The Spectator, #11 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #11 (England: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
The Beggar's Opera by Gay, JohnSource: The Beggar's Opera (London: Printed for John Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728)
The Spectator, #2 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #2 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
Headnote: Headnote for Katherine Philips by John O'Brien
The Spectator, 65 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #65 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
The Spectator, Issue 1, Thursday, March 1, 1711 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
"[The Spectator] Issue 10, March 12, 1711" by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
"[The Spectator] Issue 411, Saturday, June 21, 1712" by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)
"Against Pleasure" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
"The Sunne Rising" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
The Tempest by Shakespeare, WilliamSource: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. (London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623)
"To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
"To His Coy Mistress" by Marvell, AndrewSource: Miscellaneous Poems (London: Printed for Robert Boulter, 1681)
"To the Ladies" by Chudleigh, MarySource: Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates, 1722)
"On Controversies in Religion" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
Beowulf by AnonymousSource: Beowulf (Np: Manuscript, c.1100)
"To the Nightingale" by Finch, AnneSource: Poems on Several Occasions... (: Written by the Right Honourable Anne, countess of Winchelsea., )
"To the Virgins, to make much of Time" by Herrick, RobertSource: Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. (London: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eglesfield, 1648)
"To the fair Clarinda, who made Love to me, imagin'd more than Woman" by Behn, AphraSource: Lysidus, or, The lover in Fashion (London: Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1688)
The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: The Tragicall history of Doctor Faustus (London: Printed by V. S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, 1604.)
"Content, to my dearest Lucasia" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
The Turkish Embassy Letters by Montagu, Mary Wortley, LadySource: Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e (Providence, Rhode Island: Sarah Goddard, 1766)
"Upon the Double Murder of King Charles I" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
"The Canonization" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
Headnote: Headnote for John Donne by Retica, Rachel
"On the 3. of September, 1651" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
"Death" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)
"An Essay on Criticism" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "An Essay on Criticism" (London: W. Lewis, 1711)
"Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward." by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"Holy Sonnet: Death be not proud" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
Headnote: Headnote for Aphra Behn by O'Brien, John
Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave: A True History by Behn, AphraSource: Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave; a True History (London: Printed for William Canning, 1688)
"The Lady's Dressing-Room" by Swift, JonathanSource: "The Lady's Dressing-Room" (London: J. Roberts, 1732)
A Modest Proposal by Swift, JonathanSource: A Modest Proposal (Dublin and London: S. Harding and J. Roberts, 1729)

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