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Early British Literature to 1800

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A Modest Proposal by Swift, JonathanSource: A Modest Proposal (Dublin and London: S. Harding and J. Roberts, 1729)
A Revelation of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichSource: A Revelation of Divine Love (Norwich: np, manuscript, 1373)
"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: England's Helicon (London: John Flasket, 1600)
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.)
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 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)
"The Extasie" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"The Flea" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"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)
"The Relique" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"The Sunne Rising" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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 Rover, or, The Banished Cavaliers by Behn, AphraSource: The Rover: or, the Banish't Cavaliers (London: Printed for John Amery, 1677)
"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)
"To His Coy Mistress" by Marvell, AndrewSource: Miscellaneous Poems (London: Printed for Robert Boulter, 1681)
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)
"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)
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)
"An Essay on Criticism" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "An Essay on Criticism" (London: W. Lewis, 1711)
The Spectator, #11 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #11 (England: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
The Spectator, #2 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #2 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)
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)
"The Rape of the Lock" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "The Rape of the Lock" (London: B. Lintott, 1714)
"To the Ladies" by Chudleigh, MarySource: Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates, 1722)
"The Lady's Dressing-Room" by Swift, JonathanSource: "The Lady's Dressing-Room" (London: J. Roberts, 1732)
"Saturday. The Small-Pox" by Wortley Montagu, Mary, LadySource: Six Town Eclogues with some other POEMS (London: M. Cooper, 1747)
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)
Headnote: Headnote for Aphra Behn by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Alexander Pope by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Julian of Norwich by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Shakespeare by Howe, Tonya and Leane Dondapati
Headnote: Headnote for John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester by O'Brien, John
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by AnonymousSource: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (N.P.: manuscript, c.1400)
The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
Headnote: Headnote for John Donne by Retica, Rachel
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)
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)
Beowulf by AnonymousSource: Beowulf (Np: Manuscript, c.1100)
Headnote: Headnote for Katherine Philips by John O'Brien
The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)
"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 Canonization" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)
"To the Nightingale" by Finch, AnneSource: Poems on Several Occasions... (: Written by the Right Honourable Anne, countess of Winchelsea., )

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