The quintessence of English poetry : or, A collection of all the beautiful passages in our poems and plays: from the celebrated Spencer to 1688. 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 some hundred volumes, by the ingenious Tho. Hayward, and other gentlemen. To which is prefix'd, an alphabetical catalogue of authors, poems, and plays quoted in the collection: also an historical and critical review of this and all the essays of the kind hitherto published. By Mr. Oldys. In three volumes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayward, Thomas, -1779?

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

British muse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Poems.

Physical Description:

3v. ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Olive Payne, at Horace's-Head, in Pope's-Head-Alley, opposite the Royal-Exchange, in Cornhill; John Millan, opposite the Admiralty, Charing-Cross; Henry Chapelle, in Grovesnor-Street; and Francis Noble, at Otway's-Head, in St. Martin's-Court, near Leicester-Fields, MDCCXI. [1711]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Edited by Thomas Hayward.

First published in 1738 as 'The British muse'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N68405.

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