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The references which follow the Chronological Data are the numbers of the Quotations in consecutive order from the respective Authors under which they are placed.

Addison, Joseph.

b. Milston, Wiltshire, Eng., 1672; d. London, Eng., 1719.

—

393

556

629

700

713

749

766

925

969

1078

1583

1814

2091

Akenside, Mark.

b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1721; d. London, Eng., 1770.

—

1865

1938

Aldrich, James.

b. New York, 1810; d 1856.

—

1481

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey.

b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1836; d. 1907.

—

238

407

771

2009

Allen, Elizabeth Akers.

b. Strong, Me., 1832; ....

—

313

Armstrong, John.

b. Liddesdale, Eng, 1709; d. London, Eng., 1779.

—

1864

Arnold, Sir Edwin.

b. London, 1832; d. 1904.

—

498

Arnold, Matthew.

b. Laleham, Middlesex, Eng., 1822; d. Eng, 1888.

—

1537

2103

Aytoun, William Edmondstoune.

b. Fifeshire, 1813; d. 1865.

—

1735

Bailey, Philip James.

b. Nottingham, Eng, 1816; d. 1902.

—

322

531

614

746

967

1349

1770

1833

Baillie, Joanna.

b. Lanarkshire, Scot, 1762; d. Hampstead, Eng., 1851.

—

198

Barbauld, Anna Lætitia.

b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1743; d. 1825.

—

782

1717

2032

Barrington, George.

b. Maynooth, Ireland, 1755; d. New South Wales at a great age.

—

413

Barry, Michael J.

Circa

1815.

—

1340

Baxter, Richard.

b. Rowdon, Shropshire, Eng., 1615; d. 1691.

—

1375

Bayly, Thomas Haynes.

b. near Bath, Eng., 1797; d. 1839.

—

218

1335

Beattie, James.

b. Laurencekirk Scot., 1735; d. Aberdeen, Scot., 1803.

—

485

670

837

Beaumont

and

Fletcher.

Beaumont, Francis.

b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1586; d. 1615.

Fletcher, John.

b. Rye, Eng., 1576; d. London, Eng., 1625.

—

204

408

559

598

1154

1231

1568

1861

1917

2042

Benserade, Isaac de.

b. in Upper Normandy, 1612; d. 1691.

—

164

Blair, Robert.

b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1699; d. Athelstaneford, Scot., 1747.

—

819

836

1651

Booth, Barton.

b. Lancashire, Eng, 1681; d. 1733.

—

1354

Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth.

b. Fredericksvern, Norway, 1848; d. 1895.

—

1028

1162

Bramston, James.

b. England; d. 1744.

—

875

Brown, John.

b. England, 1715; d. 1766.

—

431

Brown, Tom.

b. Shropshire, Eng., 1663; d. 1704.

—

562

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.

b. London, Eng., 1809; d. Florence, Italy, 1861.

—

160

196

650

778

848

887

1006

1039

1073

1296

1373

1659

1709

1733

1968

2104

Browning, Robert.

b. Camberwell, Eng., 1812; d. 1889.

—

129

251

474

519

681

747

865

993

994

996

1086

1123

1188

1222

1228

1312

1344

1351

1450

1667

1710

1822

1825

1901

1950

1957

1967

Bryant, William Cullen.

b. Cummington, Mass., 1794; d. New York, 1878.

—

234

240

317

627

697

725

758

851

906

1155

1246

1277

1321

1445

1604

1663

1793

1819

1951

1962

2055

2063

2128

Bulwer, Edward George Earle Lytton

[Baron Lytton].

b. London, Eng., 1803; d. Torquay, France, 1873.

—

1323

Bunn, Alfred.

b. England; d. 1860.

—

888

Bunyan, John.

b. Elstow, Eng., 1628; d. London, Eng., 1688.

—

664

1383

Burns, Robert.

b. Ayr, Scot., 1759; d. Dumfries, Scot., 1796.

—

208

222

242

552

588

592

604

694

773

783

954

964

986

1080

1095

1106

1109

1129

1147

1193

1345

1435

1588

1599

1600

1642

1704

2047

2080

Butler, Samuel.

b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1612; d. London, Eng., 1680.

—

153

236

303

305

405

423

549

566

574

615

799

972

992

1014

1110

1209

1271

1284

1334

1347

1394

1405

1449

1496

1504

1510

1557

1585

1682

1705

1811

1852

1858

1886

1932

2019

Byron, George Gordon, Lord.

b. London, Eng., 1788; d. Missolonghi, Greece, 1824.

—

116

133

148

169

176

209

315

351

352

354

368

388

419

451

460

469

470

486

506

511

534

537

553

582

594

612

619

651

677

734

748

751

787

813

841

842

843

850

878

879

898

908

910

995

1059

1075

1087

1115

1131

1133

1166

1221

1229

1232

1251

1275

1303

1337

1391

1407

1419

1442

1498

1506

1522

1529

1538

1556

1563

1573

1575

1580

1596

1601

1620

1621

1625

1668

1672

1679

1686

1688

1716

1718

1731

1751

1792

1794

1818

1847

1851

1862

1884

1897

1910

1920

1935

1979

1993

1994

2018

2025

2029

2031

2059

2089

2094

2110

Campbell, Thomas.

b. Glasgow, Scot., 1777; d. Boulogne, France, 1844.

—

142

149

359

570

715

723

933

1243

1390

1541

1584

1593

1694

1703

1741

1877

Canning, George.

b. London, Eng., 1770; d. Cheswick, Eng., 1827.

—

729

Carey, Henry.

b. 1663; d. Coldbath-Fields, Eng., 1743.

—

349

Carlyle, Thomas.

b. Ecclefechan, Scot., 1795; d. Chelsea, near London, Eng., 1881.

—

1090

1150

Cary, Alice.

b. near Cincinnati, O., 1820; d. New York City, 1871.

—

536

1262

Cary, Phoebe.

b. near Cincinnati, O., 1824; d. New York City, 1871.

—

646

Chapman, George.

b. Hitchin, Eng, 1557; d. London, Eng., 1634.

—

658

Chatterton, Thomas.

b. Bristol, Eng, 1752; d. London, Eng., 1770.

—

1136

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

b. London, Eng., 1328; d. 1400.

—

104

1647

1853

1960

2072

Chorley, Henry Fothergill.

b. 1808; d. 1872.

—

1268

Churchill, Charles.

b. Westminster, Eng., 1731; d. Boulogne, France, 1764.

—

100

135

530

698

703

874

978

1713

1749

Clemmer, Mary.

b. Utica, N.Y., 1839; d. 1884.

—

676

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.

b. Devonshire, Eng., 1772; d. London, Eng., 1834.

—

143

282

395

465

484

599

708

728

979

1138

1227

1336

1372

1379

1431

1473

1507

1561

1673

Collins, William.

b. Chichester, Eng., 1720; d. Chichester, Eng., 1756.

—

227

928

1035

1239

Colman, George

[the younger].

b. 1762; d. London, Eng., 1836.

—

971

Congreve, William.

b. Bardsey, Eng., 1670; d. London, Eng., 1729.

—

185

775

1237

1867

1926

Cook, Eliza.

b. London, Eng., 1817; d. 1889.

—

1747

"Cornwall, Barry."

See

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.

Cowley, Abraham.

b. London, Eng., 1618, d. Chertsey, Eng., 1667.

—

479

786

Cowper, William.

b. Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1731; d. 1800.

—

102

146

175

365

403

412

586

591

656

739

762

868

889

914

960

1036

1079

1201

1393

1401

1404

1437

1466

1475

1571

1637

1723

1752

1759

1799

1916

1931

1937

1965

1988

1990

2004

2024

2049

Crabbe, George.

b. Aldborough, Eng., 1754; d. Trowbridge, Eng., 1832.

—

205

330

379

428

1382

1412

1515

1576

1617

1702

1880

2075

Cranch, Christopher Pearse.

b. Alexandria, Va., 1813; d. 1892.

—

1903

Crashaw, Richard.

b. London, Eng., about 1616; d. Italy, about 1650.

—

541

814

Croly, George.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1780; d. 1860.

—

1261

Dana, Richard Henry.

b. Cambridge, Mass., 1787; d. Boston, Mass., 1878.

—

1773

Dante, Alighieri.

b. Florence, Italy, 1265; d. Ravenna, 1321.

—

936

Darwin, Erasmus.

b. Newark, Eng., 1731; d. Derby, Eng., 1802.

—

1168

Defoe, Daniel.

b. London, Eng., 1661; d. London, Eng., 1731.

—

384

1300

De L'Isle, Joseph Rouget.

b. Lons-le Saunice, France, 1760; d. 1836.

—

807

Dickens, Charles.

b. Landport, near Portsmouth, Eng., 1812; d. Gadshill,

near Rochester, Eng., 1870.

—

997

Donne, John, D.D.

b. London, Eng., 1573; d. London, Eng., 1631.

—

1821

Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley.

b. Charleston, S.C., 1825; ....

—

1493

1830

Drake, Joseph Rodman.

b. New York City, 1795; d. New York City, 1820.

—

714

761

Dryden, John.

b. Aldwinkle, Eng., 1631; d. London, Eng., 1701.

—

158

226

252

337

344

504

680

776

790

858

860

871

884

1179

1234

1299

1346

1358

1362

1365

1425

1460

1549

1577

1610

1764

1772

1836

1909

1921

1948

1964

1984

2043

2074

2129

Dwight, Timothy.

b. Northampton, Mass., 1752; d. New Haven, Conn., 1817.

—

357

Dyer, Sir Edward

b. Sharpham, near Glastonbury,

circa

1540; d. 1607.

—

331

1190

Dyer, John.

b. 1700; d. 1758.

—

1053

Eliot, George

[Marian Evans Cross],

b. Warwickshire, Eng., 1820; d. London, Eng., 1880.

—

862

1091

1256

1276

1350

1478

1534

1779

1832

1944

1992

2092

2101

Elliott, Ebenezer.

b. Masborough, Eng., 1781; d. near Barnsley, Eng., 1849.

—

1046

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

b. Boston, Mass., 1803; d. Concord, Mass., 1882.

—

105

161

191

239

247

249

448

605

759

765

791

817

944

1428

1648

1678

1748

Everett, Edward.

b. Dorchester, Mass., 1794; d. 1865.

—

912

Faber, Frederick William.

b. Durham, Eng., 1814; d. Brompton, Eng., 1863.

—

1516

Falconer, William.

b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1732; shipwrecked near Cape Good Hope, 1769.

—

1059

1675

Fenner, Cornelius G.

b. 1822; d. 1847.

—

1609

Fielding, Henry.

b. Sharpham Park, Eng., 1707; d. Lisbon, Spain, 1754.

—

1330

Fields, James Thomas.

b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1817; d. 1881.

—

420

Finch, Francis M.

b. Ithaca, N.Y., 1827; ....

—

1878

Fletcher, John.

b. Northhamptonshire, Eng., 1576; d. 1625.

—

1304

1655

Ford, John.

b. Islington, Eng., 1586; d.

circa

1639.

—

1159

Franklin, Benjamin.

["Richard Saunders"].

b. Boston, Mass., 1706; d. Philadelphia, Penn., 1790.

—

281

Garland, Hamlin.

b. West Salem, Wis., 1860; ....

—

346

1230

1761

2081

Garrick, David.

b. Lichfield, Eng, 1716; d. London, Eng., 1779.

—

406

1724

Garth, Sir Samuel.

b. Bolam, Eng.,

circa

1670; d. London, Eng., 1718.

—

1395

Gay, John.

b. near Barnstaple Eng., 1688; d. London, Eng., 1732.

—

124

620

642

730

781

883

952

1416

1434

1452

1562

1608

1677

Gifford, Richard.

b. 1725; d. North Okendon, Eng., 1807.

—

1997

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

b. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 1749; d. Weimar, Germany, 1832.

—

192

Goldsmith, Oliver.

b. Pallis, Ireland, 1728; d. London, Eng., 1774.

—

107

189

340

341

342

345

364

466

517

639

695

707

710

733

788

849

901

1063

1107

1114

1137

1297

1339

1487

1495

1589

1591

1742

1750

1756

1934

1939

2003

2064

Gould, Hannah Flagg.

b. Lancaster, Vt., 1789; d. Newburyport, Mass, 1865.

—

1553

Gray, Thomas.

b. London, Eng., 1716; d. Cambridge, Eng., 1771.

—

103

193

216

378

382

385

443

450

613

624

704

716

720

789

832

833

863

963

1041

1141

1174

1687

1892

1924

2056

2136

Green, Matthew.

b. London (?), Eng., 1696; d. 1737.

—

369

Greene, Robert.

b. Norwich (?),

circa

1560; d. near Dowgate, Eng., 1592.

—

1105

Halleck, Fitz-Greene.

b. Guilford, Conn., 1770; d. Guilford, Conn., 1867.

—

493

904

1313

1973

Halpine, Charles Grahame

["Miles O'Reilly"],

b. Oldcastle, Meath, Ireland, 1829; d. New York City, 1868.

—

756

Harrington, Sir John.

b. near Bath, Eng,

circa

1561; d. 1612.

—

1947

Harte, Francis Bret.

b. Albany, N.Y., 1839; d. London, Eng., 1902.

—

433

1306

1739

Havergal, Frances Ridley.

b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1836; d. Swansea, Eng., 1879.

—

326

Hay, John.

b. Salem, Ind., 1838; d. 1905.

—

1367

Hayne, Paul Hamilton.

b. Charleston, S.C., 1831: d. 1886.

—

2095

Heber, Reginald.

b. Cheshire, Eng., 1783; d. Trichinopoly, India, 1826.

—

501

934

1295

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea.

b. Liverpool, Eng, 1793; d. Dublin, Ireland, 1835.

—

496

717

907

1683

1776

Herbert, George.

b. in Montgomery Castle, Wales, 1593; d. Bemerton, Wales, 1632.

—

199

250

602

687

784

1083

1145

1348

1467

1842

1849

1963

2073

Herrick, Robert.

b. London, Eng., 1591; d. Dean Prior, Eng., 1674.

—

280

461

699

1697

1791

1872

1914

1978

1985

Heywood, Thomas.

b. Lincolnshire, Eng., 1570; d. 1649.

—

920

Hogg, James.

b. Ettrick Forest, Scot., 1772; d. 1835.

—

801

Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

b. Cambridge, Mass., 1809; d. 1894.

—

233

618

649

929

1241

1307

1314

1440

1547

1550

1800

Home, John.

b. Ancrum, Scot., 1724; d. 1808.

—

265

Hood, Thomas.

b. London, Eng., 1798-9; d. London, Eng., 1845.

—

131

229

298

463

533

583

867

1208

1282

1414

1438

1472

1652

1695

1788

1904

Hopkinson, Joseph.

b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1770; d. 1842.

—

976

Howe, Julia Ward.

b. New York, 1819; ....

—

320

Hunt, Helen

[Mrs. Jackson].

b. Amherst, Mass., 1831; d. San Francisco, Cal., 1885.

—

130

1156

1167

Hunt, James Henry Leigh.

b. Southgate, near London, Eng., 1784; d. 1859.

—

1613

Hutchinson, Ellen Mackay.

—

1640

Ingelow, Jean.

b. Ipswich Eng., 1830; d. 1897.

—

180

669

1121

1760

2134

Jefferys, Charles.

b. 1807; d. 1865.

—

231

245

Johnson, Dr. Samuel.

b. Lichfield, Eng., 1709; d. London, Eng., 1784.

—

132

580

590

768

815

857

945

965

989

1003

1111

1940

2037

Jones, Sir William.

b. London, Eng., 1746; d. India, 1794.

—

1064

1322

Jonson, Ben.

b. London, Eng., 1573-4; d. London, Eng., 1637.

—

267

548

828

1016

1102

1210

1508

1616

1658

1986

Keats, John.

b. London, Eng., 1795; d. Rome, Italy, 1821.

—

127

159

919

1130

1236

1267

1352

1433

1535

1730

1969

Keble, John.

b. Coln-St.-Aldwynds, Eng.,

circa

1792; d. Bournemouth, Eng., 1866.

—

1298

Kemble, Frances Anne.

b. London, Eng., 1811; d. 1893.

—

248

Kingsley, Charles.

b. Devonshire, Eng., 1819; d. Eversley, Eng., 1875.

—

277

290

348

516

785

823

1031

1161

1360

1519

2105

Kipling, Rudyard.

b. Bombay, India, 1865; ....

—

744

2093

Lamb, Charles.

b. London, Eng., 1775; d. London, Eng., 1834.

—

311

Landor, Walter Savage.

b. Ipsley Court, Warwickshire, Eng., 1775; d. Florence, Italy, 1864.

—

263

688

Landsdowne, Lord

[George Granville].

b. Bideford, Eng., 1667; d. London, Eng., 1735.

—

835

Larcom, Lucy.

b. Beverly Farms, Mass., 1826, d. 1893.

—

840

Lee, Nathaniel.

b. England, 1655; d. London, Eng., 1692.

—

844

Linley, George.

b. London, Eng., 1798; d. France, 1865.

—

1178

Lofft, Capel.

b. London, Eng., 1751, d. France, 1824.

—

Logan, John.

b. Soutra, Scot., 1748, d. 1788.

—

366

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

b. Portland, Me., 1807, d. Cambridge, Mass., 1882.

—

110

141

150

177

307

321

499

632

654

738

742

780

796

942

948

1017

1045

1055

1074

1089

1261

1302

1311

1316

1427

1551

1603

1633

1734

1806

1831

1887

1889

2026

2053

2112

2135

Lovelace, Richard.

b. Woolwich, Eng., 1618; d. London, Eng., 1658.

—

144

1384

Lover, Samuel.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1797; d. 1868.

—

1483

Lowe, John.

b. 1750; d. 1798.

—

1217

Lowell, James Russell.

b. Cambridge, Mass., 1819; d. 1891.

—

304

323

335

391

503

514

611

635

810

1012

1054

1226

1420

1923

1970

2088

Lowell, Maria White.

b. Watertown, Mass., 1821; d. 1853.

—

1981

Lowth, Robert.

b. Winchester, Eng., 1710; d. 1787.

—

1403

Lyly, John.

b. Kent Eng.,

circa

1553; d.

circa

1600.

—

2060

Macaulay, Thomas Babington.

b. Rothley Temple, Eng., 1800; d. Kensington, London, Eng., 1859.

—

495

Macdonald, George.

b. Huntley, Scot., 1824; d. 1905.

—

2054

Marlowe, Christopher.

b. Canterbury, Eng., 1565; d. Deptford, Eng., 1593.

—

213

1511

1518

1670

Martial

[Marcus Valerius Martialis].

b. Bilbilis, Spain, 43; d. Bilbilis, Spain, 104.

—

505

Massinger, Philip.

b. near Wilton, Eng., 1584; d. on the Bankside, 1639-40.

—

1411

1817

Mee, William.

—

675

Meredith, Owen

" [Lord Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton],

b. Herts, Eng, 1831; d. 1891.

—

225

540

645

866

981

1000

1127

1245

1491

1900

2102

Mickle, William Julius.

b. Dumfriesshire, Scot., 1734; d. 1788.

—

946

Middleton, Thomas.

d. 1626.

—

134

1502

Miller, "Joaquin" Cincinnatus Hiner.

b. Indiana, 1840; ....

—

371

477

647

1030

1185

1828

Milnes, Richard Monckton

[Lord Houghton].

b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1809; d. 1885.

—

890

2041

Milton, John.

b. London, Eng., 1608; d. London, Eng., 1674.

—

112

117

120

157

170

186

187

207

275

284

288

300

312

336

356

360

373

381

383

387

397

416

429

441

445

456

468

492

515

518

520

526

539

551

563

576

595

597

600

607

608

610

628

631

634

652

667

696

701

711

712

735

740

770

797

802

804

809

847

877

880

892

895

896

931

935

956

982

991

1001

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1037

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1057

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1077

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1160

1169

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1184

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1192

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1248

1255

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1287

1310

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1380

1397

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1402

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1421

1439

1447

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1569

1597

1611

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1628

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1740

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1777

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1840

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1873

1906

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1919

1936

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1975

1999

2013

2015

2020

2034

2035

2038

2046

2069

2084

2097

2100

2108

2138

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley.

b. London, Eng.,

circa

1690; d. London, Eng., 1762.

—

585

Montgomery, James.

b. Irvine, Scot., 1771; d. Sheffield, Eng., 1854.

—

232

1008

1258

1582

Moore, Clement C.

b. New York, 1779; d. 1863.

—

328

Moore, Thomas.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1779, d. near Devizes, Eng., 1852.

—

171

221

314

436

481

547

554

655

805

812

872

1113

1646

1743

1757

1824

1834

1941

2109

More, Hannah.

b. Stapleton, Eng., 1745; d. Clifton, Eng., 1833.

—

660

859

1638

1955

Morris, Charles.

b. 1739; d. 1832.

—

212

Morris, George P.

b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1802; d. New York City, 1864.

—

2096

Nairne, Lady Caroline Oliphant.

b. Gask, Perthshire, Scot., 1766; d. Gask, 1845.

—

1058

Noel, Thomas.

—

202

Norris, John.

b. Wiltshire, Eng., 1657; d. 1711.

—

O'Hara, Theodore.

b. 1820; d. 1867.

—

181

Otway, Thomas.

b. Tottington, Eng., 1651; d. London, Eng., 1685.

—

2085

Parnell, Thomas.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1679; d. Chester, Eng., 1717-18.

—

1125

2057

Payne, John Howard.

b. New York City, 1792; d. Tunis, Africa, 1852.

—

916

Peele, George.

b. Devonshire, Eng., 1552-58; d. 1598.

—

1846

Percival, James Gates.

b. Berlin, Conn., 1795; d. Hazelgreen, Wis., 1856.

—

727

1049

Percy, Bishop Thomas.

b. Bridgenorth, Eng., 1728; d. Drosnore, Eng., 1811.

—

343

2051

Pierpont, John.

b. Litchfield, Conn., 1785; d. 1866.

—

2050

"Pindar, Peter"

[Dr. John Walcot].

b. Dodbrook, Eng., 1738; d. Somers' Town, Eng., 1819.

—

269

Pitt, William.

b. Hayes, near Bromley, Eng., 1759; d. 1806.

—

1680

Poe, Edgar Allan.

b. Boston, Mass., 1809; d. Baltimore, Md., 1849.

—

173

1531

Pollock, Robert.

b. Eaglesham, Scot., 1799; d. Shirley Common, Eng., 1827.

—

957

1721

Pope, Alexander.

b. London, Eng., 1688; d. Twickenham, Eng., 1744.

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108

122

123

136

162

188

219

260

262

276

285

289

294

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358

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1803

1837

1863

1974

1989

1995

1996

2000

2014

2058

2067

2087

2113

2115

2117

2123

2127

Pope, Dr. Walter.

circa

1630; d. 1714.

—

1624

Porteus, Beilby.

b. York, Eng., 1731; d. 1808.

—

438

Praed, Winthrop Macworth.

b. London, Eng., 1802; d. London, Eng., 1839.

—

137

1132

Preston, Margaret Junkin.

b. Lexington, Va., 1635; d. 1897.

—

911

1292

1954

Prior, Matthew.

b. near Wimborne-Minster, Eng., 1664; d. Wimpole, Eng., 1721.

—

623

962

990

1126

1859

Procter, Bryan Waller

["Barry Cornwall"].

b. London, Eng., 1787; d. 1874.

—

1244

1606

Rabelais, Francois.

b. Chinon, France, 1488-95; d. Paris, France, 1553.

—

546

Raleigh, Sir Walter.

b. Budleigh, Eng., 1552; d. London, Eng., 1618.

—

1305

1691

Read, Thomas Buchanan.

b. Chester, Penn., 1822; d. New York City, 1872.

—

1796

Rochester, Earl of

[John Wilmot].

b. Ditchley, Eng., 1647; d. 1680.

—

736

Rogers, Samuel.

b. Stoke Newington. Eng., 1763; d. London, Eng., 1855.

—

1172

1175

1240

1546

Roscommon, Earl of

[Wentworth Dillon].

b. Ireland, 1633; d. London, Eng., 1684.

—

512

Rossetti, Christina Georgiana.

b. London, Eng., 1830; d. 1894.

—

347

726

949

1536

1692

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.

b. London, Eng., 1828; d. London, Eng., 1882.

—

1029

1171

Rowe, Nicholas.

b. Little Barford, Eng., 1673-74; d. London, Eng., 1718.

—

1199

2077

Ruskin, John.

b. London, Eng., 1819; d. 1900.

—

121

1265

1278

1671

Salis, J.G. von.

b. 1762; d. 1834.

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194

Sargent, Epes.

b. Gloucester, Mass., 1812; d. 1881.

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2033

Savage, Richard.

b. London, Eng., 1698; d. 1743.

—

1424

Saxe, John Godfrey.

b. Highgate, Vt., 1816; d. 1887.

—

210

861

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von.

b. Marbach, Ger., 1759; d. Weimar, Ger., 1805.

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109

497

1007

1273

1477

1629

1712

1915

1927

2083

Scott, Sir Walter.

b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1771; d. Abbotsford, Scot., 1832.

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327

509

535

702

732

826

893

1050

1051

1103

1134

1214

1436

1501

1524

1622

1669

1732

1874

2090

Sedley, Charles.

b. Kent, Eng., 1639; d. 1701.

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291

Shakespeare, William.

b. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1564; d. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1616.

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101

111

113

114

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119

126

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2106

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2137

Sheffield, John.

[Duke of Buckinghamshire].

b. 1649; d. 1720.

—

918

2122

Shelley, Percy Bysshe.

b. near Horsham, Eng., 1792, drowned in the Gulf of Spezia, Italy, 1822.

—

442

502

538

596

633

899

1024

1294

1363

1503

1823

1928

1991

2008

Shenstone, William.

b. Leasowes, Eng., 1714; d. Leasowes, Eng. 1763.

—

987

1736

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1751; d. London. Eng., 1816.

—

2121

Shirley, James.

b. London, Eng, 1594; d. London, Eng., 1666.

—

Sidney, Sir Philip.

b. Penshurst, Eng., 1554; d. Arnheim, Holland, 1586.

—

1728

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley.

b. Norwich, Conn., 1791; d. Hartford, Conn., 1863.

—

1253

Smith, Alexander.

b. Kilmarnock, Scot., 1830; d. Wardie, Scot., 1867.

—

572

1163

1429

Smith, James.

b. London, Eng., 1775; d. London, Eng., 1839.

—

1676

Smith, Samuel Francis.

b. Boston, Mass., 1808; d. 1895.

—

1315

Smollett, Tobias George.

b. near Renton, Eng., 1721; d. Leghorn, Italy, 1771.

—

975

Southey, Robert.

b. Bristol, Eng., 1774; d. Cumberland, Eng., 1843.

—

147

974

2002

Spenser, Edmund.

b. London, Eng., 1553; d. London, Eng., 1599.

—

125

302

421

510

555

998

1011

1120

1181

1224

1264

1540

1719

1882

Sprague, Charles.

b. Boston, Mass., 1791; d. Boston, Mass., 1875.

—

1249

Stedman, Edmund Clarence.

b. Hartford, Conn., 1833; ....

—

296

625

1639

Stevens, George Alexander.

b. London, Eng., 1720; d. 1784.

—

1554

Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.

b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1850; d. Island of Samoa, 1894.

—

106

183

258

915

1257

1319

2065

Stoddard, Richard Henry.

b. Hingham, Mass, 1825; d. 1903.

—

128

310

741

1101

1539

Story, Joseph.

b. Marblehead, Mass., 1779; d. Cambridge, Mass., 1845.

—

1377

Suckling, Sir John.

b. Whitton, Eng., 1608-9; d. Paris, France, 1641-2.

—

467

640

1122

Swift, Jonathan.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1667; d. Dublin, Ireland, 1745.

—

719

721

903

1005

Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

b. Holmwood, Eng., 1837; ....

—

1097

Taylor, Bayard.

b. Kennett Sq., Penn., 1825; d. Berlin, Ger., 1878.

—

476

1044

1088

1813

1888

2068

Taylor, Sir Henry.

b. Durham, Eng., 1800; d. 1886.

—

449

Taylor, Jane.

b. London, Eng., 1783; d. Ongar, Essexshire, 1824.

—

1189

Tennyson, Alfred.

b. Somersby, Eng., 1810; d. 1892.

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151

166

172

246

292

319

325

333

338

584

606

626

630

648

661

779

820

881

900

927

953

1032

1040

1093

1117

1128

1293

1374

1387

1461

1462

1607

1699

1711

1771

1786

1826

1876

1902

2131

Thaxter, Celia Leighton.

b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1835; d. 1894.

—

1976

Thomas, Frederick William.

b. Providence, R.I., 1811; d. 1866.

—

Thomson, James.

b. Ednam, Scot., 1700; d. Kew, Eng., 1748.

—

339

522

622

693

752

913

951

959

1206

1343

1479

1480

1545

1780

1785

1787

1827

1839

1883

1971

2062

Tickell, Thomas.

b. near Carlisle, Eng., 1686; d. Bath, Eng., 1740.

—

1560

Tobin, John.

b. Salisbury, Eng., 1770; d. 1804.

—

427

Toplady, Augustus Montague.

b. Surrey, Eng., 1640; d. 1778.

—

1523

Trumbull, John.

b. Lebanon, Conn., 1750; d. New York City, 1831.

—

864

Tupper, Martin Farquhar.

b. London, Eng., 1810; d. 1889.

—

1513

1922

Tusser, Thomas.

b. Rivenhall, Eng., 1515-23; d. London, Eng., 1580.

—

324

Usteri, Johann Martin.

b. Zurich, Switzerland, 1763; d. 1827.

—

1898

Vaughan, Henry.

b. Brecknockshire, Wales, 1621; d. 1695.

—

706

1148

1464

1952

Wade, J.A.

b. 1800; d. 1875.

—

1856

Waller, Edmund.

b. Coleshill, Eng., 1605; d. Beaconsfield, Eng., 1687.

—

230

852

1657

Walton, Izaak.

b. Stafford, Eng., 1593; d. 1683.

—

1457

Warton, Thomas.

b. Basingstoke, Eng., 1728; d. 1790.

—

Watts, Isaac.

b. South Hampton, Eng., 1674; d. Theobalds, Eng., 1748.

—

672

882

1223

1559

1570

1737

1972

2021

Webster, John.

circa

1570; d. 1638.

—

1066

1795

White, Henry Kirke.

b. Nottingham, Eng., 1785; d. Cambridge, Eng., 1806.

—

268

401

Whitman, Walt.

b. Long Island, N.Y., 1819; d. 1892.

—

264

Whittier, John Greenleaf.

b. Haverhill, Mass., 1807; d. 1892.

—

532

637

760

772

1149

1177

1252

1355

1376

1966

Willis, Nathaniel Parker.

b. Portland, Me., 1807; d. Idlewild, N.Y., 1867.

—

1135

2048

Winter, William.

b. Gloucester, Mass., 1836; ....

—

Wither, George.

b. Brentworth, Eng., 1588; d. London, Eng., 1667.

—

270

2076

Wolfe, Charles.

b. Dublin, Ireland, 1791; d. Cove of Cork, 1823.

—

2028

Woodworth, Samuel.

b. Scituate, Mass., 1785; d. New York City, 1842.

—

244

Wordsworth, William.

b. Cockermouth, Eng., 1770; d. Rydal Mount, Eng., 1850.

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163

174

178

206

256

274

301

309

473

487

523

527

571

593

662

743

757

769

806

822

834

917

937

947

958

968

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1022

1042

1096

1186

1324

1353

1366

1381

1432

1446

1453

1520

1526

1530

1627

1632

1634

1666

1753

1767

1774

1781

1784

1807

1815

1875

1953

2007

2124

Wotton, Sir Henry.

b. Boughton Malherbe, Eng., 1568; d. Eaton, Eng., 1639.

—

1116

1715

Young, Edward.

b. Upham, Eng., 1684; d. Welwyn, Eng., 1765.

—

115

179

184

363

404

434

494

525

561

980

1070

1385

1410

1455

1465

1471

1602

1729

1763

1810

1860

1868

1918

1956

2071

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