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.
| Other author | Hayward, Thomas, -1779? |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | 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] |
| Description | 3 volumes ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | British muse. |
| General note | Edited by Thomas Hayward. |
| General note | First published in 1738 as 'The British muse'. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas". |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N68405. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Poems. |
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