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The Works of John Sheffield

Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected

Buckingham, John Sheffield (1648-1720 or 21)

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ELEGY TO THE Duchess of R*****.

A LETTER from SEA.

Love's Slavery.

The DREAM.

To one who accused him of being too sensual in his Love.

On Apprehension of losing what he had newly gain'd.

On Don Alonzo's being killed in Portugal, upon Account of the Infanta, in the Year 1683.

The SURPRIZE.

A Dialogue sung on the Stage between an elderly Shepherd, and a very young Nymph.

On one who died discovering her Kindness.

On Lucinda's Death.

To a Lady retiring into a Monastery.

The VISION.

HELEN to PARIS,

Part of the Story of Orpheus.

AN ESSAY ON SATIRE.

ODE ON BRUTUS.

The RAPTURE.

On Mr. HOBBS, and his Writings.

Written over a Gate.

The MIRACLE, 1707.

ODE on the Death of Henry Purcell.

On the Loss of an only Son, Robert Marquis of Normanby.

On Mr. POPE, and his Poems.

STANZAS.

The Election of a Poet Laureat in 1719.

On the TIMES.

ON THE DUKE of YORK Banished to Brussels.

On the DEITY.

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CÆSAR, ALTERED:

PROLOGUE to the Alteration of JULIUS CÆSAR.

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THE TRAGEDY OF MARCUS BRUTUS.

PROLOGUE. By the AUTHOR.

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Of Athenian Philosophers. Written at the Command of his Grace, by Mr. POPE.

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Of Athenian Youths and Virgins. By Mr. Pope.

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Happy that Author! whose correct Essay
Repairs so well our old Horatian Way.
Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse.

Essay on Poetry.