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About the project
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Miscellanies and Eighteenth-Century Print Culture. Introduction to the Index and its data. Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. And Arthur C Case's. A Bibliography of English poetical miscellanies. 1521-1750 (Oxford, 1929). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. How to cite the Digital Miscellanies Index. The Digital Miscellanies Index is maintained by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Citations should take the form. Digital Miscellanies Index, University of Oxford.
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About the project
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Miscellanies and Eighteenth-Century Print Culture. The Digital Miscellanies Index is a three-year project, led by Dr Abigail Williams. Based at the Faculty of English Language and Literature. University of Oxford, and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The Index will be hosted by the Bodleian’s Centre for the Study of the Book. And will also involve a public concert, radio programme, conference and exhibition based on material from the miscellanies. And the Oxford University Faculty of English.
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Other reading
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Finding English Verse, 1650-1800. First-line indexes and searchable electronic texts. Union First Line Index of English Verse. The purpose of the Union First Line Index. Hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.), is to enable cross-institutional literary research by providing a database of the first lines of manuscript verse held by the contributing institutions. Textual Studies, 1500-1800. SHARP: Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. The English Short Title Cat...
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Featured
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A collection of divine hymns and poems upon several occasions. Prolusions, or, Select Pieces of Antient Poetry. The Foundling Hospital for Wit. Hilaria, or the Festive Board. Miscellany Poems: The Fifth Part. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies. The Art of English Poetry. The British Spouter or Stage Assistant. If you would like to add to our library, (using texts that are freely available for non commercial, personal use), please contact us. When the Digital Miscellanies Index database is launched i...
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Audio
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Ann thou were my ain Thing. Viven Ellis, voice, and Giles Lewin, fiddle (4 mins 53 secs). Ann thou were my ain Thing. Was first widely circulated in print in William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius. Viven Ellis, voice, and Giles Lewin, fiddle (3 mins 30 secs). This popular tune, also known as The Farmer's Daughter. And The Little one with t'other. Was frequently used as the setting for other songs. The words of the original are by Thomas D'Urfey. It features in the first act of Gay's Beggar's Opera. Purcell...
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FAQs
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Can I use quotation marks / Boolean searching? Quotation marks cannot be used to search for exact phrases. Boolean searching (with AND, OR, and NOT) is also not supported. Can I do a fuzzy search? No, fuzzy searching is not currently possible. Can I search using filters from more than one of the main categories (miscellanies, poems, people)? Why can’t I find the person I’m looking for? Why can’t I find the poem I’m looking for? If a search for the first or last line of a poem does not yield any results, ...
