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Name		Dates	Total number of quotations	First evidence for word	First evidence for sense
1.	Ngaio Marsh	1895–1982	490	10	47
2.	Anne Pratt	1806–1893	491	2	112
3.	Thomas Haliburton	1796–1865	491	37	145
4.	Golagros and Gawane	1508	491	25	77
5.	William Sclater	c1575–1627	492	92	206
6.	Thomas Holcroft	1745–1809	492	28	105
7.	Edward Tylor	1832–1917	492	22	119
8.	Time Out New York	1995–2010*	494	0	0
9.	James Beresford	1764–1840	495	20	92
10.	Keyssler's Travels	1756/7	495	9	47
11.	John Selden	1584–1654	496	77	201
12.	John Woodall	1570–1643	496	77	168
13.	Spirit of the Public Journals	1797–1825	497	72	183
14.	H. Rider Haggard	1856–1925	497	6	63
15.	Philip Gosse	1810–1888	499	40	150
16.	Morning Post	1772–	499	30	157
17.	American Journal of Psychology	1887–	499	76	216
18.	Charles Boutell	1812–1877	499	12	76
19.	Brut	a1400–1470	500	49	151
20.	Tale of Beryn	c1460	500	50	132
21.	History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club	1831–	500	51	148
22.	Rossiter Raymond	1840–1918	500	20	160
23.	Usk's Testament of Loue	1532	500	61	118
24.	Jeremy Collier	1650–1726	500	34	97
25.	Coventry Leet Book	a1525	501	42	133
26.	Ralph Robinson	1520–1577	501	42	129
27.	Journal of Philosophy	1904–	501	39	111
28.	Farmer's Magazine	1800–1825	502	27	119
29.	Rhoda Broughton	1840–1920	502	37	119
30.	Sir Tristrem	a1300–1330	503	52	168
31.	Horace Wilson	1786–1860	503	33	67
32.	Richard Holland	d. c1483	503	71	145
33.	William Gouge	1575–1653	504	20	62
34.	John Maplet	d. 1592	504	72	196
35.	Brain	1878–	504	44	88
36.	Mechanics' Magazine	1823–1871	504	68	280
37.	Mirror	1779–1780	507	5	46
38.	William Hazlitt	1778–1830	507	12	69
39.	W. B. Yeats	1865–1939	507	10	132
40.	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1960–	507	5	26
41.	Political, Religious, and Love Poems	c1400–1500	508	69	136
42.	Philip Francis	1708–1773	508	11	61
43.	James Rogers	1823–1890	509	3	26
44.	Modern Language Notes	1886–	509	32	92
45.	Robert Bridges	1844–1930	509	14	59
46.	Winston Churchill	1874–1965	510	17	85
47.	Naval Accounts and Inventories of Henry VII	1485–1509	510	63	181
48.	Journal of Ecology	1913–	511	33	88
49.	Ladies' Repository	1841–1876	512	43	159
50.	John Masefield	1878–1967	512	16	93
51.	Gaebelkhover's Boock of Physicke	1599	512	165	271
52.	John G. Wood	1827–1889	513	26	149
53.	Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Becket	c1300–1325	513	90	214
54.	Robert Herrick	bap. 1591, d. 1674	514	64	201
55.	John S. Billings	1838–1913	514	120	320
56.	Journal of the Royal Geographical Society	1831–1880	514	65	162
57.	Thomas Johnson	d. 1644	514	102	211
58.	English Wycliffite Sermons	c1375–1380	515	102	251
59.	Eric Holmyard	1891–1959	516	1	7
60.	Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club	1870–	519	42	98
61.	Mortimer Collins	1827–1876	519	53	122
62.	Thomas Warton	1728–1790	520	48	128
63.	John C. Atkinson	1814–1900	521	20	104
64.	John Parkinson	1566/7–1650	521	44	206
65.	Publishers' Weekly	1872–	521	8	63
66.	De Imitatione Christi	1475–1500	521	67	148
67.	New Phytologist	1902–	522	22	69
68.	Thomas Taylor	1576–1632	522	39	114
69.	George Herbert	1593–1633	524	14	106
70.	Margaret Oliphant	1828–1897	524	8	35
71.	Countess of Pembroke	1561–1621	524	50	158
72.	Robert Ellis	1820–1885	525	9	39
73.	William Somerville	1675–1742	525	13	83
74.	Poema Morale	a1225–1300	525	46	135
75.	John Paston	1442–1479	525	61	176
76.	Michael Faraday	1791–1867	525	47	148
77.	John Harington	bap. 1560, d. 1612	526	61	150
78.	William Cobbett	1763–1835	526	33	149
79.	Hall Caine	1853–1931	527	15	50
80.	Minor Poems of the Vernon MS	c1300–1400	527	88	219
81.	Annual Review	1803–1809	528	96	184
82.	Laud Troy Book	c1425	528	59	156
83.	Mirror of our Lady	1530	529	29	96
84.	Esquire	1932–	529	15	45
85.	George Shaw	1751–1813	530	45	259
86.	St. Margaret	a1100–1500	531	99	212
87.	Daily Gleaner	1834–	531	31	129
88.	Edward Coke	1552–1634	531	43	105
89.	Nevil Shute	1899–1960	532	8	37
90.	George Washington	1732–1799	533	33	132
91.	Roy Campbell	1901–1957	533	16	98
92.	Richard Allestree	d. 1681	534	38	115
93.	Melody Maker	1926–2000	535	24	137
94.	Henry Cogan	fl. 1652–1653	535	23	79
95.	Richard Blackmore	1654–1729	536	26	91
96.	John Ayliffe	1676–1732	537	22	68
97.	King Horn	c1300–1330	538	56	203
98.	Isis	1913–	538	5	11
99.	Edmund Blunden	1896–1974	539	10	143
100.	Philip Schaff	1819–1893	539	52	137
101.	John Greenleaf Whittier	1807–1892	540	24	134
102.	Ninian Winzet	1518–1592	541	36	125
103.	Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society	1845–1971	542	134	278
104.	Richard Hakluyt	?1552–1616	543	45	156
105.	Isaac Taylor	1787–1865	543	43	112
106.	Robert Wodrow	1679–1734	544	33	97
107.	Earl of Surrey	?1517–1547	545	75	204
108.	Billboard	1900–2009*	546	23	145
109.	Charles Burney	1726–1814	546	65	156
110.	Radio Times	1923–	547	8	72
111.	George Borrow	1803–1881	547	34	85
112.	Arnold Bennett	1867–1931	547	23	90
113.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	1838–	547	61	170
114.	W. Hatchett Jackson	1848–1924	547	48	143
115.	Bonet's Guide to the Practical Physician	1684	548	93	174
116.	Mary Kingsley	1862–1900	549	5	91
117.	Elijah Fenton	1683–1730	549	15	85
118.	Archiv fur das Studium der Neueren Sprachen	1846–	550	117	216
119.	Appletons' Journal	1869–1881	551	47	150
120.	William Shenstone	1714–1763	551	40	109
121.	Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh	1403–1701	552	60	173
122.	Charles Hutton	1737–1823	553	17	103
123.	Physics Bulletin	1930–	554	14	48
124.	John Knox	c1514–1572	555	66	168
125.	Harleian Miscellany	a1400–c1750	555	69	205
126.	New Republic	1914–	556	25	64
127.	American Mineralogist	1916–	556	123	149
128.	Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society	1923–1967	556	23	161
129.	Charles Merivale	1808–1893	556	14	42
130.	William Bryant	1794–1878	556	8	65
131.	Edgar Allen Poe	1809–1849	557	75	202
132.	British Apollo	1708–1711	557	58	126
133.	Transactions of the Society of Arts	1783–1850	557	54	201
134.	Elizabeth Bowen	1899–1973	558	10	56
135.	John Guillim	1550–1621	558	61	174
136.	Erasmus Darwin	1731–1802	559	68	179
137.	Richard Jefferies	1848–1887	560	14	100
138.	Hamon L'Estrange	1605–1660	561	74	175
139.	Scottish National Dictionary	1931–1976	562	23	68
140.	Business Week	1929–	563	24	143
141.	Fitzedward Hall	1825–1901	563	72	161
142.	George Pettie	c1548–1589	566	34	174
143.	William A. Miller	1817–1870	566	92	190
144.	Practitioner	1868–	566	41	145
145.	Richard Johnson	fl. 1592–1622	566	34	144
146.	Records of the Borough of Nottingham	1155–1760	568	72	165
147.	John Dee	1527–1609	569	151	288
148.	William Camden	1551–1623	569	58	172
149.	William Tennant	1784–1848	572	20	123
150.	C. Day Lewis	1904–1972	572	6	85
151.	Arthur Stanley	1815–1881	572	7	33
152.	Walter de la Mare	1873–1956	572	16	134
153.	Sydney Smith	1771–1845	572	64	167
154.	Architectural History of the University of Cambridge	c1370–	573	54	176
155.	John Herschel	1792–1871	574	46	136
156.	Thomas Otway	1652–1685	575	53	146
157.	Joseph Worcester	1784–1865	576	265	420
158.	John Brockett	bap. 1788, d. 1842	576	20	97
159.	James VI & I	1566–1625	576	62	172
160.	Chambers's Technical Dictionary	1940–	577	10	134
161.	National Geographic	1888–	578	13	56
162.	J. B. Priestley	1894–1984	578	13	47
163.	Richard Whitlock	b. ?1616	578	52	200
164.	Official Gazette	1872–	580	237	305
165.	Sydney Morning Herald	1842–	581	12	48
166.	St. George Mivart	1827–1900	582	31	102
167.	Vespasian Psalter	a950	583	351	522
168.	Two Cookery-books	c1430–1450	583	76	181
169.	Transactions of the Philological Society	1854–	583	69	164
170.	Evelyn Waugh	1903–1966	584	10	49
171.	Fifty Earliest English Wills	c1380–c1500	584	73	202
172.	John Hill	bap. 1714, d. 1775	585	105	237
173.	Benjamin Malkin	1769–1842	586	12	89
174.	Robert Barrett	fl. ?1586–1607	587	86	211
175.	Fortune	1930–	587	25	84
176.	Ecclesiastical Memorials	1509–1558	589	116	244
177.	Alexander Kinglake	1809–1891	589	25	82
178.	Edmund Gayton	1608–1666	591	153	295
179.	Dorothy L. Sayers	1893–1957	592	7	51
180.	Richard Coer de Lyon	c1330–1450	592	82	181
181.	John Webster	d. ?1638	592	54	190
182.	Sinclair Lewis	1885–1951	593	21	99
183.	Richard Sulivan	1752–1806	595	27	75
184.	Times Educational Supplement	1910–	596	10	49
185.	Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	1871–	596	23	226
186.	Proceedings of the Zoological Society	1833–1965	596	181	357
187.	Good Words	1860–1906	597	29	170
188.	Daily Mirror	1903–	597	19	58
189.	Gramophone	1923–	598	6	57
190.	Trade Marks Journal	1876–	598	266	314
191.	Physical Review	1893–	598	78	293
192.	Geoffrey Fenton	c1539–1608	600	101	294
193.	Robert Hooke	1635–1703	600	66	238
194.	Colley Cibber	1671–1757	600	40	132
195.	Balthazar Gerbier	1592–?1667	600	28	148
196.	Paris Psalter	c1050	600	99	271
197.	James Hayward	fl. 1630–1635	601	52	158
198.	George Orwell	1903–1950	601	16	72
199.	Bible (Geneva)	1560	602	29	155
200.	Reliquiae Antiquae	1000–1600	602	153	276
201.	James Mill	1773–1836	602	10	49
202.	Virginia Woolf	1882–1941	603	8	49
203.	Melusine	c1500	605	45	129
204.	Sunday Telegraph	1961–	606	11	31
205.	Popular Mechanics	1902–2007*	606	10	77
206.	William Browne	1590/91–?1645	606	63	166
207.	Richard Chenevix Trench	1807–1886	607	14	49
208.	John Fisher	c1469–1535	608	49	140
209.	Rule of St. Benet	a1100–1450	609	66	168
210.	Babees Book	a1400–1508	610	63	174
211.	Tobias Venner	1577–1660	611	85	189
212.	Acts of Parliament of Scotland	1124–1707	615	88	211
213.	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844–1889	616	65	295
214.	Gilbert White	1720–1793	617	35	130
215.	Isaac Barrow	1630–1677	618	50	116
216.	Joseph Gwilt	1784–1863	619	28	138
217.	Vices and Virtues	a1225	620	71	195
218.	Nathaniel Ward	1578–1652	621	134	262
219.	American Midland Naturalist	1909–	623	21	45
220.	National Observer	1962–1977	624	4	58
221.	Museum Rusticum	1763–1766	625	21	159
222.	Charles Lever	1806–1872	626	33	137
223.	Humphry Davy	1778–1829	626	69	138
224.	George Goode	1851–1896	627	27	180
225.	Phineas Fletcher	1582–1650	627	40	152
226.	Oakland Tribune	1874–	628	90	310
227.	Osbern Bokenham	c1393–c1464	628	114	240
228.	Henry David Thoreau	1817–1862	630	29	167
229.	James Martineau	1805–1900	631	16	83
230.	Reader	1863–1866	631	73	203
231.	Jacob's Well	c1450	633	55	149
232.	Irish Times	1859–	634	5	19
233.	Lester V. Berrey	b. 1907	635	38	193
234.	John Hill Burton	1809–1881	636	20	81
235.	William Whewell	1794–1866	636	85	185
236.	W. Somerset Maugham	1874–1965	637	9	28
237.	Temple Bar	1860–1906	637	44	132
238.	Melvin Van den Bark	fl. 1942–	637	38	193
239.	John Higgins	b. c1544	638	98	302
240.	R. S. Surtees	1805–1864	639	33	180
241.	Orr's Circle of the Sciences	1854–1856	639	82	204
242.	Flight International	1909–	639	40	219
243.	William Warburton	1698–1779	641	59	147
244.	Bible (Douay)	1609–1610	641	46	141
245.	Thomas P. Thompson	1783–1869	642	28	137
246.	Bannatyne MS	1568	643	69	148
247.	Journal of the American Medical Association	1883–	643	145	270
248.	James McCulloch	1789–1864	643	6	64
249.	William Rowley	?1585–1626	643	63	202
250.	Angell Day	fl. 1563–1595	646	55	211
251.	Arthur Koestler	1905–1983	646	20	100
252.	John Davies	bap. 1569, d. 1626	647	103	233
253.	John Motley	1814–1877	647	21	67
254.	James Shirley	bap. 1596, d. 1666	647	58	207
255.	John Taylor	1578–1653	648	79	206
256.	Workes of Geffray Chaucer	1532	648	70	135
257.	Thomas Blundeville	fl. 1561	650	95	281
258.	Ecology	1920–	650	50	119
259.	Ludus Coventriae	?a1475	651	91	196
260.	John Worlidge	d. 1693	651	58	172
261.	Man	1901–	651	48	121
262.	Speculum	1926–	652	24	60
263.	Thomas Shadwell	c1640–1692	653	50	174
264.	William Penn	1644–1718	654	50	133
265.	Charles Reade	1814–1884	654	42	140
266.	John R. Bartlett	1805–1886	655	48	227
267.	Walter Charleton	1620–1707	656	131	305
268.	John Cleveland	bap. 1613, d. 1658	656	61	216
269.	Seven Sages	c1330–1500	657	79	202
270.	Richard Barham	1788–1845	659	28	95
271.	Peter Nicholson	1765–1844	660	40	252
272.	Robert Holland	1829–1893	661	13	127
273.	Household Words	1850–1859	662	61	260
274.	Isaac Funk	1839–1912	662	187	468
275.	Collection of Ordinances of the Royal Household	1327–1694	664	128	286
276.	Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801–1866	664	20	102
277.	Scribner's Monthly	1870–1881	665	48	177
278.	Naval Chronicle	1799–1818	665	46	192
279.	Elliott Coues	1842–1889	665	71	237
280.	American Anthropologist	1888–	666	71	180
281.	Joseph Priestley	1733–1804	667	15	52
282.	Richard Percyvall	c1558–1620	668	119	337
283.	Thomas Phaer	?1510–1560	669	120	283
284.	Book of Common Prayer	1549–1552	669	12	69
285.	Evening Standard	1860–	670	20	69
286.	John Weever	d. 1632	672	56	193
287.	Overland Monthly	1868–1935	674	38	160
288.	Philosophical Review	1892–	675	62	158
289.	Scots Magazine	1739–	675	27	123
290.	Dylan Thomas	1914–1953	677	27	141
291.	Edmund Hickeringill	d. 1708	677	71	162
292.	William Stubbs	1825–1901	680	11	42
293.	Leslie Stephen	1832–1904	681	3	24
294.	William Paley	1743–1805	681	16	67
295.	Thomas Becon	1512/13–1567	682	116	274
296.	Sidney Baker	1912–1976	682	52	172
297.	Cotton Homilies	c1175–1240	683	68	175
298.	Ezra Pound	1885–1972	685	30	114
299.	Joseph Conrad	1857–1924	686	6	30
300.	Bevis of Hampton	c1330–1500	687	75	216
301.	Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode	c1450	687	145	268
302.	William Petty	1623–1687	688	64	182
303.	Samuel Sturmy	1633–1669	688	18	153
304.	Architectural Review	1896–	688	20	109
305.	Guillemeau's Frenche Chirurgerye	1598	689	182	354
306.	T. S. Eliot	1888–1965	690	11	68
307.	Law Times Reports	1883–	690	2	35
308.	James Lee	1715–1795	691	136	321
309.	Knickerbocker	1833–1865	693	71	285
310.	Samuel Rowlands	fl. 1598–1628	693	59	227
311.	Richard Heslop	1842–1916	694	11	50
312.	William Baldwin	fl. 1563	696	81	242
313.	Littell's Living Age	1844–1941	696	53	207
314.	John A. Thomson	1861–1933	697	11	41
315.	Archibald Geikie	1835–1924	697	72	161
316.	Thomas Drant	c1540–1578	699	165	343
317.	Christian Science Monitor	1908–	699	27	99
318.	Jack London	1876–1916	700	12	80
319.	William Temple	1628–1699	701	23	130
320.	Catholic World	1865–	701	43	113
321.	Kenelm Digby	1603–1665	702	116	253
322.	Quarterly Review of Biology	1926–	704	50	138
323.	Henry Hammond	1605–1660	705	126	265
324.	Daniel Rogers	1573–1652	705	43	145
325.	Nicholas Breton	?1555–c1626	705	83	240
326.	Adam Smith	bap. 1723, d. 1790	706	13	84
327.	William Davenant	1606–1668	707	64	212
328.	James Bryce	1838–1922	707	2	34
329.	Testamenta Eboracensia	c1340–1550	708	102	245
330.	Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry	c1450	709	69	157
331.	Thomas Bowes	fl. 1579–1589	710	74	230
332.	Henry Lovelich	fl. 1450	710	65	188
333.	Giacomo Leoni	c1686–1746	711	25	133
334.	Pilgrimage of the Soul	1483–1500	712	78	183
335.	Arthur Helps	1813–1875	712	25	91
336.	Joseph Hooker	1817–1911	713	81	177
337.	James Yonge	fl. 1405–1434	714	49	134
338.	John Rolland	fl. 1528–1580	716	84	153
339.	Hali Meidenhad	c1225–1250	717	106	273
340.	Nicholas Culpeper	1616–1654	719	41	161
341.	Apology for Lollard Doctrines	c1475	719	72	159
342.	John Sinclair	1754–1835	719	63	197
343.	Longman's Magazine	1883–1906	721	33	147
344.	Nathaniel Bacon	bap. 1593, d. 1660	722	36	158
345.	William Robertson	1721–1793	722	11	42
346.	State Papers of Henry VIII	1473–1547	723	177	355
347.	George Faber	1773–1854	724	141	304
348.	Richard Mulcaster	?1532–1611	725	137	309
349.	Boston Globe	1872–	725	30	158
350.	John Strype	1643–1737	726	24	95
351.	Theodore Hook	1788–1841	726	49	204
352.	Thomas Starkey	c1498–1538	728	28	180
353.	Wills and Inventories of Bury St. Edmunds	1370–1650	728	62	202
354.	George Wither	1588–1667	729	80	207
355.	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society	1838–	731	62	242
356.	Frederick Elworthy	1830–1907	733	11	64
357.	Thomas Jackson	bap. 1578, d. 1640	733	156	320
358.	Henry Wotton	1568–1639	735	129	305
359.	American Journal of Botany	1914–	735	32	95
360.	William Prescott	1796–1859	736	9	40
361.	William Carpenter	1813–1885	736	66	162
362.	Robert Lovell	?1630–1690	738	154	291
363.	Henry Power	c1626–1668	739	66	205
364.	Thomas Thomson	1773–1852	739	199	329
365.	John Addington Symonds	1840–1893	741	32	96
366.	Generides	a1450–1500	743	24	118
367.	William Tyndale	c1494–1536	744	106	305
368.	Philip Stanhope	1694–1773	749	69	165
369.	3rd Earl of Shaftesbury	1671–1713	750	54	198
370.	Eric Partridge	1894–1979	751	67	262
371.	American Journal of Sociology	1895–	752	60	216
372.	Burlington Magazine	1903–	752	20	98
373.	John Ford	bap. 1586, d. a1653	755	67	248
374.	Alphabet of Tales	c1450	756	63	203
375.	Arthur Conan Doyle	1859–1930	757	13	75
376.	Nathaniel Fairfax	1637–1690	761	112	321
377.	Nicholas Rowe	1674–1718	762	20	101
378.	Joseph Taylor	bap. 1581, d. 1652	762	83	222
379.	Robert Record	c1512–1558	765	117	369
380.	William Congreve	1670–1729	768	43	171
381.	John Skene	c1540–1617	769	36	107
382.	William S. Hamilton	1788–1856	769	94	211
383.	Philip Stubbes	c1555–c1610	770	97	241
384.	Guy of Warwick	c1330–1500	770	112	261
385.	Asa Gray	1810–1888	771	94	248
386.	Claudius Hollyband	fl. 1573–1583	771	152	336
387.	Archibald Lovell	fl. 1663–1687	774	29	101
388.	Aberdeen Register	1398–1747	774	120	263
389.	James Mabbe	d. ?1642	777	111	242
390.	John Banister	1532/3–?1610	780	269	465
391.	Robert Lindsay	c1532–c1586	781	66	151
392.	Sabine Baring-Gould	1834–1924	784	27	113
393.	Robert Sanderson	1587–1663	784	47	173
394.	James Hogg	d. 1835	784	53	172
395.	William of Shoreham	fl. c1320	784	149	327
396.	Pearl	c1400	785	84	228
397.	John Galsworthy	1867–1933	785	25	83
398.	Southern Literary Messenger	1834–1864	786	93	292
399.	Samuel Hieron	d. 1617	787	83	252
400.	Vanity Fair Magazine	1913–	787	6	40
401.	Thomas D'Urfey	?1653–1723	788	72	201
402.	Popular Science Monthly	1872–1950	789	70	196
403.	Samuel Smiles	1812–1904	792	11	85
404.	English Gilds	c1350–1500	792	105	297
405.	Life of St. Cuthbert	c1450	794	32	138
406.	W. H. Auden	1907–1973	796	22	120
407.	Graham Greene	1904–1991	796	11	56
408.	Arthur Young	1741–1820	797	61	253
409.	Thomas Lodge	1558–1625	798	122	297
410.	James Bell	d. ?1606	800	87	294
411.	Samuel Rutherford	c1600–1661	801	64	235
412.	Orosius' History	c1025	802	356	611
413.	Samuel Crockett	1859–1914	802	18	87
414.	Early English Poems	a1200–1450	803	147	336
415.	William Salmon	1644–1713	803	68	202
416.	Parliamentary Debates	c1610–	804	25	175
417.	John Wolcot	d. 1819	806	57	211
418.	Duke of Wellington	1769–1852	807	35	113
419.	Fortnightly Review	1865–1954	809	69	209
420.	Richard Henry Dana	1815–1882	810	26	169
421.	‘Ouida’	1839–1908	810	24	114
422.	John Healey	c1585–c1616	814	145	352
423.	Edward Stillingfleet	1635–1699	815	32	136
424.	William Cruise	d. 1824	816	7	38
425.	Philip Miller	1691–1771	816	87	314
426.	Walter Savage Landor	1775–1864	819	72	179
427.	Dialect Notes	1890–	820	93	268
428.	Joseph Butler	1692–1752	821	7	57
429.	Garden	1871–	822	18	129
430.	Narcissus Luttrell	1657–1732	824	34	178
431.	Field	1853–	824	42	172
432.	Richard Knolles	d. 1610	825	44	172
433.	Richard Kirwan	1733–1812	828	207	388
434.	Arthour and Merlin	c1330	828	139	359
435.	Myles Davies	1662–?1719	831	173	310
436.	Richard Sheridan	1751–1816	832	20	99
437.	American Historical Review	1895–	833	22	59
438.	Scribner's Magazine	1887–1939	834	40	210
439.	Julian Huxley	1887–1975	834	21	121
440.	David Brewster	1781–1868	835	29	129
441.	George Crabbe	1754–1832	836	14	75
442.	John Blackie	1809–1895	836	27	99
443.	Bayard Taylor	1825–1878	838	28	98
444.	George Daniel	1616–1657	839	88	297
445.	Mark Pattison	1813–1884	841	15	56
446.	Izaak Walton	1593–1683	841	41	176
447.	Brisbane Courier-Mail	1933–	841	18	55
448.	Theophilus Gale	1628–1679	841	118	227
449.	Robert Forby	1759–1825	843	64	226
450.	U.S. Patents	1790–	843	97	470
451.	William Lambarde	1536–1601	843	49	211
452.	Richard Owen	1804–1892	845	245	442
453.	Robert Plot	bap. 1640, d. 1696	848	92	289
454.	Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809–1894	848	38	163
455.	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	849	41	147
456.	Thomas Martyn	1735–1825	849	107	262
457.	Sydney Bulletin	1880–	850	67	205
458.	John Mortimer	?1656–1736	852	39	205
459.	New York Magazine	1968–	852	9	24
460.	Miles Coverdale	1488–1569	852	114	334
461.	Gesta Romanorum	a1500	855	42	133
462.	John Clare	1793–1864	856	60	211
463.	Thomas Moore	1779–1852	858	97	258
464.	Northern Verse Psalter	c1350–1400	858	188	397
465.	John Smeaton	1724–1792	860	23	206
466.	John Bulwer	bap. 1606, d. 1656	861	125	272
467.	Henry Hexham	fl. 1601–1650	862	178	361
468.	Joseph Glanvill	1636–1680	863	87	236
469.	John Davies	1625–1693	863	73	190
470.	Secreta Secretorum	c1450–1500	869	111	238
471.	John Buchan	1875–1940	869	12	46
472.	Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham	1091–1540	872	207	397
473.	William Drummond	1585–1649	876	68	228
474.	Westminster Review	1824–1914	878	85	261
475.	Havelok	c1300	879	131	297
476.	William T. Brande	1788–1866	879	189	388
477.	George P. R. James	1801–1860	879	27	108
478.	Henry Milman	1791–1868	880	69	170
479.	John Wilkins	1614–1672	883	131	345
480.	Botanical Gazette	1876–1991	884	136	284
481.	John Gaule	1603/4–1687	884	225	407
482.	William Carr	d. 1843	886	43	196
483.	Saturday Evening Post	1821–	887	42	185
484.	Hugh Miller	1802–1856	891	44	186
485.	James Fenimore Cooper	1789–1851	894	53	219
486.	William Withering	1741–1799	894	46	274
487.	Edward Grimeston	fl. 1604–1634	895	66	235
488.	George Turberville	c1543–c1597	898	151	366
489.	Isaac D'Israeli	1766–1848	899	26	85
490.	Toronto Star	1900–	899	26	76
491.	Herman Melville	1819–1891	903	60	249
492.	Scientific Monthly	1915–1957	905	60	172
493.	Roger Ascham	d. 1568	905	96	316
494.	Mary Wortley Montagu	bap. 1689, d. 1762	907	33	123
495.	American Journal of Science	1818–	908	371	567
496.	Richard Surflet	fl. 1600–1616	908	109	303
497.	American Mercury	1924–1981	913	27	94
498.	Richard Walter	1717–1785	914	12	89
499.	Cassell's Technical Educator	1877–1882	914	16	141
500.	Alexander Montgomerie	c1550–1598	914	63	181
501.	Owen Felltham	?1602–1668	915	217	409
502.	Richard Tomlinson	fl. 1657	915	380	498
503.	Law Reports	1883–	916	14	63
504.	Newsweek	1933–	918	70	197
505.	Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal	1837–1868	924	67	385
506.	John Nicholson	1790–1843	927	31	289
507.	Benjamin Robins	1707–1751	928	12	93
508.	Universal Etymological English Dictionary	1721–1800	928	214	313
509.	Isaac Watts	1674–1748	929	23	100
510.	Robert Copland	fl. 1505–1547	929	279	453
511.	Helkiah Crooke	1576–1648	937	171	439
512.	Raphael Holinshed	c1525–?1580	938	104	271
513.	Henry Stephens	1795–1874	941	23	261
514.	Peter Heylyn	1599–1662	942	70	244
515.	2nd Earl of Monmouth	1596–1661	948	83	235
516.	Robley Dunglison	1798–1869	951	346	655
517.	George MacDonald	1824–1905	953	31	107
518.	Thomas Hearne	d. 1735	954	35	111
519.	English Historical Review	1886–	956	50	142
520.	William Harrison	1535–1593	957	142	340
521.	William Dean Howells	1837–1920	958	47	185
522.	Andrew Borde	c1490–1549	959	177	348
523.	Which?	1957–	960	3	49
524.	Francis Beaumont	1584–1616	962	82	308
525.	Wall Street Journal	1889–	964	38	150
526.	Illustrated London News	1842–	967	58	260
527.	R. D. Blackmore	1825–1900	968	92	257
528.	John Ash	1724–1779	972	100	215
529.	Bede's Ecclesiastical History	a950	972	367	701
530.	James Smith	1775–1839	972	41	178
531.	Richard Bentley	1662–1742	972	29	127
532.	Thomas Stanley	1625–1678	972	129	292
533.	Walter Besant	1836–1901	973	17	84
534.	William Faulkner	1897–1962	974	24	133
535.	Richard Brome	c1590–1652	975	91	281
536.	London Magazine	1732–	976	98	337
537.	George Rolleston	1829–1881	979	111	287
538.	John Harris	c1666–1719	980	102	306
539.	Blickling Homilies	a1150	982	147	484
540.	Law Times	1882–	984	8	34
541.	Thomas Hughes	1822–1896	985	16	155
542.	John Fryer	d. 1733	986	66	186
543.	William Fulke	d. 1589	986	116	357
544.	Thomas Washington	fl. 1585	987	83	208
545.	Edward Peacock	1831–1915	988	13	98
546.	Chemical Abstracts	1906–	990	364	605
547.	James Boswell	1740–1795	990	39	113
548.	Francis Robinson	1809–1882	991	31	140
549.	Edward Pusey	1800–1882	993	56	195
550.	Manchester Guardian	1821–1959	994	37	191
551.	Noah Webster	1758–1843	999	214	537
552.	Academy	1869–1902	1000	94	279
553.	Richard Burton	1821–1890	1002	92	236
554.	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811–1896	1004	28	130
555.	John Wilson	1785–1854	1004	101	255
556.	John Gay	1685–1732	1006	41	151
557.	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	1871–	1008	102	259
558.	Henry Brooke	c1703–1783	1009	39	141
559.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	1879–	1011	219	474
560.	Abraham Cowley	1618–1667	1012	55	229
561.	James Halliwell	1820–1889	1013	95	302
562.	Richard Carew	1555–1620	1016	188	425
563.	Robert South	1634–1716	1017	29	131
564.	Robert Henryson	d. c1490	1019	105	278
565.	Hugh Latimer	c1485–1555	1026	143	413
566.	Book of St. Albans	1486	1029	199	405
567.	David Lindsay	c1486–1555	1030	123	257
568.	York Plays	a1450	1031	106	263
569.	John Capgrave	1393–1464	1035	112	277
570.	Thomas Adams	1583–1652	1039	219	468
571.	Elizabeth Gaskell	1810–1865	1045	49	220
572.	Daily Colonist	1886–	1046	25	194
573.	Dictionary of National Biography	1885–	1047	10	41
574.	Thomas Norton	d. 1584	1047	142	432
575.	Richard Montagu	bap. 1575, d. 1641	1049	208	418
576.	Roger L'Estrange	1616–1704	1052	54	210
577.	Thomas North	1535–?1603	1055	166	416
578.	Leigh Hunt	1784–1859	1055	106	292
579.	Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue	1931–2002	1059	121	322
580.	Jedidiah Morse	1761–1826	1062	31	148
581.	Stephen Hawes	b. c1474	1062	93	315
582.	Henry Hallam	1777–1859	1065	21	98
583.	Lindisfarne Gospels	a1000	1066	335	682
584.	Anglia	1878–	1067	183	418
585.	Gilbert Hay	c1397–c1465	1067	103	297
586.	Matthew Hale	1609–1676	1070	75	251
587.	Henry James	1843–1916	1074	34	114
588.	John Arbuthnot	bap. 1667, d. 1735	1078	49	148
589.	William Dampier	1651–1715	1081	79	264
590.	Monthly Review	1749–1845	1082	201	402
591.	Rolf Boldrewood	1826–1915	1084	19	162
592.	Herbert Spencer	1820–1903	1085	67	229
593.	William Ellis	c1700–1758	1086	87	370
594.	Owl and Nightingale	c1275–1300	1087	139	327
595.	Sir Ferumbras	c1380	1089	152	365
596.	Romaunt of the Rose	1532	1090	140	378
597.	St. Katherine	c1225–1450	1091	158	403
598.	Engineering	1866–	1091	40	205
599.	Edward Ward	1667–1731	1093	70	227
600.	Old English Leechdoms	a1150	1094	252	513
601.	William Gladstone	1809–1898	1095	49	157
602.	John Bale	1495–1563	1096	231	465
603.	Thomas Tusser	c1524–1580	1098	145	396
604.	William Prynne	1600–1669	1099	147	333
605.	Geographical Journal	1893–	1102	81	242
606.	Samuel Daniel	?1563–1619	1111	246	531
607.	Complaynt of Scotland	c1550	1112	131	294
608.	David Hume	1711–1776	1119	10	65
609.	Mary Russell Mitford	1787–1855	1119	76	296
610.	Connop Thirlwall	1797–1875	1125	20	64
611.	Thomas Wilson	d. 1581	1126	100	379
612.	Thomas Ken	1637–1711	1127	96	327
613.	John Bunyan	d. 1688	1132	28	128
614.	Thomas Brown	bap. 1663, d. 1704	1140	46	215
615.	John Galt	1779–1839	1141	83	290
616.	Algernon Swinburne	1837–1909	1148	48	173
617.	William Black	1841–1898	1149	8	80
618.	Scotsman	1817–	1152	16	101
619.	Roger North	1651–1734	1153	113	268
620.	Old English Miscellany	a1200–1425	1154	156	352
621.	Francis Grose	d. 1791	1155	115	397
622.	Usenet	1980–	1157	165	396
623.	William James	1842–1910	1157	108	374
624.	Philip Bailey	1816–1902	1161	133	373
625.	Charles Cotton	1630–1687	1163	81	333
626.	Satirical Poems of the Reformation	c1560–1590	1166	69	228
627.	Charles Lyell	1797–1875	1171	97	278
628.	George Puttenham	1529–?1591	1173	190	463
629.	Samuel Foote	bap. 1721, d. 1777	1174	55	221
630.	Henry Mayhew	1812–1887	1180	89	444
631.	William Marshall	bap. 1745, d. 1818	1187	160	435
632.	Walter Raleigh	1554–1618	1193	105	323
633.	Archaeologia	1770–	1198	181	434
634.	All the Year Round	1859–1895	1199	89	337
635.	Ann Radcliffe	1764–1823	1199	10	80
636.	Abraham Tucker	1705–1774	1202	76	217
637.	John Richard Green	1837–1883	1204	5	29
638.	George Grote	1794–1871	1208	88	258
639.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	1818–1845	1208	108	342
640.	John Morley	1838–1923	1209	20	93
641.	Standard	1827–1916	1210	79	320
642.	Clarendon's History of the Rebellion	1702–1704	1213	24	121
643.	John Trapp	1601–1669	1215	102	298
644.	New York Times Magazine	1896–	1217	42	150
645.	Matthew Arnold	1822–1888	1218	43	161
646.	John Mason Good	1764–1827	1219	162	418
647.	Nation	1865–	1220	79	256
648.	James Dalrymple	fl. c1596	1221	44	167
649.	New Dictionary of the Canting Crew	1699	1222	130	457
650.	Beowulf	c1000	1226	249	595
651.	Peter Simmonds	1814–1897	1230	87	511
652.	Gabriel Harvey	c1552–1631	1235	212	561
653.	Peter Levens	fl. 1552–1587	1236	281	471
654.	Richard Brathwait	?1588–1673	1241	147	368
655.	H. G. Wells	1866–1946	1241	54	201
656.	Thomas Hood	1799–1845	1245	61	282
657.	Monthly Magazine	1796–1825	1248	206	441
658.	John Norris	1657–1712	1255	88	236
659.	Charlotte Brontë	1816–1855	1258	37	166
660.	Christopher Marlowe	?1564–1593	1269	130	460
661.	Merlin	a1500	1275	54	172
662.	Science News	1922–	1276	44	167
663.	Thomas Hoccleve	c1367–1426	1278	132	400
664.	Ralph Cudworth	1617–1688	1280	197	388
665.	Macmillan's Magazine	1859–1907	1283	86	303
666.	Peter Motteux	1663–1718	1288	199	396
667.	Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society	1840–	1289	69	317
668.	George Sandys	1578–1644	1295	141	390
669.	Country Life	1897–	1296	10	68
670.	George A. Sala	1828–1895	1297	101	378
671.	James Thomson	1700–1748	1298	62	304
672.	English Dialect Dictionary	1896–1905	1306	63	239
673.	John Speed	d. 1629	1310	195	463
674.	Alexander Barclay	c1484–1552	1311	165	413
675.	Nehemiah Grew	a1641–1712	1318	168	502
676.	Matthew Prior	1664–1721	1318	20	167
677.	John Loudon	1783–1843	1320	114	494
678.	Andrew of Wyntoun	c1350–c1422	1328	190	402
679.	Hakluyt's Principal Navigations	1598–1600	1328	189	473
680.	Robert Burton	1577–1640	1336	141	362
681.	Outing	1886–1923	1337	36	282
682.	Cornhill Magazine	1860–1975	1337	104	363
683.	Anthony Wood	1632–1695	1343	75	266
684.	Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie	a1425–1500	1349	530	822
685.	Financial Times	1888–	1349	43	166
686.	Thomas Gray	1716–1771	1352	28	135
687.	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	c1400	1353	151	458
688.	Andrew Marvell	1621–1678	1356	82	287
689.	William Falconer	1732–1770	1362	80	370
690.	Nineteenth Century	1877–	1362	87	323
691.	Chambers's Encyclopaedia	1860–1959	1374	63	243
692.	Manchester Examiner	1846–1894	1377	21	100
693.	Fynes Moryson	?1566–1630	1386	56	218
694.	Maria Edgeworth	1768–1849	1390	109	336
695.	Higden's Polychronicon	c1400–1475	1396	318	560
696.	Holinshed's Chronicles	1577–1587	1398	234	516
697.	William Stewart	fl. 1499–1541	1399	137	307
698.	Thomas Cooper	c1517–1594	1401	187	550
699.	Language	1925–	1401	72	269
700.	Richard Grafton	c1511–1573	1403	42	216
701.	Thomas Urquhart	1611–1660	1405	360	593
702.	John Fitzherbert	d. 1531	1406	139	471
703.	William Warner	d. 1609	1409	306	653
704.	Gilbert Burnet	1643–1715	1409	20	151
705.	Church Times	1869–	1416	26	82
706.	Charlotte Yonge	1823–1901	1416	36	237
707.	Francis Quarles	1592–1644	1419	140	434
708.	Webster's New International Dictionary	1909–	1420	230	912
709.	John Bellenden	c1495–a1548	1425	218	464
710.	Tait's Magazine	1832–1861	1433	155	479
711.	Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie	a1400–1500	1434	361	646
712.	Original Letters of English History	1400–	1434	179	480
713.	Laurence Sterne	1713–1768	1437	100	311
714.	John Foxe	?1517–1587	1441	273	597
715.	Towneley Plays	a1500	1449	100	278
716.	Webster's American Dictionary	1847–1880	1451	427	957
717.	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807–1882	1459	36	202
718.	George Gascoigne	d. 1577	1469	175	551
719.	Morte Arthure	c1440–1500	1476	235	522
720.	Mary Braddon	1835–1915	1477	36	151
721.	Kyng Alisaunder	c1400–1425	1480	368	628
722.	Cleanness	c1400	1480	164	443
723.	John Stuart Mill	1806–1873	1483	99	329
724.	John Henry Newman	1801–1890	1489	58	192
725.	Aldous Huxley	1894–1963	1490	62	245
726.	Frederic Farrar	1831–1903	1502	48	133
727.	John Lyly	1554–1606	1511	136	514
728.	William Morris	1834–1896	1522	37	224
729.	Daily Express	1900–	1522	80	337
730.	Register of the Privy Council of Scotland	1545–	1529	113	325
731.	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1806–1861	1530	133	415
732.	John Wesley	1703–1791	1534	31	152
733.	Reports on Historical MSS	a1200–1800	1546	156	399
734.	Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.)	c1425	1553	203	539
735.	William of Palerne	a1375	1562	150	530
736.	Henry Cockeram	fl. 1623–1658	1564	896	1118
737.	Richard Hooker	1554–1600	1565	127	455
738.	William Spence	bap. 1782, d. 1860	1566	353	777
739.	Richard Bradley	?1688–1732	1574	89	321
740.	William Taylor	1765–1836	1579	331	621
741.	Thomas Pennant	1726–1798	1589	161	521
742.	Examiner	1808–1836	1594	168	539
743.	New Monthly Magazine	1821–1859	1603	262	691
744.	Richard Baxter	1615–1691	1607	131	369
745.	Medical Journal	1799–1826	1607	95	285
746.	West Saxon Gospels	c1025–c1200	1609	195	637
747.	John Gerard	c1545–1612	1610	211	789
748.	Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland	1473–	1618	277	623
749.	Jane Austen	1775–1817	1635	44	277
750.	Harriet Martineau	1802–1876	1649	36	176
751.	Thomas Herbert	b. 1597	1653	138	383
752.	John Daus	c1516–1602	1657	95	358
753.	Robert Fabyan	d. 1513	1660	183	494
754.	Thomas De Quincey	1785–1859	1661	148	406
755.	Samuel Butler	d. 1680	1662	85	318
756.	Edward Young	bap. 1683, d. 1765	1663	72	262
757.	William Lithgow	1582–c1645	1664	171	464
758.	North American Review	1815–	1674	133	487
759.	John Jamieson	1759–1838	1680	190	549
760.	Richard Stanyhurst	1547–1618	1683	299	788
761.	Benjamin Disraeli	1804–1881	1687	62	248
762.	New York Review of Books	1963–	1708	2	7
763.	New Statesman	1913–	1710	52	226
764.	Sunday Times	1822–	1718	45	186
765.	John Locke	1632–1704	1718	69	262
766.	James A. Froude	1818–1894	1725	14	83
767.	Discovery	1920–1966	1728	39	246
768.	Daily Mail	1896–	1729	79	284
769.	John Smith	bap. 1580, d. 1631	1735	183	563
770.	Hary	c1440–c1492	1740	135	405
771.	William Turner	d. 1568	1748	348	754
772.	Joseph Moxon	1627–1691	1750	105	667
773.	P. G. Wodehouse	1881–1975	1756	22	159
774.	Life	1883–	1757	82	310
775.	Elisha Kane	1820–1857	1758	67	382
776.	George Berkeley	1685–1753	1759	43	172
777.	Thomas Malory	d. 1471	1762	77	326
778.	Globe and Mail	1844–	1766	23	143
779.	John Heywood	c1496–c1578	1767	186	615
780.	Barnabe Googe	1540–1594	1775	156	519
781.	Edward Phillips	b. 1630	1779	268	597
782.	Thomas Moore	1821–1887	1783	175	561
783.	John Keats	1795–1821	1784	123	474
784.	Henry Lyte	1529–1607	1788	243	744
785.	Palladius' De Re Rustica	?1440	1798	441	848
786.	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1804–1864	1845	50	243
787.	George Meredith	1828–1909	1860	132	436
788.	Anthony Trollope	1815–1882	1866	36	208
789.	Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	1870	110	386
790.	Journal of the Chemical Society	1862–1965	1874	797	1259
791.	John Marston	bap. 1576, d. 1634	1875	252	801
792.	Edward Gibbon	1737–1794	1880	33	117
793.	Richard Huloet	fl. 1552	1881	445	1010
794.	Jeremy Taylor	d. 1667	1897	151	499
795.	William Kirby	1759–1850	1916	446	952
796.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	1915–	1929	160	483
797.	Bible (Tyndale)	1526–1534	1936	125	455
798.	Charles Lamb	1775–1834	1939	152	415
799.	Philip Massinger	1583–1640	1945	86	482
800.	Charles Darwin	1809–1882	1948	135	421
801.	Los Angeles Times	1881–	1949	181	641
802.	John Donne	1572–1631	1963	321	811
803.	Atlantic Monthly	1857–	1977	147	523
804.	British Medical Journal	1857–	1981	195	491
805.	King Alfred	c848–899	1987	862	1492
806.	Notes and Queries	1850–	1993	162	509
807.	Reginald Pecock	c1392–?1459	2000	357	720
808.	Thomas Middleton	d. 1627	2001	242	739
809.	Samuel Pepys	1633–1703	2002	95	458
810.	Samuel Purchas	bap. 1577, d. 1626	2011	248	623
811.	William H. Smyth	1788–1865	2029	52	480
812.	Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	2031	311	702
813.	Robert Mayne	1808–1868	2039	765	1399
814.	Contemporary Review	1866–	2040	154	466
815.	Edward Freeman	1823–1892	2047	15	84
816.	Abraham Fleming	c1552–1607	2052	232	696
817.	Baltimore Sun	1837–	2055	72	457
818.	Glasgow Herald	1805–	2055	152	418
819.	Trinity Cambridge MS	a1225	2060	287	695
820.	Benjamin Jowett	1817–1893	2068	2	27
821.	Sporting Magazine	1793–1870	2074	182	790
822.	Mind	1876–	2084	182	566
823.	William Wordsworth	1770–1850	2087	66	250
824.	Quarterly Review	1809–1967	2099	183	593
825.	John Skelton	c1460–1529	2104	424	869
826.	Genesis and Exodus	a1325	2120	195	555
827.	James Howell	?1594–1666	2131	257	615
828.	D. H. Lawrence	1885–1930	2135	85	484
829.	Paston Letters	1422–1509	2138	243	729
830.	Catholicon Anglicum	c1475–1483	2147	312	677
831.	Michael Drayton	1536–1631	2163	218	685
832.	William Blackstone	1723–1780	2168	28	149
833.	Chicago Tribune	1847–	2197	123	541
834.	Allan Ramsay	1684–1758	2200	248	576
835.	James Dana	1813–1895	2224	698	1116
836.	William Bonde	d. 1530	2227	182	584
837.	James Russell Lowell	1819–1891	2230	103	392
838.	Gervase Markham	?1568–1637	2239	252	734
839.	Washington Irving	1783–1859	2243	40	234
840.	Horace Walpole	1717–1797	2244	221	588
841.	Todd's Cyclopaedia	1835–1859	2252	542	1111
842.	Richard Eden	c1520–1576	2259	274	745
843.	Thomas Heywood	c1573–1641	2288	257	627
844.	John Tyndall	1820–1893	2291	26	192
845.	Thomas Elyot	c1490–1546	2302	397	1012
846.	Thomas Hardy	1840–1928	2306	82	317
847.	George Bernard Shaw	1856–1950	2307	135	469
848.	Thomas Dekker	c1572–1632	2311	218	786
849.	Mandeville's Travels	a1425	2323	161	545
850.	Andrew Ure	1778–1857	2335	166	947
851.	Henry Watts	1815–1884	2341	557	1101
852.	Fanny Burney	1752–1840	2344	149	451
853.	Mark Twain	1835–1910	2350	76	526
854.	Tobias Smollett	1721–1771	2355	100	416
855.	South English Legendary	c1300–1325	2356	482	1072
856.	James Joyce	1882–1941	2367	99	464
857.	Chambers's Cyclopaedia	1751–1753	2370	332	862
858.	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	a1160	2373	342	843
859.	Lambeth MS	a1225	2398	221	679
860.	New Sydenham Society's Lexicon	1879–1899	2402	483	1010
861.	Chambers's Journal	1854–	2458	168	629
862.	Edinburgh Review	1802–1929	2481	272	740
863.	Frederick Marryat	1792–1848	2519	83	442
864.	Wars of Alexander	c1450–1500	2534	316	787
865.	William Dunbar	?1460–?1530	2544	226	540
866.	Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	2571	59	276
867.	Edward Topsell	d. 1625	2580	307	933
868.	Henry Fielding	1707–1754	2582	104	374
869.	Thomas Huxley	1825–1895	2606	335	712
870.	Phillips's New World of Words	1706	2621	411	854
871.	John Barbour	c1330–1395	2631	158	419
872.	Nicholas Udall	1504–1556	2632	398	1013
873.	Thomas Hobbes	1588–1679	2633	127	434
874.	Century Magazine	1881–	2685	98	455
875.	Arthur Golding	d. 1606	2743	450	1115
876.	Ayenbite of Inwyt	1340	2767	433	1065
877.	American Naturalist	1867–	2781	461	1073
878.	Robert Greene	bap. 1558, d. 1592	2819	275	1000
879.	Joshua Sylvester	d. 1618	2835	555	1450
880.	Richard Rolle	a1310–1349	2861	505	1190
881.	Robert Burns	1759–1796	2879	204	567
882.	Rolls of Parliament	1278–1503	2890	427	1130
883.	American Speech	1925–	2917	190	794
884.	John Ray	1627–1705	2926	334	804
885.	George Chapman	?1560–1634	2936	520	1246
886.	Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabulary	a1050–1500	2946	714	1112
887.	Charles Kingsley	1819–1875	2973	104	464
888.	Time	1923–	2980	143	498
889.	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803–1882	2986	70	406
890.	Randle Holme	1627–1700	3007	334	962
891.	New English Dictionary	1884–1928	3024	114	822
892.	Ormulum	c1200–	3025	386	1056
893.	Fraser's Magazine	1830–1882	3050	520	1205
894.	Punch	1840–	3064	164	650
895.	Rudyard Kipling	1865–1936	3079	152	752
896.	Robert Browning	1812–1889	3108	148	552
897.	Hall's Vnion	1548	3150	289	838
898.	John Wyclif	d. 1384	3161	511	1266
899.	Philip Sidney	1554–1586	3202	522	1396
900.	Robert Boyle	1627–1691	3220	364	902
901.	John Ruskin	1819–1900	3233	163	518
902.	Proceedings of the Royal Society	1830–	3261	451	1363
903.	Saturday Review	1924–	3276	305	848
904.	Thomas More	1478–1535	3302	408	1215
905.	Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester	c1325–c1425	3357	495	1230
906.	Samuel Richardson	bap. 1689, d. 1761	3365	234	697
907.	Destruction of Troy	c1540	3369	111	473
908.	John Lindley	1799–1865	3372	617	1332
909.	T. Clifford Allbutt	1836–1925	3383	87	629
910.	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	1803–1873	3421	166	493
911.	Ælfric of Eynsham	c950–c1010	3426	714	1661
912.	Gentleman's Magazine	1731–1922	3457	277	925
913.	Thomas Nashe	d. c1601	3498	721	1817
914.	George Eliot	1819–1880	3498	137	476
915.	Spectator	1828–	3512	143	544
916.	Edmund Burke	?1730–1797	3586	108	440
917.	Joseph Hall	1574–1656	3632	524	1205
918.	John Fletcher	1579–1625	3654	231	984
919.	Nathan Bailey	d. 1742	3656	944	1809
920.	Annual Register	1758–	3663	265	871
921.	2nd Baron Berners	c1467–1533	3667	242	844
922.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	1792–1822	3744	134	584
923.	John Florio	1553–1625	3787	1197	2160
924.	Thomas Blount	1618–1679	3805	1465	2050
925.	Observer	1792–	3828	107	466
926.	Ephraim Chambers	?1680–1740	3834	388	1164
927.	Edward H. Knight	1824–1883	4046	142	1858
928.	Richard Steele	d. 1729	4071	89	498
929.	Penny Cyclopaedia	1833–1858	4090	456	1258
930.	Times Literary Supplement	1902–	4120	102	394
931.	Thomas Browne	1605–1682	4121	785	1616
932.	Ancrene Riwle	c1225	4212	910	1880
933.	Henry More	1614–1687	4245	690	1489
934.	Bible (Coverdale)	1535	4312	197	905
935.	Lord Byron	1788–1824	4387	212	738
936.	Robert Mannyng	d. c1338	4397	745	1781
937.	Gavin Douglas	c1476–1522	4398	577	1236
938.	Oliver Goldsmith	?1728–1774	4425	149	576
939.	Joseph Addison	1672–1719	4431	98	536
940.	Economist	1843–	4442	137	713
941.	John Gower	d. 1408	4446	542	1894
942.	Athenaeum	1828–1921	4479	404	1178
943.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1772–1834	4515	638	1428
944.	Bible (Authorized Version)	1611	4582	39	366
945.	New Yorker	1925–	4596	57	278
946.	New Scientist	1956–	4696	62	289
947.	Francis Bacon	1561–1626	4728	417	1441
948.	Daily Chronicle	1872–1930	4756	200	1156
949.	Robert Southey	1774–1843	4759	393	1140
950.	Washington Post	1877–	4772	319	1199
951.	John Evelyn	1620–1706	4836	498	1415
952.	Century Dictionary	1889–1891	4846	1106	3501
953.	Ben Jonson	?1573–1637	4848	531	1750
954.	Jonathan Swift	1667–1745	4858	156	660
955.	William Thackeray	1811–1863	4948	265	898
956.	Thomas Fuller	1607/8–1661	5041	394	1254
957.	Samuel Johnson	1709–1784	5045	157	597
958.	Daniel Defoe	?1660–1731	5139	111	561
959.	Alexander Pope	1688–1744	5285	126	640
960.	Thomas Babington Macaulay	1800–1859	5364	23	168
961.	Pall Mall Gazette	1865–1921	5414	324	1521
962.	Layamon	fl. 1250	5435	369	1301
963.	Independent	1986–	5485	22	91
964.	John Palsgrave	d. 1554	5512	711	1851
965.	Promptorium Parvulorum	c1440	5528	1181	2152
966.	Scientific American	1845–	5561	202	991
967.	Randle Cotgrave	fl. 1587–?1630	5618	1374	2731
968.	William Langland	c1325–c1390	5727	805	2063
969.	William Cowper	1731–1800	5923	106	549
970.	Lancet	1823–	6005	675	1710
971.	Harper's Magazine	1850–	6200	297	1331
972.	Edmund Spenser	?1552–1599	6285	541	1692
973.	John Lydgate	c1370–c1449	6562	784	2251
974.	Alfred Tennyson	1809–1892	6744	106	748
975.	London Gazette	1666–	6786	510	2121
976.	Thomas Carlyle	1795–1881	6795	545	1791
977.	Acts of Parliament	1266–	6922	695	1960
978.	Listener	1991–	6986	95	619
979.	Blackwood's Magazine	1817–1980	7639	937	2356
980.	Philemon Holland	1552–1637	7706	998	2475
981.	Science	1883–	7724	925	2402
982.	Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.)	a1382	7836	1492	3960
983.	John Trevisa	c1342–?1402	8238	1770	3926
984.	Westminster Gazette	1893–1928	8309	352	2124
985.	Guardian	1959–	9137	220	839
986.	Charles Dickens	1812–1870	9240	246	1562
987.	William Caxton	1415x24–1492	9286	1313	2807
988.	John Dryden	1631–1700	9303	321	1430
989.	New York Times	1857–	9405	587	2292
990.	Daily News	1846–	9963	466	2637
991.	Daily Telegraph	1855–	10247	238	1037
992.	Nature	1869–	11570	725	1994
993.	Cursor Mundi	a1400–1450	11875	1216	3613
994.	John Milton	1608–1674	12423	595	2113
995.	Geoffrey Chaucer	c1340–1400	13123	2002	5363
996.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	1768–	14040	894	2919
997.	Philosophical Transactions	1665–	15263	1993	5406
998.	Walter Scott	1771–1832	17018	470	2211
999.	William Shakespeare	1564–1616	33108	1598	8045
1000.	Times	1788–	38621	1674	7643

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