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

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