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Name		Dates	Total number of quotations	First evidence for word	First evidence for sense
1.	Anne Baker	1786–1861	490	28	122
2.	Ngaio Marsh	1895–1982	490	10	47
3.	Golagros and Gawane	1508	491	25	77
4.	John Jewel	1522–1571	491	57	182
5.	Musical Times	1844–	492	14	63
6.	William Sclater	c1575–1627	492	92	206
7.	Edward Tylor	1832–1917	492	22	120
8.	Anne Pratt	1806–1893	495	2	113
9.	James Beresford	1764–1840	495	20	92
10.	Thomas Holcroft	1745–1809	495	28	105
11.	John Selden	1584–1654	496	77	201
12.	John Woodall	1570–1643	496	76	167
13.	H. Rider Haggard	1856–1925	497	6	63
14.	Philip Gosse	1810–1888	498	40	150
15.	Keyssler's Travels	1756/7	498	9	48
16.	Spirit of the Public Journals	1797–1825	498	72	184
17.	Charles Boutell	1812–1877	499	12	76
18.	Rossiter Raymond	1840–1918	499	20	160
19.	American Journal of Psychology	1887–	500	76	217
20.	Coventry Leet Book	a1525	500	42	133
21.	History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club	1831–	500	51	147
22.	Tale of Beryn	c1460	501	50	132
23.	Ralph Robinson	1520–1577	501	41	129
24.	Jeremy Collier	1650–1726	501	34	97
25.	Usk's Testament of Loue	1532	502	61	120
26.	Journal of Philosophy	1904–	502	39	111
27.	Brut	a1400–1470	503	49	150
28.	Time Out New York	1995–2010*	503	0	0
29.	Rhoda Broughton	1840–1920	503	37	119
30.	William Gouge	1575–1653	504	20	62
31.	John Maplet	d. 1592	504	72	196
32.	Sir Tristrem	a1300–1330	504	52	168
33.	Brain	1878–	505	45	89
34.	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1960–	506	5	27
35.	Farmer's Magazine	1800–1825	506	27	120
36.	Mirror	1779–1780	507	5	46
37.	Mechanics' Magazine	1823–1871	507	68	280
38.	Richard Holland	d. c1483	507	72	141
39.	William Hazlitt	1778–1830	508	12	69
40.	W. B. Yeats	1865–1939	508	10	131
41.	Political, Religious, and Love Poems	c1400–1500	508	69	135
42.	Philip Francis	1708–1773	508	11	61
43.	James Rogers	1823–1890	509	3	26
44.	Horace Wilson	1786–1860	509	34	71
45.	Robert Bridges	1844–1930	509	14	59
46.	Morning Post	1772–	510	32	164
47.	Winston Churchill	1874–1965	510	17	85
48.	Modern Language Notes	1886–	510	32	92
49.	Naval Accounts and Inventories of Henry VII	1485–1509	510	63	181
50.	Journal of Ecology	1913–	511	33	88
51.	Gaebelkhover's Boock of Physicke	1599	511	165	271
52.	John G. Wood	1827–1889	512	26	149
53.	John Masefield	1878–1967	513	16	92
54.	Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Becket	c1300–1325	513	89	213
55.	John S. Billings	1838–1913	514	120	320
56.	Robert Herrick	bap. 1591, d. 1674	515	64	202
57.	English Wycliffite Sermons	c1375–1380	515	102	251
58.	Ladies' Repository	1841–1876	516	43	160
59.	Thomas Johnson	d. 1644	516	102	212
60.	Mortimer Collins	1827–1876	519	53	122
61.	Thomas Warton	1728–1790	520	48	128
62.	Publishers' Weekly	1872–	520	8	62
63.	Eric Holmyard	1891–1959	521	1	7
64.	John C. Atkinson	1814–1900	522	20	105
65.	Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club	1870–	522	42	98
66.	Margaret Oliphant	1828–1897	523	8	35
67.	Journal of the Royal Geographical Society	1831–1880	523	66	163
68.	New Phytologist	1902–	524	22	69
69.	Poema Morale	a1225–1300	524	46	134
70.	Countess of Pembroke	1561–1621	524	50	158
71.	George Herbert	1593–1633	525	14	107
72.	Robert Ellis	1820–1885	525	9	39
73.	Thomas Taylor	1576–1632	525	39	115
74.	John Paston	1442–1479	525	61	175
75.	Michael Faraday	1791–1867	525	47	147
76.	John Harington	bap. 1560, d. 1612	526	61	150
77.	William Somerville	1675–1742	526	13	83
78.	Hall Caine	1853–1931	526	15	50
79.	William Cobbett	1763–1835	526	32	148
80.	John Parkinson	1566/7–1650	528	45	209
81.	Mirror of our Lady	1530	529	29	96
82.	Annual Review	1803–1809	529	96	185
83.	Laud Troy Book	c1425	529	59	157
84.	Minor Poems of the Vernon MS	c1300–1400	530	88	220
85.	George Shaw	1751–1813	531	45	259
86.	St. Margaret	a1100–1500	532	99	212
87.	Esquire	1932–	532	15	45
88.	Edward Coke	1552–1634	532	44	106
89.	Roy Campbell	1901–1957	533	16	98
90.	Nevil Shute	1899–1960	533	8	37
91.	George Washington	1732–1799	534	33	132
92.	Richard Blackmore	1654–1729	536	26	91
93.	Henry Cogan	fl. 1652–1653	536	23	77
94.	John Ayliffe	1676–1732	537	22	68
95.	King Horn	c1300–1330	538	56	203
96.	Edmund Blunden	1896–1974	538	10	142
97.	Melody Maker	1926–2000	539	25	141
98.	Isis	1913–	539	5	11
99.	Daily Gleaner	1834–	540	31	132
100.	John Greenleaf Whittier	1807–1892	540	24	134
101.	Philip Schaff	1819–1893	540	52	136
102.	Ninian Winzet	1518–1592	541	36	124
103.	Richard Hakluyt	?1552–1616	543	45	156
104.	Isaac Taylor	1787–1865	543	43	112
105.	Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society	1845–1971	543	134	279
106.	Radio Times	1923–	544	8	71
107.	Robert Wodrow	1679–1734	544	33	97
108.	Earl of Surrey	?1517–1547	546	73	203
109.	W. Hatchett Jackson	1848–1924	547	48	143
110.	George Borrow	1803–1881	548	34	85
111.	Bonet's Guide to the Practical Physician	1684	548	93	174
112.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	1838–	548	61	170
113.	Mary Kingsley	1862–1900	549	5	91
114.	Charles Burney	1726–1814	549	66	158
115.	Elijah Fenton	1683–1730	549	15	85
116.	Arnold Bennett	1867–1931	550	23	89
117.	Charles Hutton	1737–1823	551	17	102
118.	William Shenstone	1714–1763	551	40	109
119.	Appletons' Journal	1869–1881	554	47	150
120.	Physics Bulletin	1930–	554	14	48
121.	Harleian Miscellany	a1400–c1750	554	69	205
122.	Charles Merivale	1808–1893	555	14	41
123.	Archiv fur das Studium der Neueren Sprachen	1846–	555	119	219
124.	American Mineralogist	1916–	556	123	149
125.	Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society	1923–1967	556	23	161
126.	John Knox	c1514–1572	556	66	168
127.	William Bryant	1794–1878	556	8	65
128.	Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh	1403–1701	557	60	172
129.	Transactions of the Society of Arts	1783–1850	557	54	201
130.	Edgar Allen Poe	1809–1849	558	75	202
131.	British Apollo	1708–1711	558	59	127
132.	John Guillim	1550–1621	558	61	174
133.	Erasmus Darwin	1731–1802	559	68	180
134.	Elizabeth Bowen	1899–1973	559	10	56
135.	Richard Jefferies	1848–1887	559	14	99
136.	New Republic	1914–	560	25	64
137.	Hamon L'Estrange	1605–1660	561	74	175
138.	Scottish National Dictionary	1931–1976	562	23	68
139.	Fitzedward Hall	1825–1901	563	72	161
140.	William A. Miller	1817–1870	565	92	190
141.	Practitioner	1868–	566	41	145
142.	Richard Johnson	fl. 1592–1622	566	34	143
143.	George Pettie	c1548–1589	567	34	174
144.	Business Week	1929–	567	24	140
145.	John Dee	1527–1609	569	150	288
146.	William Camden	1551–1623	569	58	172
147.	Records of the Borough of Nottingham	1155–1760	569	72	165
148.	C. Day Lewis	1904–1972	571	6	82
149.	Walter de la Mare	1873–1956	571	16	135
150.	William Tennant	1784–1848	572	20	123
151.	Arthur Stanley	1815–1881	572	7	33
152.	Sydney Smith	1771–1845	572	64	167
153.	Architectural History of the University of Cambridge	c1370–	573	54	176
154.	Joseph Worcester	1784–1865	574	265	419
155.	John Herschel	1792–1871	575	46	136
156.	Richard Allestree	d. 1681	576	38	120
157.	Thomas Otway	1652–1685	576	53	146
158.	John Brockett	bap. 1788, d. 1842	576	20	97
159.	James VI & I	1566–1625	576	61	171
160.	J. B. Priestley	1894–1984	577	13	48
161.	Chambers's Technical Dictionary	1940–	578	10	134
162.	Richard Whitlock	b. ?1616	578	52	200
163.	Official Gazette	1872–	580	237	307
164.	St. George Mivart	1827–1900	582	31	102
165.	National Geographic	1888–	583	13	56
166.	Two Cookery-books	c1430–1450	583	76	181
167.	Transactions of the Philological Society	1854–	583	69	166
168.	Vespasian Psalter	a950	584	352	523
169.	Evelyn Waugh	1903–1966	585	10	49
170.	Fifty Earliest English Wills	c1380–c1500	585	73	203
171.	Benjamin Malkin	1769–1842	586	12	90
172.	Robert Barrett	fl. ?1586–1607	587	86	211
173.	Ecclesiastical Memorials	1509–1558	588	114	241
174.	Alexander Kinglake	1809–1891	589	25	82
175.	Sydney Morning Herald	1842–	590	13	53
176.	Edmund Gayton	1608–1666	591	153	295
177.	Proceedings of the Zoological Society	1833–1965	592	179	355
178.	Fortune	1930–	592	25	85
179.	John Webster	d. ?1638	592	54	190
180.	Dorothy L. Sayers	1893–1957	593	7	52
181.	Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	1871–	593	23	226
182.	Richard Coer de Lyon	c1330–1450	593	82	181
183.	Sinclair Lewis	1885–1951	593	21	97
184.	Richard Sulivan	1752–1806	594	27	75
185.	Times Educational Supplement	1910–	597	10	49
186.	Good Words	1860–1906	597	29	170
187.	Trade Marks Journal	1876–	597	265	313
188.	Physical Review	1893–	599	79	294
189.	James Hayward	fl. 1630–1635	600	52	158
190.	Balthazar Gerbier	1592–?1667	600	28	148
191.	Daily Mirror	1903–	600	19	58
192.	Reliquiae Antiquae	1000–1600	601	154	277
193.	George Orwell	1903–1950	601	16	72
194.	Billboard	1900–2009*	602	25	156
195.	Gramophone	1923–	602	6	57
196.	James Mill	1773–1836	602	10	49
197.	Geoffrey Fenton	c1539–1608	603	101	296
198.	Robert Hooke	1635–1703	603	66	240
199.	Colley Cibber	1671–1757	603	40	133
200.	Paris Psalter	c1050	604	99	272
201.	Melusine	c1500	605	45	129
202.	Virginia Woolf	1882–1941	605	8	49
203.	John Hill	bap. 1714, d. 1775	607	106	249
204.	William Browne	1590/91–?1645	607	63	166
205.	Babees Book	a1400–1508	608	62	173
206.	Richard Chenevix Trench	1807–1886	608	14	49
207.	Sunday Telegraph	1961–	610	11	31
208.	Rule of St. Benet	a1100–1450	610	66	170
209.	John Fisher	c1469–1535	610	49	140
210.	Tobias Venner	1577–1660	611	85	189
211.	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844–1889	616	65	295
212.	Isaac Barrow	1630–1677	618	50	115
213.	Gilbert White	1720–1793	618	35	130
214.	Joseph Gwilt	1784–1863	619	28	138
215.	Acts of Parliament of Scotland	1124–1707	619	90	214
216.	Vices and Virtues	a1225	621	71	195
217.	Nathaniel Ward	1578–1652	621	134	262
218.	National Observer	1962–1977	623	5	58
219.	Museum Rusticum	1763–1766	626	21	160
220.	Humphry Davy	1778–1829	626	69	138
221.	American Midland Naturalist	1909–	626	21	45
222.	Popular Mechanics	1902–2007*	627	10	78
223.	Phineas Fletcher	1582–1650	627	39	152
224.	Charles Lever	1806–1872	627	33	137
225.	Osbern Bokenham	c1393–c1464	628	115	240
226.	George Goode	1851–1896	629	27	182
227.	James Martineau	1805–1900	631	16	83
228.	Oakland Tribune	1874–	631	90	310
229.	Reader	1863–1866	631	73	203
230.	Henry David Thoreau	1817–1862	632	29	167
231.	Lester V. Berrey	b. 1907	632	37	192
232.	Jacob's Well	c1450	633	55	149
233.	Melvin Van den Bark	fl. 1942–	634	37	192
234.	William Whewell	1794–1866	636	85	185
235.	Orr's Circle of the Sciences	1854–1856	637	81	203
236.	John Hill Burton	1809–1881	637	20	80
237.	Temple Bar	1860–1906	637	44	132
238.	R. S. Surtees	1805–1864	638	33	180
239.	Flight International	1909–	639	40	218
240.	W. Somerset Maugham	1874–1965	639	9	28
241.	John Higgins	b. c1544	640	99	301
242.	Bible (Douay)	1609–1610	641	46	141
243.	William Warburton	1698–1779	643	59	147
244.	James McCulloch	1789–1864	643	6	64
245.	William Rowley	?1585–1626	643	63	202
246.	Thomas P. Thompson	1783–1869	644	28	137
247.	Irish Times	1859–	644	5	20
248.	Arthur Koestler	1905–1983	646	20	100
249.	Angell Day	fl. 1563–1595	647	55	210
250.	John Motley	1814–1877	647	21	68
251.	Journal of the American Medical Association	1883–	647	146	272
252.	John Taylor	1578–1653	648	79	206
253.	James Shirley	bap. 1596, d. 1666	648	58	207
254.	John Davies	bap. 1569, d. 1626	650	103	233
255.	Ludus Coventriae	?a1475	650	90	195
256.	John Worlidge	d. 1693	650	57	171
257.	Thomas Blundeville	fl. 1561	650	94	280
258.	Workes of Geffray Chaucer	1532	651	70	137
259.	Man	1901–	652	48	121
260.	Charles Reade	1814–1884	653	42	139
261.	Speculum	1926–	654	25	61
262.	Thomas Shadwell	c1640–1692	654	51	175
263.	John R. Bartlett	1805–1886	654	48	227
264.	William Penn	1644–1718	655	51	134
265.	Walter Charleton	1620–1707	658	131	305
266.	John Cleveland	bap. 1613, d. 1658	658	62	217
267.	Peter Nicholson	1765–1844	660	39	251
268.	Richard Barham	1788–1845	660	28	95
269.	Ecology	1920–	660	50	119
270.	Isaac Funk	1839–1912	661	187	468
271.	Seven Sages	c1330–1500	661	79	204
272.	Robert Holland	1829–1893	662	13	127
273.	Collection of Ordinances of the Royal Household	1327–1694	664	128	286
274.	Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801–1866	664	20	102
275.	Household Words	1850–1859	666	61	261
276.	Elliott Coues	1842–1889	666	71	237
277.	Joseph Priestley	1733–1804	667	15	52
278.	Scribner's Monthly	1870–1881	667	48	177
279.	Naval Chronicle	1799–1818	667	46	193
280.	Richard Percyvall	c1558–1620	668	119	337
281.	American Anthropologist	1888–	669	72	181
282.	Thomas Phaer	?1510–1560	669	120	284
283.	Book of Common Prayer	1549–1552	669	12	69
284.	Evening Standard	1860–	671	20	68
285.	John Weever	d. 1632	672	56	193
286.	Philosophical Review	1892–	675	62	158
287.	Dylan Thomas	1914–1953	677	27	142
288.	Edmund Hickeringill	d. 1708	678	71	162
289.	Overland Monthly	1868–1935	679	38	161
290.	William Stubbs	1825–1901	680	11	42
291.	Cotton Homilies	c1175–1240	680	68	175
292.	Leslie Stephen	1832–1904	681	3	24
293.	Sidney Baker	1912–1976	681	52	173
294.	Scots Magazine	1739–	682	27	125
295.	Thomas Becon	1512/13–1567	683	116	274
296.	William Paley	1743–1805	684	16	67
297.	Ezra Pound	1885–1972	687	30	113
298.	Bevis of Hampton	c1330–1500	687	75	216
299.	Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode	c1450	687	145	268
300.	William Petty	1623–1687	688	64	182
301.	Joseph Conrad	1857–1924	688	7	30
302.	Samuel Sturmy	1633–1669	688	18	153
303.	Architectural Review	1896–	688	20	109
304.	Guillemeau's Frenche Chirurgerye	1598	688	182	354
305.	Law Times Reports	1883–	690	2	35
306.	T. S. Eliot	1888–1965	691	12	67
307.	James Lee	1715–1795	691	136	321
308.	Richard Heslop	1842–1916	692	11	51
309.	Samuel Rowlands	fl. 1598–1628	693	59	227
310.	Archibald Geikie	1835–1924	694	71	160
311.	William Baldwin	fl. 1563	696	81	241
312.	Littell's Living Age	1844–1941	698	53	207
313.	Knickerbocker	1833–1865	700	70	285
314.	Jack London	1876–1916	701	12	80
315.	Thomas Drant	c1540–1578	701	166	343
316.	William Temple	1628–1699	702	23	129
317.	Christian Science Monitor	1908–	702	27	99
318.	Catholic World	1865–	703	43	113
319.	Daniel Rogers	1573–1652	705	44	146
320.	Kenelm Digby	1603–1665	705	116	256
321.	Henry Hammond	1605–1660	706	127	266
322.	Testamenta Eboracensia	c1340–1550	706	101	243
323.	Nicholas Breton	?1555–c1626	706	83	243
324.	John A. Thomson	1861–1933	706	11	41
325.	Adam Smith	bap. 1723, d. 1790	706	13	83
326.	William Davenant	1606–1668	707	65	213
327.	Quarterly Review of Biology	1926–	707	50	139
328.	Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry	c1450	709	69	157
329.	James Bryce	1838–1922	709	2	35
330.	Thomas Bowes	fl. 1579–1589	710	74	230
331.	Giacomo Leoni	c1686–1746	711	25	133
332.	Henry Lovelich	fl. 1450	711	65	189
333.	Arthur Helps	1813–1875	713	25	92
334.	Joseph Hooker	1817–1911	713	81	177
335.	John Rolland	fl. 1528–1580	713	84	152
336.	Pilgrimage of the Soul	1483–1500	714	78	183
337.	James Yonge	fl. 1405–1434	714	49	134
338.	Bannatyne MS	1568	716	81	164
339.	Hali Meidenhad	c1225–1250	718	106	271
340.	Apology for Lollard Doctrines	c1475	719	73	160
341.	Nicholas Culpeper	1616–1654	720	41	161
342.	John Sinclair	1754–1835	721	63	197
343.	William Robertson	1721–1793	722	11	42
344.	Nathaniel Bacon	bap. 1593, d. 1660	723	36	158
345.	Longman's Magazine	1883–1906	723	33	147
346.	George Faber	1773–1854	724	141	304
347.	State Papers of Henry VIII	1473–1547	724	175	353
348.	Theodore Hook	1788–1841	725	49	204
349.	Richard Mulcaster	?1532–1611	727	138	309
350.	John Strype	1643–1737	727	24	95
351.	Wills and Inventories of Bury St. Edmunds	1370–1650	727	60	200
352.	Thomas Starkey	c1498–1538	728	28	181
353.	George Wither	1588–1667	729	80	207
354.	Boston Globe	1872–	732	31	162
355.	William Carpenter	1813–1885	732	65	160
356.	Frederick Elworthy	1830–1907	733	11	64
357.	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society	1838–	733	62	243
358.	Thomas Jackson	bap. 1578, d. 1640	733	155	319
359.	Henry Wotton	1568–1639	735	129	305
360.	William Prescott	1796–1859	736	9	40
361.	American Journal of Botany	1914–	737	32	95
362.	Robert Lovell	?1630–1690	739	155	293
363.	Henry Power	c1626–1668	740	66	205
364.	Thomas Thomson	1773–1852	741	199	330
365.	John Addington Symonds	1840–1893	741	32	96
366.	Generides	a1450–1500	743	24	118
367.	William Tyndale	c1494–1536	745	105	305
368.	Philip Stanhope	1694–1773	749	69	165
369.	3rd Earl of Shaftesbury	1671–1713	750	54	197
370.	Eric Partridge	1894–1979	750	67	261
371.	American Journal of Sociology	1895–	753	60	216
372.	Burlington Magazine	1903–	753	20	98
373.	Alphabet of Tales	c1450	756	63	203
374.	Arthur Conan Doyle	1859–1930	757	13	75
375.	John Ford	bap. 1586, d. a1653	757	68	250
376.	Nathaniel Fairfax	1637–1690	760	112	321
377.	Nicholas Rowe	1674–1718	762	20	101
378.	Robert Record	c1512–1558	765	115	369
379.	Joseph Taylor	bap. 1581, d. 1652	765	83	222
380.	William Congreve	1670–1729	768	43	171
381.	Asa Gray	1810–1888	769	94	249
382.	John Skene	c1540–1617	770	36	106
383.	William S. Hamilton	1788–1856	770	94	212
384.	Claudius Hollyband	fl. 1573–1583	771	152	336
385.	Philip Stubbes	c1555–c1610	772	97	241
386.	Guy of Warwick	c1330–1500	772	112	261
387.	Aberdeen Register	1398–1747	772	120	260
388.	Archibald Lovell	fl. 1663–1687	774	29	101
389.	James Mabbe	d. ?1642	777	111	242
390.	John Banister	1532/3–?1610	780	269	465
391.	Robert Lindsay	c1532–c1586	781	66	150
392.	Sabine Baring-Gould	1834–1924	782	27	111
393.	William of Shoreham	fl. c1320	784	149	327
394.	Pearl	c1400	785	84	227
395.	Robert Sanderson	1587–1663	785	46	172
396.	Samuel Hieron	d. 1617	787	83	251
397.	James Hogg	d. 1835	787	53	173
398.	Southern Literary Messenger	1834–1864	788	93	293
399.	John Galsworthy	1867–1933	790	25	82
400.	Thomas D'Urfey	?1653–1723	791	72	201
401.	Samuel Smiles	1812–1904	792	11	85
402.	English Gilds	c1350–1500	792	105	297
403.	W. H. Auden	1907–1973	794	22	119
404.	Vanity Fair Magazine	1913–	795	6	40
405.	Life of St. Cuthbert	c1450	796	32	139
406.	Graham Greene	1904–1991	796	11	56
407.	Arthur Young	1741–1820	797	60	251
408.	Popular Science Monthly	1872–1950	800	73	201
409.	James Bell	d. ?1606	800	87	293
410.	Thomas Lodge	1558–1625	801	124	299
411.	Early English Poems	a1200–1450	802	147	335
412.	Samuel Rutherford	c1600–1661	802	64	235
413.	William Salmon	1644–1713	803	68	202
414.	Samuel Crockett	1859–1914	804	18	88
415.	Orosius' History	c1025	807	359	617
416.	John Wolcot	d. 1819	807	57	210
417.	Parliamentary Debates	c1610–	807	25	174
418.	Duke of Wellington	1769–1852	807	35	113
419.	Richard Henry Dana	1815–1882	810	26	168
420.	‘Ouida’	1839–1908	810	25	114
421.	Fortnightly Review	1865–1954	812	69	209
422.	John Healey	c1585–c1616	815	145	352
423.	William Cruise	d. 1824	816	7	38
424.	Edward Stillingfleet	1635–1699	816	32	136
425.	Philip Miller	1691–1771	816	87	314
426.	Walter Savage Landor	1775–1864	819	72	179
427.	Dialect Notes	1890–	819	93	267
428.	Joseph Butler	1692–1752	822	7	57
429.	Field	1853–	824	42	172
430.	Narcissus Luttrell	1657–1732	825	34	178
431.	Richard Knolles	d. 1610	826	44	172
432.	Garden	1871–	827	18	128
433.	Richard Kirwan	1733–1812	827	205	387
434.	Arthour and Merlin	c1330	830	139	361
435.	Myles Davies	1662–?1719	831	173	310
436.	American Historical Review	1895–	833	22	59
437.	Scribner's Magazine	1887–1939	834	40	210
438.	Julian Huxley	1887–1975	834	21	121
439.	David Brewster	1781–1868	835	29	129
440.	Richard Sheridan	1751–1816	835	20	99
441.	John Blackie	1809–1895	836	27	99
442.	George Crabbe	1754–1832	837	14	75
443.	Bayard Taylor	1825–1878	838	28	98
444.	George Daniel	1616–1657	838	88	297
445.	Mark Pattison	1813–1884	841	15	56
446.	Izaak Walton	1593–1683	842	41	176
447.	Robert Forby	1759–1825	842	64	227
448.	Theophilus Gale	1628–1679	842	118	227
449.	William Lambarde	1536–1601	844	49	211
450.	Richard Owen	1804–1892	845	245	441
451.	Robert Plot	bap. 1640, d. 1696	848	92	289
452.	Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809–1894	848	38	163
453.	Thomas Martyn	1735–1825	849	107	261
454.	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	851	41	147
455.	U.S. Patents	1790–	851	98	475
456.	John Mortimer	?1656–1736	852	39	205
457.	Miles Coverdale	1488–1569	852	114	334
458.	Brisbane Courier-Mail	1933–	853	18	54
459.	Gesta Romanorum	a1500	856	43	133
460.	John Clare	1793–1864	856	60	211
461.	Thomas Moore	1779–1852	858	97	256
462.	Sydney Bulletin	1880–	858	67	205
463.	John Smeaton	1724–1792	859	23	205
464.	Northern Verse Psalter	c1350–1400	860	188	398
465.	John Bulwer	bap. 1606, d. 1656	861	125	272
466.	Joseph Glanvill	1636–1680	863	87	236
467.	Henry Hexham	fl. 1601–1650	863	179	362
468.	John Davies	1625–1693	868	74	192
469.	Secreta Secretorum	c1450–1500	869	111	238
470.	Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham	1091–1540	870	207	398
471.	New York Magazine	1968–	872	8	23
472.	John Buchan	1875–1940	875	12	46
473.	William Drummond	1585–1649	876	68	228
474.	Henry Milman	1791–1868	878	69	170
475.	William T. Brande	1788–1866	878	189	387
476.	George P. R. James	1801–1860	879	27	108
477.	Havelok	c1300	880	131	299
478.	John Wilkins	1614–1672	883	131	345
479.	John Gaule	1603/4–1687	884	225	406
480.	Saturday Evening Post	1821–	891	42	185
481.	Botanical Gazette	1876–1991	891	136	287
482.	William Carr	d. 1843	891	43	197
483.	Hugh Miller	1802–1856	892	44	187
484.	James Fenimore Cooper	1789–1851	895	54	220
485.	William Withering	1741–1799	896	46	274
486.	Isaac D'Israeli	1766–1848	899	26	83
487.	George Turberville	c1543–c1597	899	151	366
488.	Westminster Review	1824–1914	900	85	262
489.	Edward Grimeston	fl. 1604–1634	901	67	237
490.	Toronto Star	1900–	903	26	77
491.	Roger Ascham	d. 1568	905	96	316
492.	Herman Melville	1819–1891	905	60	247
493.	Scientific Monthly	1915–1957	906	60	172
494.	Mary Wortley Montagu	bap. 1689, d. 1762	907	34	123
495.	Richard Surflet	fl. 1600–1616	908	109	303
496.	American Journal of Science	1818–	913	372	568
497.	Richard Walter	1717–1785	914	12	88
498.	Cassell's Technical Educator	1877–1882	914	16	141
499.	Alexander Montgomerie	c1550–1598	915	62	179
500.	Owen Felltham	?1602–1668	916	218	410
501.	Richard Tomlinson	fl. 1657	916	380	500
502.	Law Reports	1883–	918	14	62
503.	American Mercury	1924–1981	922	28	94
504.	Newsweek	1933–	922	70	197
505.	John Nicholson	1790–1843	926	31	288
506.	Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal	1837–1868	926	66	384
507.	Universal Etymological English Dictionary	1721–1800	926	213	312
508.	Benjamin Robins	1707–1751	928	12	92
509.	Raphael Holinshed	c1525–?1580	929	101	268
510.	Isaac Watts	1674–1748	930	23	100
511.	Helkiah Crooke	1576–1648	937	171	438
512.	Robert Copland	fl. 1505–1547	938	279	456
513.	Henry Stephens	1795–1874	940	23	260
514.	Peter Heylyn	1599–1662	944	70	244
515.	Robley Dunglison	1798–1869	951	345	654
516.	2nd Earl of Monmouth	1596–1661	952	82	232
517.	Thomas Hearne	d. 1735	954	35	111
518.	George MacDonald	1824–1905	954	31	108
519.	English Historical Review	1886–	957	50	142
520.	William Dean Howells	1837–1920	959	46	185
521.	Andrew Borde	c1490–1549	959	175	347
522.	William Harrison	1535–1593	959	143	342
523.	Francis Beaumont	1584–1616	963	82	309
524.	Which?	1957–	968	3	48
525.	R. D. Blackmore	1825–1900	968	92	257
526.	John Ash	1724–1779	972	98	213
527.	Richard Bentley	1662–1742	972	29	127
528.	Illustrated London News	1842–	972	59	261
529.	Walter Besant	1836–1901	973	17	83
530.	James Smith	1775–1839	973	41	178
531.	Thomas Stanley	1625–1678	973	129	292
532.	William Faulkner	1897–1962	974	24	134
533.	Bede's Ecclesiastical History	a950	976	367	704
534.	Richard Brome	c1590–1652	976	91	280
535.	Wall Street Journal	1889–	978	38	151
536.	George Rolleston	1829–1881	979	111	287
537.	John Harris	c1666–1719	981	102	306
538.	Blickling Homilies	a1150	982	147	485
539.	Law Times	1882–	984	8	34
540.	Thomas Hughes	1822–1896	985	16	155
541.	John Fryer	d. 1733	986	66	187
542.	William Fulke	d. 1589	986	115	355
543.	Thomas Washington	fl. 1585	987	83	208
544.	Edward Peacock	1831–1915	988	13	99
545.	Chemical Abstracts	1906–	989	363	605
546.	James Boswell	1740–1795	990	39	112
547.	Francis Robinson	1809–1882	991	31	140
548.	London Magazine	1732–	992	98	343
549.	Edward Pusey	1800–1882	993	56	195
550.	Noah Webster	1758–1843	996	213	533
551.	Academy	1869–1902	1001	94	278
552.	John Wilson	1785–1854	1003	101	255
553.	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811–1896	1004	28	129
554.	Manchester Guardian	1821–1959	1004	37	193
555.	Richard Burton	1821–1890	1005	92	237
556.	John Gay	1685–1732	1006	41	150
557.	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	1871–	1009	102	259
558.	Robert Henryson	d. c1490	1010	121	313
559.	James Halliwell	1820–1889	1011	95	301
560.	Hugh Latimer	c1485–1555	1011	137	402
561.	Henry Brooke	c1703–1783	1011	39	141
562.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	1879–	1012	219	474
563.	Abraham Cowley	1618–1667	1017	55	229
564.	Richard Carew	1555–1620	1018	188	427
565.	Robert South	1634–1716	1019	28	130
566.	Book of St. Albans	1486	1029	199	403
567.	David Lindsay	c1486–1555	1030	110	245
568.	York Plays	a1450	1032	106	263
569.	John Capgrave	1393–1464	1038	112	278
570.	Thomas Adams	1583–1652	1042	219	470
571.	Daily Colonist	1886–	1045	25	193
572.	Elizabeth Gaskell	1810–1865	1046	49	220
573.	Dictionary of National Biography	1885–	1047	10	41
574.	Thomas Norton	d. 1584	1047	142	431
575.	Richard Montagu	bap. 1575, d. 1641	1051	208	418
576.	Thomas North	1535–?1603	1055	166	416
577.	Roger L'Estrange	1616–1704	1055	54	211
578.	Leigh Hunt	1784–1859	1056	106	292
579.	Anglia	1878–	1058	181	415
580.	Jedidiah Morse	1761–1826	1061	31	149
581.	Stephen Hawes	b. c1474	1061	93	313
582.	Lindisfarne Gospels	a1000	1062	333	678
583.	Henry Hallam	1777–1859	1065	21	96
584.	Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue	1931–2002	1065	120	320
585.	Matthew Hale	1609–1676	1070	75	250
586.	Gilbert Hay	c1397–c1465	1074	103	298
587.	Herbert Spencer	1820–1903	1078	67	224
588.	Henry James	1843–1916	1078	35	115
589.	John Arbuthnot	bap. 1667, d. 1735	1079	49	147
590.	William Dampier	1651–1715	1082	80	265
591.	Rolf Boldrewood	1826–1915	1082	19	162
592.	Romaunt of the Rose	1532	1087	140	376
593.	William Ellis	c1700–1758	1088	87	369
594.	Owl and Nightingale	c1275–1300	1088	139	327
595.	Sir Ferumbras	c1380	1089	152	365
596.	St. Katherine	c1225–1450	1089	158	403
597.	Old English Leechdoms	a1150	1092	252	512
598.	William Gladstone	1809–1898	1094	49	157
599.	Engineering	1866–	1094	40	205
600.	Thomas Tusser	c1524–1580	1098	145	395
601.	John Bale	1495–1563	1099	231	466
602.	Edward Ward	1667–1731	1099	72	229
603.	William Prynne	1600–1669	1101	147	333
604.	Monthly Review	1749–1845	1107	207	412
605.	Geographical Journal	1893–	1109	81	242
606.	Samuel Daniel	?1563–1619	1111	247	532
607.	Complaynt of Scotland	c1550	1113	130	289
608.	Mary Russell Mitford	1787–1855	1118	76	295
609.	David Hume	1711–1776	1123	10	65
610.	Connop Thirlwall	1797–1875	1124	20	64
611.	Thomas Wilson	d. 1581	1129	98	379
612.	Thomas Ken	1637–1711	1129	96	326
613.	John Bunyan	d. 1688	1133	28	128
614.	Thomas Brown	bap. 1663, d. 1704	1140	46	215
615.	John Galt	1779–1839	1143	83	289
616.	William Black	1841–1898	1147	8	79
617.	Algernon Swinburne	1837–1909	1150	48	173
618.	Old English Miscellany	a1200–1425	1154	156	352
619.	Roger North	1651–1734	1155	113	269
620.	William James	1842–1910	1157	108	373
621.	Scotsman	1817–	1160	16	102
622.	Usenet	1980–	1160	165	397
623.	Philip Bailey	1816–1902	1161	133	373
624.	Francis Grose	d. 1791	1161	115	399
625.	Charles Cotton	1630–1687	1167	82	336
626.	Satirical Poems of the Reformation	c1560–1590	1169	67	224
627.	Charles Lyell	1797–1875	1170	97	278
628.	George Puttenham	1529–?1591	1173	190	463
629.	Samuel Foote	bap. 1721, d. 1777	1176	55	221
630.	Henry Mayhew	1812–1887	1178	89	445
631.	William Marshall	bap. 1745, d. 1818	1191	159	435
632.	Walter Raleigh	1554–1618	1192	105	322
633.	Archaeologia	1770–	1200	182	434
634.	Ann Radcliffe	1764–1823	1200	10	80
635.	All the Year Round	1859–1895	1201	89	337
636.	Abraham Tucker	1705–1774	1201	76	217
637.	John Richard Green	1837–1883	1204	5	29
638.	George Grote	1794–1871	1206	88	258
639.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	1818–1845	1206	108	341
640.	John Morley	1838–1923	1207	20	94
641.	Clarendon's History of the Rebellion	1702–1704	1215	24	120
642.	Standard	1827–1916	1217	80	323
643.	John Trapp	1601–1669	1217	102	299
644.	Matthew Arnold	1822–1888	1218	43	161
645.	John Mason Good	1764–1827	1220	162	418
646.	New Dictionary of the Canting Crew	1699	1222	130	457
647.	James Dalrymple	fl. c1596	1223	45	167
648.	Beowulf	c1000	1225	247	594
649.	Nation	1865–	1227	80	257
650.	New York Times Magazine	1896–	1228	43	150
651.	Peter Simmonds	1814–1897	1230	86	510
652.	Peter Levens	fl. 1552–1587	1234	281	469
653.	Gabriel Harvey	c1552–1631	1236	211	559
654.	H. G. Wells	1866–1946	1241	54	201
655.	Thomas Hood	1799–1845	1242	61	282
656.	Richard Brathwait	?1588–1673	1244	147	368
657.	John Norris	1657–1712	1255	88	236
658.	Monthly Magazine	1796–1825	1256	206	445
659.	Charlotte Brontë	1816–1855	1258	37	166
660.	Christopher Marlowe	?1564–1593	1269	130	460
661.	Merlin	a1500	1275	54	172
662.	Thomas Hoccleve	c1367–1426	1279	132	401
663.	Ralph Cudworth	1617–1688	1280	197	389
664.	Science News	1922–	1284	44	168
665.	Macmillan's Magazine	1859–1907	1287	86	304
666.	Peter Motteux	1663–1718	1288	199	396
667.	Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society	1840–	1290	68	317
668.	Country Life	1897–	1293	10	67
669.	George Sandys	1578–1644	1295	140	389
670.	George A. Sala	1828–1895	1297	100	377
671.	James Thomson	1700–1748	1298	61	303
672.	English Dialect Dictionary	1896–1905	1308	63	239
673.	Alexander Barclay	c1484–1552	1310	165	410
674.	John Speed	d. 1629	1312	195	464
675.	Nehemiah Grew	a1641–1712	1319	168	502
676.	Matthew Prior	1664–1721	1320	20	166
677.	John Loudon	1783–1843	1321	113	494
678.	Hakluyt's Principal Navigations	1598–1600	1328	189	473
679.	Andrew of Wyntoun	c1350–c1422	1331	190	400
680.	Robert Burton	1577–1640	1336	141	362
681.	Anthony Wood	1632–1695	1343	73	264
682.	Outing	1886–1923	1348	36	283
683.	Cornhill Magazine	1860–1975	1350	105	368
684.	Thomas Gray	1716–1771	1352	28	135
685.	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	c1400	1353	151	458
686.	Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie	a1425–1500	1356	533	825
687.	Andrew Marvell	1621–1678	1356	81	286
688.	Financial Times	1888–	1359	43	167
689.	William Falconer	1732–1770	1364	80	371
690.	Nineteenth Century	1877–	1364	87	324
691.	Medical and Physical Journal	1799–1820*	1373	94	269
692.	Chambers's Encyclopaedia	1860–1959	1374	63	244
693.	Manchester Examiner	1846–1894	1377	21	100
694.	Fynes Moryson	?1566–1630	1387	56	218
695.	Maria Edgeworth	1768–1849	1393	110	336
696.	Higden's Polychronicon	c1400–1475	1396	317	559
697.	William Stewart	fl. 1499–1541	1398	133	297
698.	Thomas Cooper	c1517–1594	1402	187	550
699.	Language	1925–	1402	72	270
700.	Richard Grafton	c1511–1573	1403	42	215
701.	Thomas Urquhart	1611–1660	1405	360	594
702.	John Fitzherbert	d. 1531	1407	139	470
703.	Gilbert Burnet	1643–1715	1410	20	150
704.	William Warner	d. 1609	1412	305	654
705.	Webster's New International Dictionary	1909–	1415	230	907
706.	Charlotte Yonge	1823–1901	1416	36	236
707.	Francis Quarles	1592–1644	1418	140	433
708.	Church Times	1869–	1422	26	82
709.	John Bellenden	c1495–a1548	1428	216	459
710.	Original Letters of English History	1400–	1435	179	481
711.	Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie	a1400–1500	1436	362	647
712.	Laurence Sterne	1713–1768	1440	101	312
713.	John Foxe	?1517–1587	1442	273	597
714.	Tait's Magazine	1832–1861	1444	156	482
715.	Webster's American Dictionary	1847–1880	1451	427	957
716.	Towneley Plays	a1500	1451	101	279
717.	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807–1882	1458	36	202
718.	George Gascoigne	d. 1577	1468	175	550
719.	Morte Arthure	c1440–1500	1475	234	521
720.	Mary Braddon	1835–1915	1477	36	149
721.	Holinshed's Chronicles	1577–1587	1479	243	540
722.	Cleanness	c1400	1480	164	443
723.	Kyng Alisaunder	c1400–1425	1481	367	628
724.	John Stuart Mill	1806–1873	1483	99	329
725.	John Henry Newman	1801–1890	1489	58	193
726.	Aldous Huxley	1894–1963	1491	62	245
727.	Frederic Farrar	1831–1903	1502	48	133
728.	John Lyly	1554–1606	1512	136	515
729.	William Morris	1834–1896	1522	37	224
730.	Daily Express	1900–	1524	80	334
731.	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1806–1861	1530	133	415
732.	Register of the Privy Council of Scotland	1545–	1532	113	325
733.	John Wesley	1703–1791	1532	31	151
734.	Reports on Historical MSS	a1200–1800	1547	156	398
735.	Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.)	c1425	1557	203	539
736.	Richard Hooker	1554–1600	1562	126	453
737.	William of Palerne	a1375	1564	150	532
738.	William Spence	bap. 1782, d. 1860	1565	352	776
739.	Henry Cockeram	fl. 1623–1658	1565	897	1119
740.	William Taylor	1765–1836	1580	331	622
741.	Richard Bradley	?1688–1732	1586	89	323
742.	Thomas Pennant	1726–1798	1594	161	523
743.	Examiner	1808–1836	1600	169	542
744.	New Monthly Magazine	1821–1859	1607	262	691
745.	Richard Baxter	1615–1691	1609	131	368
746.	West Saxon Gospels	c1025–c1200	1610	194	638
747.	John Gerard	c1545–1612	1614	211	791
748.	Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland	1473–	1622	275	621
749.	Jane Austen	1775–1817	1640	43	276
750.	Harriet Martineau	1802–1876	1651	36	176
751.	Thomas Herbert	b. 1597	1655	138	383
752.	John Daus	c1516–1602	1657	96	358
753.	Robert Fabyan	d. 1513	1661	182	493
754.	Samuel Butler	d. 1680	1662	86	320
755.	Thomas De Quincey	1785–1859	1662	147	405
756.	Edward Young	bap. 1683, d. 1765	1663	72	261
757.	William Lithgow	1582–c1645	1663	171	464
758.	North American Review	1815–	1679	133	488
759.	John Jamieson	1759–1838	1683	190	547
760.	Benjamin Disraeli	1804–1881	1684	62	246
761.	Richard Stanyhurst	1547–1618	1689	300	788
762.	New Statesman	1913–	1712	52	224
763.	John Locke	1632–1704	1717	69	262
764.	Sunday Times	1822–	1721	45	186
765.	James A. Froude	1818–1894	1724	14	83
766.	New York Review of Books	1963–	1726	2	7
767.	Discovery	1920–1966	1730	39	246
768.	John Smith	bap. 1580, d. 1631	1737	183	562
769.	Hary	c1440–c1492	1739	137	405
770.	Daily Mail	1896–	1740	79	284
771.	William Turner	d. 1568	1749	346	751
772.	Joseph Moxon	1627–1691	1750	105	667
773.	P. G. Wodehouse	1881–1975	1757	22	161
774.	Elisha Kane	1820–1857	1758	67	380
775.	George Berkeley	1685–1753	1758	43	172
776.	Thomas Malory	d. 1471	1763	77	326
777.	John Heywood	c1496–c1578	1768	186	616
778.	Globe and Mail	1844–	1774	23	143
779.	Barnabe Googe	1540–1594	1776	156	519
780.	Edward Phillips	b. 1630	1780	269	599
781.	Thomas Moore	1821–1887	1782	174	559
782.	John Keats	1795–1821	1785	122	474
783.	Henry Lyte	1529–1607	1788	243	744
784.	Palladius' De Re Rustica	?1440	1798	441	848
785.	Life	1883–	1799	82	313
786.	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1804–1864	1848	50	243
787.	George Meredith	1828–1909	1860	132	436
788.	Anthony Trollope	1815–1882	1866	36	206
789.	Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	1875	110	386
790.	John Marston	bap. 1576, d. 1634	1875	252	802
791.	Journal of the Chemical Society	1862–1965	1877	797	1257
792.	Richard Huloet	fl. 1552	1879	442	1006
793.	Edward Gibbon	1737–1794	1883	33	117
794.	Jeremy Taylor	d. 1667	1896	151	499
795.	William Kirby	1759–1850	1915	445	951
796.	Bible (Tyndale)	1526–1534	1937	125	456
797.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	1915–	1937	160	483
798.	Charles Lamb	1775–1834	1938	151	412
799.	Philip Massinger	1583–1640	1945	87	483
800.	Charles Darwin	1809–1882	1949	135	420
801.	John Donne	1572–1631	1964	321	811
802.	Los Angeles Times	1881–	1966	184	645
803.	Atlantic Monthly	1857–	1988	147	527
804.	Notes and Queries	1850–	1993	161	510
805.	King Alfred	c848–899	1996	865	1498
806.	Samuel Pepys	1633–1703	2001	95	458
807.	Thomas Middleton	d. 1627	2002	243	740
808.	British Medical Journal	1857–	2003	197	495
809.	Reginald Pecock	c1392–?1459	2005	357	721
810.	Samuel Purchas	bap. 1577, d. 1626	2016	248	623
811.	William H. Smyth	1788–1865	2026	52	480
812.	Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	2033	311	700
813.	Robert Mayne	1808–1868	2037	764	1398
814.	Contemporary Review	1866–	2042	155	467
815.	Edward Freeman	1823–1892	2047	15	84
816.	Abraham Fleming	c1552–1607	2054	230	693
817.	Baltimore Sun	1837–	2057	73	456
818.	Glasgow Herald	1805–	2058	152	418
819.	Trinity Cambridge MS	a1225	2061	287	696
820.	Benjamin Jowett	1817–1893	2066	2	27
821.	Sporting Magazine	1793–1870	2077	182	788
822.	Mind	1876–	2083	182	568
823.	William Wordsworth	1770–1850	2087	66	249
824.	Quarterly Review	1809–1967	2107	183	594
825.	John Skelton	c1460–1529	2110	424	868
826.	Genesis and Exodus	a1325	2120	195	554
827.	James Howell	?1594–1666	2129	257	615
828.	D. H. Lawrence	1885–1930	2140	85	481
829.	Paston Letters	1422–1509	2143	242	729
830.	Catholicon Anglicum	c1475–1483	2146	312	677
831.	Michael Drayton	1536–1631	2166	217	685
832.	William Blackstone	1723–1780	2170	28	149
833.	Allan Ramsay	1684–1758	2208	250	579
834.	James Dana	1813–1895	2222	694	1111
835.	Chicago Tribune	1847–	2222	125	552
836.	William Bonde	d. 1530	2226	182	584
837.	James Russell Lowell	1819–1891	2230	103	392
838.	Gervase Markham	?1568–1637	2242	252	733
839.	Washington Irving	1783–1859	2245	40	235
840.	Horace Walpole	1717–1797	2247	224	588
841.	Todd's Cyclopaedia	1835–1859	2249	541	1111
842.	Richard Eden	c1520–1576	2260	274	744
843.	Thomas Heywood	c1573–1641	2290	257	627
844.	John Tyndall	1820–1893	2291	27	193
845.	Thomas Elyot	c1490–1546	2306	397	1013
846.	George Bernard Shaw	1856–1950	2307	135	469
847.	Thomas Hardy	1840–1928	2311	82	316
848.	Thomas Dekker	c1572–1632	2313	217	785
849.	Mandeville's Travels	a1425	2323	161	546
850.	Andrew Ure	1778–1857	2335	166	946
851.	Henry Watts	1815–1884	2342	557	1099
852.	Fanny Burney	1752–1840	2353	150	452
853.	Mark Twain	1835–1910	2354	75	523
854.	South English Legendary	c1300–1325	2359	482	1072
855.	Tobias Smollett	1721–1771	2360	99	416
856.	Chambers's Cyclopaedia	1751–1753	2372	332	862
857.	James Joyce	1882–1941	2373	99	464
858.	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	a1160	2375	341	842
859.	Lambeth MS	a1225	2396	218	674
860.	New Sydenham Society's Lexicon	1879–1899	2398	482	1009
861.	Chambers's Journal	1854–	2461	168	630
862.	Edinburgh Review	1802–1929	2480	272	738
863.	William Dunbar	?1460–?1530	2493	281	665
864.	Frederick Marryat	1792–1848	2510	83	439
865.	Wars of Alexander	c1450–1500	2534	316	787
866.	Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	2577	58	275
867.	Edward Topsell	d. 1625	2582	307	934
868.	Henry Fielding	1707–1754	2585	104	373
869.	Thomas Huxley	1825–1895	2608	337	714
870.	Phillips's New World of Words	1706	2620	411	855
871.	John Barbour	c1330–1395	2632	161	422
872.	Nicholas Udall	1504–1556	2633	399	1014
873.	Thomas Hobbes	1588–1679	2634	127	434
874.	Century Magazine	1881–	2698	98	457
875.	Arthur Golding	d. 1606	2750	452	1117
876.	Ayenbite of Inwyt	1340	2770	435	1065
877.	American Naturalist	1867–	2793	462	1074
878.	Robert Greene	bap. 1558, d. 1592	2821	276	1002
879.	Joshua Sylvester	d. 1618	2839	556	1452
880.	Richard Rolle	a1310–1349	2861	505	1190
881.	Robert Burns	1759–1796	2877	204	565
882.	Rolls of Parliament	1278–1503	2901	430	1136
883.	American Speech	1925–	2922	190	794
884.	George Chapman	?1560–1634	2940	520	1248
885.	Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabulary	a1050–1500	2945	713	1112
886.	John Ray	1627–1705	2969	343	823
887.	Charles Kingsley	1819–1875	2970	104	462
888.	Time	1923–	2985	142	497
889.	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803–1882	2985	70	405
890.	Randle Holme	1627–1700	3012	334	961
891.	New English Dictionary	1884–1928	3016	115	820
892.	Ormulum	c1200–	3028	386	1056
893.	Fraser's Magazine	1830–1882	3059	521	1206
894.	Punch	1840–	3069	165	653
895.	Rudyard Kipling	1865–1936	3080	152	747
896.	Robert Browning	1812–1889	3108	148	553
897.	John Wyclif	d. 1384	3150	510	1256
898.	Hall's Vnion	1548	3150	288	834
899.	Philip Sidney	1554–1586	3203	523	1397
900.	Robert Boyle	1627–1691	3221	362	900
901.	John Ruskin	1819–1900	3234	163	518
902.	Proceedings of the Royal Society	1830–	3261	451	1361
903.	Saturday Review	1924–	3280	302	847
904.	Thomas More	1478–1535	3309	409	1220
905.	Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester	c1325–c1425	3359	495	1231
906.	Samuel Richardson	bap. 1689, d. 1761	3369	233	696
907.	Destruction of Troy	c1540	3370	111	470
908.	John Lindley	1799–1865	3371	615	1329
909.	T. Clifford Allbutt	1836–1925	3385	87	629
910.	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	1803–1873	3419	166	492
911.	Ælfric of Eynsham	c950–c1010	3439	717	1668
912.	Gentleman's Magazine	1731–1922	3490	276	932
913.	George Eliot	1819–1880	3498	137	475
914.	Thomas Nashe	d. c1601	3505	722	1821
915.	Spectator	1828–	3520	143	545
916.	Joseph Hall	1574–1656	3552	515	1173
917.	Edmund Burke	?1730–1797	3587	108	436
918.	John Fletcher	1579–1625	3655	232	985
919.	Nathan Bailey	d. 1742	3662	943	1810
920.	Annual Register	1758–	3668	266	872
921.	2nd Baron Berners	c1467–1533	3669	240	841
922.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	1792–1822	3745	135	582
923.	John Florio	1553–1625	3790	1196	2161
924.	Thomas Blount	1618–1679	3804	1464	2052
925.	Ephraim Chambers	?1680–1740	3838	389	1164
926.	Observer	1792–	3840	108	467
927.	Edward H. Knight	1824–1883	4040	142	1854
928.	Richard Steele	d. 1729	4073	88	499
929.	Penny Cyclopaedia	1833–1858	4099	454	1258
930.	Thomas Browne	1605–1682	4125	784	1617
931.	Times Literary Supplement	1902–	4126	102	394
932.	Ancrene Riwle	c1225	4215	912	1879
933.	Henry More	1614–1687	4247	689	1488
934.	Bible (Coverdale)	1535	4314	197	898
935.	Lord Byron	1788–1824	4389	212	738
936.	Gavin Douglas	c1476–1522	4401	556	1202
937.	Robert Mannyng	d. c1338	4404	744	1781
938.	Oliver Goldsmith	?1728–1774	4426	149	575
939.	Joseph Addison	1672–1719	4433	99	536
940.	Economist	1843–	4455	135	712
941.	John Gower	d. 1408	4458	545	1898
942.	Athenaeum	1828–1921	4480	403	1178
943.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1772–1834	4521	637	1427
944.	Bible (Authorized Version)	1611	4582	39	366
945.	New Yorker	1925–	4645	57	280
946.	New Scientist	1956–	4717	62	293
947.	Francis Bacon	1561–1626	4730	418	1442
948.	Robert Southey	1774–1843	4760	392	1138
949.	Daily Chronicle	1872–1930	4762	200	1155
950.	Washington Post	1877–	4816	321	1212
951.	John Evelyn	1620–1706	4833	498	1416
952.	Century Dictionary	1889–1891	4844	1104	3498
953.	Ben Jonson	?1573–1637	4853	531	1754
954.	Jonathan Swift	1667–1745	4859	156	659
955.	William Thackeray	1811–1863	4953	265	898
956.	Thomas Fuller	1607/8–1661	5044	395	1255
957.	Samuel Johnson	1709–1784	5044	157	596
958.	Daniel Defoe	?1660–1731	5137	110	555
959.	Alexander Pope	1688–1744	5285	126	638
960.	Thomas Babington Macaulay	1800–1859	5363	23	168
961.	Pall Mall Gazette	1865–1921	5411	322	1517
962.	Layamon	fl. 1250	5438	369	1302
963.	John Palsgrave	d. 1554	5510	710	1847
964.	Promptorium Parvulorum	c1440	5530	1183	2155
965.	Independent	1986–	5536	22	92
966.	Scientific American	1845–	5577	202	990
967.	Randle Cotgrave	fl. 1587–?1630	5618	1372	2732
968.	William Langland	c1325–c1390	5726	805	2060
969.	William Cowper	1731–1800	5926	105	549
970.	Lancet	1823–	6020	678	1717
971.	Harper's Magazine	1850–	6227	296	1332
972.	Edmund Spenser	?1552–1599	6285	541	1692
973.	John Lydgate	c1370–c1449	6600	791	2266
974.	Alfred Tennyson	1809–1892	6742	106	748
975.	London Gazette	1666–	6783	508	2120
976.	Thomas Carlyle	1795–1881	6796	544	1791
977.	Acts of Parliament	1266–	6916	692	1957
978.	Listener	1991–	6987	94	615
979.	Blackwood's Magazine	1817–1980	7663	937	2359
980.	Philemon Holland	1552–1637	7712	998	2476
981.	Science	1883–	7756	926	2410
982.	Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.)	a1382	7855	1494	3971
983.	John Trevisa	c1342–?1402	8247	1772	3930
984.	Westminster Gazette	1893–1928	8305	353	2113
985.	Guardian	1959–	9178	219	836
986.	Charles Dickens	1812–1870	9243	244	1559
987.	William Caxton	1415x24–1492	9288	1311	2812
988.	John Dryden	1631–1700	9305	321	1429
989.	New York Times	1857–	9505	590	2313
990.	Daily News	1846–	9964	464	2630
991.	Daily Telegraph	1855–	10294	238	1041
992.	Nature	1869–	11581	725	1996
993.	Cursor Mundi	a1400–1450	11870	1213	3607
994.	John Milton	1608–1674	12425	595	2110
995.	Geoffrey Chaucer	c1340–1400	13140	2001	5363
996.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	1768–	14047	891	2911
997.	Philosophical Transactions	1665–	15288	1989	5408
998.	Walter Scott	1771–1832	17027	468	2210
999.	William Shakespeare	1564–1616	33104	1595	8033
1000.	Times	1788–	38725	1679	7654

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