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

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