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

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