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

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