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Name		Dates	Total number of quotations	First evidence for word	First evidence for sense
1.	Times	1788–	43902	1696	7942
2.	William Shakespeare	1564–1616	32586	1441	7222
3.	Walter Scott	1771–1832	17055	430	2027
4.	Philosophical Transactions	1665–	15956	1952	5438
5.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	1768–	14477	842	2899
6.	New York Times	1857–	14464	670	2891
7.	Geoffrey Chaucer	c1340–1400	13923	1948	5413
8.	Daily Telegraph	1855–	12469	226	1002
9.	John Milton	1608–1674	12274	535	1916
10.	Nature	1869–	11713	724	1981
11.	Cursor Mundi	a1400–1460	11355	913	2854
12.	Guardian	1959–	11023	183	778
13.	Daily News	1846–	9863	415	2410
14.	William Caxton	1415x24–1492	9711	1336	2977
15.	John Dryden	1631–1700	9309	270	1285
16.	Charles Dickens	1812–1870	9213	209	1329
17.	John Trevisa	c1342–?1402	9090	1860	4422
18.	Independent	1986–	8757	24	117
19.	Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.)	a1382	8484	1608	4314
20.	Blackwood's Magazine	1817–1980	8424	941	2524
21.	Science	1883–	8297	907	2434
22.	Westminster Gazette	1893–1928	8212	291	1828
23.	Philemon Holland	1552–1637	8021	1012	2549
24.	Washington Post	1877–	7341	372	1617
25.	John Lydgate	c1370–c1449	7249	795	2459
26.	Harper's Magazine	1850–	7008	279	1323
27.	Thomas Carlyle	1795–1881	6724	505	1658
28.	Acts of Parliament	1266–	6674	634	1777
29.	Lancet	1823–	6661	728	1898
30.	London Gazette	1666–	6638	468	1918
31.	Listener	1929–1991	6636	83	531
32.	Alfred Tennyson	1809–1892	6459	87	634
33.	New Yorker	1925–	6350	47	276
34.	Edmund Spenser	?1552–1599	6307	530	1678
35.	Scientific American	1845–	6037	214	1082
36.	William Cowper	1731–1800	5864	89	470
37.	Layamon	fl. 1250	5684	392	1330
38.	William Langland	c1325–c1390	5655	770	1993
39.	New Scientist	1956–	5553	61	297
40.	Randle Cotgrave	fl. 1587–?1630	5531	1332	2665
41.	John Palsgrave	d. 1554	5384	660	1751
42.	Pall Mall Gazette	1865–1921	5373	302	1391
43.	Daniel Defoe	?1660–1731	5322	106	531
44.	Alexander Pope	1688–1744	5306	104	555
45.	Samuel Johnson	1709–1784	5231	157	581
46.	Thomas Babington Macaulay	1800–1859	5176	18	145
47.	Thomas Fuller	1607/8–1661	5141	388	1225
48.	Economist	1843–	4985	128	683
49.	Ben Jonson	?1573–1637	4985	507	1760
50.	William Thackeray	1811–1863	4948	247	834
51.	John Evelyn	1620–1706	4937	478	1383
52.	Jonathan Swift	1667–1745	4876	141	603
53.	John Gower	d. 1408	4874	584	2136
54.	Observer	1792–	4846	129	577
55.	Daily Chronicle	1872–1930	4807	172	1034
56.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1772–1834	4761	622	1394
57.	Francis Bacon	1561–1626	4757	407	1387
58.	Times Literary Supplement	1902–	4737	89	366
59.	Robert Southey	1774–1843	4733	368	1037
60.	Athenaeum	1828–1921	4573	381	1147
61.	Ælfric of Eynsham	c950–c1010	4509	854	2286
62.	Gentleman's Magazine	1731–1922	4488	316	1097
63.	Gavin Douglas	c1476–1522	4485	567	1234
64.	Robert Mannyng	d. c1338	4484	705	1730
65.	Ancrene Riwle	c1225	4475	950	1956
66.	Oliver Goldsmith	?1728–1774	4469	138	520
67.	Bible (King James)	1611	4437	33	311
68.	Lord Byron	1788–1824	4359	183	669
69.	Joseph Addison	1672–1719	4334	88	456
70.	Bible (Coverdale)	1535	4293	183	824
71.	Century Dictionary	1889–1891	4269	949	3103
72.	Henry More	1614–1687	4267	659	1402
73.	Thomas Browne	1605–1682	4146	761	1560
74.	Edward H. Knight	1824–1883	4079	138	1834
75.	Penny Cyclopaedia	1833–1858	4014	411	1131
76.	Richard Steele	d. 1729	4005	74	423
77.	John Florio	1553–1625	3875	1195	2188
78.	2nd Baron Berners	c1467–1533	3872	253	892
79.	Thomas Blount	1618–1679	3842	1457	2040
80.	Ephraim Chambers	?1680–1740	3772	339	1059
81.	Spectator	1828–	3754	150	566
82.	Nathan Bailey	d. 1742	3723	942	1813
83.	Annual Register	1758–	3678	231	792
84.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	1792–1822	3665	110	492
85.	Joseph Hall	1574–1656	3658	489	1154
86.	Samuel Richardson	bap. 1689, d. 1761	3608	232	677
87.	Edmund Burke	?1730–1797	3587	83	380
88.	Proceedings of the Royal Society	1830–	3575	471	1435
89.	Fraser's Magazine	1830–1882	3529	543	1351
90.	Thomas More	1478–1535	3525	410	1284
91.	Thomas Nashe	d. c1601	3501	731	1813
92.	‘George Eliot’	1819–1880	3461	115	374
93.	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	1803–1873	3430	154	457
94.	Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester	c1325–c1425	3385	424	1150
95.	Punch	1840–	3371	186	684
96.	John Lindley	1799–1865	3338	603	1299
97.	Philip Sidney	1554–1586	3314	491	1345
98.	T. Clifford Allbutt	1836–1925	3263	82	583
99.	Destruction of Troy	c1540	3262	103	419
100.	Hall's Vnion	1548	3224	284	846
101.	Randle Holme	1627–1700	3211	342	1011
102.	British Medical Journal	1857–	3189	233	656
103.	John Ruskin	1819–1900	3186	150	473
104.	Robert Boyle	1627–1691	3178	332	828
105.	Time	1923–	3116	123	451
106.	George Chapman	?1560–1634	3116	515	1295
107.	Rudyard Kipling	1865–1936	3095	139	660
108.	Robert Browning	1812–1889	3095	140	522
109.	Century Magazine	1881–	3067	95	455
110.	Atlantic Monthly	1857–	3066	165	627
111.	John Wyclif	d. 1384	3044	433	1073
112.	American Naturalist	1867–	3021	464	1103
113.	Ayenbite of Inwyt	1340	3012	445	1183
114.	John Ray	1627–1705	3006	311	816
115.	Robert Burns	1759–1796	2930	193	538
116.	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803–1882	2923	60	358
117.	Charles Kingsley	1819–1875	2896	98	412
118.	American Speech	1925–	2887	151	671
119.	Nicholas Udall	1504–1556	2887	431	1115
120.	Joshua Sylvester	d. 1618	2884	544	1414
121.	Edinburgh Review	1802–1929	2805	261	742
122.	Henry Fielding	1707–1754	2743	92	349
123.	Life	1883–	2742	49	266
124.	Glasgow Herald	1805–	2713	152	475
125.	Chicago Tribune	1847–	2709	136	610
126.	Financial Times	1888–	2645	76	301
127.	Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	2643	54	256
128.	Daily Mail	1896–	2640	95	396
129.	Robert Greene	bap. 1558, d. 1592	2630	245	929
130.	Edward Topsell	d. 1625	2629	301	892
131.	Chambers's Journal	1854–	2619	140	592
132.	Thomas Elyot	c1490–1546	2601	424	1139
133.	Washington Irving	1783–1859	2592	44	265
134.	Richard Rolle	a1310–1349	2582	435	1020
135.	Tobias Smollett	1721–1771	2580	91	415
136.	Thomas Huxley	1825–1895	2569	329	717
137.	John Barbour	c1330–1395	2567	156	411
138.	Phillips's New World of Words	1706	2566	380	799
139.	Globe and Mail	1844–	2520	25	156
140.	William Dunbar	?1460–?1530	2508	280	678
141.	‘Mark Twain’	1835–1910	2507	64	445
142.	Fanny Burney	1752–1840	2490	139	414
143.	James Joyce	1882–1941	2478	90	411
144.	Frederick Marryat	1792–1848	2476	77	399
145.	Gervase Markham	?1568–1637	2468	250	784
146.	New York Review of Books	1963–	2449	1	9
147.	New English Dictionary	1884–1928	2443	101	755
148.	Thomas Hardy	1840–1928	2426	76	292
149.	Thomas Hobbes	1588–1679	2408	92	336
150.	Thomas Heywood	c1573–1641	2406	258	662
151.	Allan Ramsay	1684–1758	2338	257	592
152.	Horace Walpole	1717–1797	2338	210	544
153.	George Bernard Shaw	1856–1950	2332	132	398
154.	Mandeville's Travels	a1425	2315	167	529
155.	Los Angeles Times	1881–	2311	196	721
156.	Sunday Times	1822–	2307	46	193
157.	Chambers's Cyclopaedia	1751–1753	2306	308	787
158.	Arthur Golding	d. 1606	2296	397	984
159.	Thomas Dekker	c1572–1632	2288	216	786
160.	Richard Eden	c1520–1576	2287	279	747
161.	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	a1160	2286	215	662
162.	Quarterly Review	1809–1967	2280	165	576
163.	Sporting Magazine	1793–1870	2272	195	826
164.	Reginald Pecock	c1392–?1459	2260	413	831
165.	New Sydenham Society's Lexicon	1879–1899	2250	436	957
166.	John Skelton	c1460–1529	2247	465	944
167.	Lambeth MS	a1225	2244	184	568
168.	Michael Drayton	1536–1631	2244	215	693
169.	James Howell	?1594–1666	2243	264	630
170.	King Alfred	c848–899	2224	904	1602
171.	D. H. Lawrence	1885–1930	2219	78	412
172.	William Bonde	d. 1530	2216	156	530
173.	Abraham Fleming	c1552–1607	2207	251	718
174.	James Dana	1813–1895	2202	684	1092
175.	Todd's Cyclopaedia	1835–1859	2201	503	1028
176.	John Tyndall	1820–1893	2200	21	168
177.	Genesis and Exodus	a1325	2184	213	591
178.	William Blackstone	1723–1780	2182	27	132
179.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	1915–	2178	165	517
180.	James Russell Lowell	1819–1891	2177	91	346
181.	Mind	1876–	2173	190	561
182.	Samuel Purchas	bap. 1577, d. 1626	2148	266	666
183.	Contemporary Review	1866–	2141	155	458
184.	Richard Bradley	?1688–1732	2135	97	437
185.	Baltimore Sun	1837–	2128	75	425
186.	North American Review	1815–	2127	145	529
187.	John Fletcher	1579–1625	2108	131	574
188.	Henry Watts	1815–1884	2094	494	992
189.	William Wordsworth	1770–1850	2091	62	216
190.	Church Times	1869–	2076	17	76
191.	Trinity Cambridge MS	a1225	2074	276	659
192.	Thomas Herbert	1606–1682	2060	164	446
193.	Catholicon Anglicum	c1475–1483	2052	303	648
194.	Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	2050	285	654
195.	John Donne	1572–1631	2038	318	807
196.	Samuel Pepys	1633–1703	2033	78	417
197.	Journal of the Chemical Society	1862–1965	2019	801	1290
198.	Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	1993	107	383
199.	Robert Mayne	1808–1868	1991	745	1379
200.	Charles Darwin	1809–1882	1987	122	389
201.	Bible (Tyndale)	1526–1534	1984	132	467
202.	Edward Freeman	1823–1892	1977	10	68
203.	Benjamin Jowett	1817–1893	1971	2	24
204.	John Marston	bap. 1576, d. 1634	1962	253	827
205.	William H. Smyth	1788–1865	1961	50	451
206.	Rolls of Parliament	1278–1503	1956	309	737
207.	New Monthly Magazine	1821–1859	1953	300	773
208.	Charles Lamb	1775–1834	1950	140	387
209.	Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie	a1425–1500	1942	718	1181
210.	Jeremy Taylor	d. 1667	1940	144	480
211.	Edward Gibbon	1737–1794	1923	31	110
212.	Andrew Ure	1778–1857	1915	148	816
213.	William Kirby	1759–1850	1912	437	930
214.	Anthony Trollope	1815–1882	1906	33	177
215.	George Meredith	1828–1909	1892	127	401
216.	John Heywood	c1496–c1578	1882	206	710
217.	Irish Times	1859–	1870	24	138
218.	Barnabe Googe	1540–1594	1860	158	533
219.	William Turner	d. 1568	1843	359	807
220.	Thomas Middleton	d. 1627	1843	208	642
221.	Richard Huloet	fl. 1552	1841	407	942
222.	John Jamieson	1759–1838	1841	212	638
223.	Palladius' De Re Rustica	?1440	1838	444	860
224.	P. G. Wodehouse	1881–1975	1838	24	151
225.	Henry Lyte	1529–1607	1837	245	777
226.	Thomas Malory	d. 1471	1833	78	355
227.	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1804–1864	1832	39	210
228.	William of Palerne	a1375	1828	177	655
229.	New Statesman	1913–	1811	53	221
230.	London Magazine	1732–	1809	135	527
231.	Scotsman	1817–	1806	32	205
232.	Usenet	1980–	1805	282	754
233.	Edward Phillips	b. 1630	1792	274	599
234.	John Keats	1795–1821	1788	123	442
235.	Richard Stanyhurst	1547–1618	1782	317	817
236.	Richard Baxter	1615–1691	1775	130	358
237.	John Smith	bap. 1580, d. 1631	1757	173	557
238.	Manchester Guardian	1821–1959	1755	69	427
239.	Joseph Moxon	1627–1691	1753	100	662
240.	George Berkeley	1685–1753	1748	34	158
241.	John Locke	1632–1704	1738	71	254
242.	Jane Austen	1775–1817	1738	35	228
243.	Medical and Physical Journal	1799–1808*	1733	103	289
244.	Thomas Pennant	1726–1798	1719	154	561
245.	Notes and Queries	1850–	1714	101	342
246.	Benjamin Disraeli	1804–1881	1711	66	231
247.	Elisha Kane	1820–1857	1711	59	350
248.	New York Times Magazine	1896–	1707	42	159
249.	Robert Fabyan	d. 1513	1699	174	492
250.	William Lithgow	1582–c1645	1690	169	473
251.	Hary	c1440–c1492	1684	129	389
252.	John Wesley	1703–1791	1683	29	146
253.	John Gerard	c1545–1612	1681	215	854
254.	John Daus	c1516–1602	1677	102	348
255.	James A. Froude	1818–1894	1675	11	67
256.	Edward Young	bap. 1683, d. 1765	1674	64	237
257.	Daily Express	1900–	1661	66	323
258.	Discovery	1920–1966	1661	36	205
259.	Thomas De Quincey	1785–1859	1657	132	373
260.	Samuel Butler	d. 1680	1653	78	288
261.	Examiner	1808–1836	1639	173	524
262.	Harriet Martineau	1802–1876	1632	30	155
263.	New York Magazine	1968–	1629	12	51
264.	Country Life	1897–	1625	13	71
265.	Wall Street Journal	1889–	1600	45	165
266.	Standard	1827–1916	1587	113	487
267.	George Gascoigne	d. 1577	1585	186	598
268.	John Foxe	?1517–1587	1584	283	642
269.	John Lyly	1554–1606	1584	125	518
270.	Henry Cockeram	fl. 1623–1658	1561	915	1129
271.	Kyng Alisaunder	c1400–1425	1558	338	595
272.	Tait's Magazine	1832–1861	1547	150	458
273.	William Morris	1834–1896	1546	30	192
274.	Cornhill Magazine	1860–1975	1546	105	381
275.	Richard Hooker	1554–1600	1543	123	422
276.	Laurence Sterne	1713–1768	1534	101	299
277.	Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie	a1400–1500	1533	389	711
278.	Monthly Review	1749–1845	1531	249	519
279.	Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.)	c1425	1524	181	510
280.	Aldous Huxley	1894–1963	1523	53	202
281.	John Mason Good	1764–1827	1514	209	528
282.	John Taylor	1578–1653	1514	164	444
283.	Morte Arthure	c1440–1500	1508	232	512
284.	Thomas Urquhart	1611–1660	1505	378	625
285.	Cleanness	c1400	1496	159	462
286.	Science News	1922–	1494	51	196
287.	John Bellenden	c1495–a1548	1487	209	462
288.	Thomas Cooper	c1517–1594	1483	199	584
289.	William Warner	d. 1609	1478	313	667
290.	Gilbert Burnet	1643–1715	1477	22	153
291.	Higden's Polychronicon	c1400–1475	1476	329	593
292.	William Taylor	1765–1836	1475	297	551
293.	Monthly Magazine	1796–1825	1470	233	528
294.	Towneley Plays	a1500	1468	99	273
295.	Language	1925–	1468	72	296
296.	Frederic Farrar	1831–1903	1462	37	116
297.	Richard Brathwait	?1588–1673	1461	162	422
298.	Francis Quarles	1592–1644	1461	142	434
299.	John Henry Newman	1801–1890	1452	54	166
300.	John Stuart Mill	1806–1873	1450	81	257
301.	Mary Braddon	1835–1915	1442	33	125
302.	Popular Science Monthly	1872–1950	1440	81	251
303.	John Fitzherbert	d. 1531	1437	132	469
304.	Outing	1886–1923	1437	37	277
305.	Morning Post	1772–	1433	146	606
306.	Macmillan's Magazine	1859–1907	1432	87	344
307.	Maria Edgeworth	1768–1849	1426	98	315
308.	Fynes Moryson	?1566–1630	1418	54	216
309.	Illustrated London News	1842–	1416	78	348
310.	Popular Mechanics	1902–	1413	13	137
311.	U.S. Patents	1790–	1411	155	733
312.	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	c1400	1408	153	489
313.	Richard Grafton	c1511–1573	1407	37	182
314.	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807–1882	1404	32	164
315.	Parliamentary Papers	1826–1959*	1400	102	516
316.	Nation	1865–	1400	84	254
317.	Nehemiah Grew	a1641–1712	1399	166	509
318.	Toronto Star	1900–	1397	30	96
319.	Andrew of Wyntoun	c1350–c1422	1396	175	382
320.	Charlotte Yonge	1823–1901	1394	31	192
321.	William Stewart	fl. 1499–1541	1394	126	279
322.	Alexander Barclay	c1484–1552	1387	159	435
323.	All the Year Round	1859–1895	1386	93	341
324.	John Speed	d. 1629	1379	179	463
325.	John Loudon	1783–1843	1372	110	477
326.	William Falconer	1732–1770	1366	74	357
327.	Philip Massinger	1583–1640	1363	46	297
328.	Robert Burton	1577–1640	1359	135	358
329.	William Marshall	bap. 1745, d. 1818	1355	164	464
330.	Anthony Wood	1632–1695	1353	66	246
331.	Nineteenth Century	1877–	1353	66	284
332.	Chambers's Encyclopaedia	1860–1959	1352	56	227
333.	Thomas Gray	1716–1771	1343	30	126
334.	Billboard	1894–	1335	57	303
335.	Charlotte Brontë	1816–1855	1330	37	146
336.	Manchester Examiner	1846–1894	1329	19	85
337.	Edward Ward	1667–1731	1327	88	279
338.	Matthew Prior	1664–1721	1327	17	151
339.	James Thomson	1700–1748	1326	54	263
340.	H. G. Wells	1866–1946	1326	51	182
341.	George A. Sala	1828–1895	1320	91	354
342.	Thomas Hoccleve	c1367–1426	1319	143	435
343.	Webster's American Dictionary	1847–1880	1315	377	868
344.	George Sandys	1578–1644	1313	143	388
345.	Francis Grose	d. 1791	1312	114	436
346.	Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society	1840–	1295	71	301
347.	Gabriel Harvey	c1552–1631	1291	230	595
348.	John Norris	1657–1712	1286	80	207
349.	Andrew Marvell	1621–1678	1286	76	264
350.	Ralph Cudworth	1617–1688	1285	183	371
351.	Merlin	a1500	1284	51	160
352.	Christopher Marlowe	?1564–1593	1281	125	438
353.	Vanity Fair Magazine	1913–	1274	4	40
354.	Geographical Journal	1893–	1269	79	255
355.	John Trapp	1601–1669	1261	97	300
356.	Charles Cotton	1630–1687	1260	81	339
357.	Beowulf	c1000	1259	198	586
358.	Sydney Morning Herald	1842–	1257	28	111
359.	John Bale	1495–1563	1252	249	532
360.	Walter Raleigh	1554–1618	1251	96	325
361.	John Galt	1779–1839	1249	88	290
362.	William Ellis	c1700–1758	1244	93	387
363.	Ann Radcliffe	1764–1823	1239	12	77
364.	Thomas Hood	1799–1845	1237	67	283
365.	William Prynne	1600–1669	1228	147	353
366.	Henry James	1843–1916	1216	30	105
367.	James Dalrymple	fl. c1596	1212	45	166
368.	Abraham Tucker	1705–1774	1210	66	196
369.	Samuel Foote	bap. 1721, d. 1777	1209	55	211
370.	Thomas North	1535–?1603	1204	168	451
371.	American Mercury	1924–1981	1204	25	94
372.	Thomas Wilson	d. 1581	1202	105	395
373.	Matthew Arnold	1822–1888	1200	38	151
374.	Roger North	1651–1734	1197	107	268
375.	Henry Mayhew	1812–1887	1189	82	420
376.	Boston Globe	1872–	1188	56	337
377.	David Hume	1711–1776	1187	10	61
378.	Thomas Norton	d. 1584	1187	150	477
379.	Algernon Swinburne	1837–1909	1184	42	165
380.	Peter Levens	fl. 1552–1587	1183	270	457
381.	George Puttenham	1529–?1591	1181	173	448
382.	John Capgrave	1393–1464	1181	123	329
383.	Gilbert Hay	c1397–c1465	1176	110	341
384.	St. Katherine	c1225–1450	1173	167	421
385.	John Bunyan	d. 1688	1172	25	116
386.	Thomas Brown	bap. 1663, d. 1704	1170	51	196
387.	Peter Simmonds	1814–1897	1167	79	453
388.	George Grote	1794–1871	1165	76	218
389.	John Morley	1838–1923	1164	15	80
390.	Samuel Daniel	?1563–1619	1156	240	528
391.	John Richard Green	1837–1883	1156	5	26
392.	Clarendon's History of the Rebellion	1702–1704	1153	16	89
393.	Charles Lyell	1797–1875	1152	91	255
394.	Brisbane Courier-Mail	1933–	1151	15	62
395.	Sir Ferumbras	c1380	1149	155	394
396.	Webster's New International Dictionary	1909–	1144	170	711
397.	Owl and Nightingale	c1275–1300	1144	138	311
398.	Philip Bailey	1816–1902	1137	120	332
399.	Mary Russell Mitford	1787–1855	1135	59	244
400.	Thomas Ken	1637–1711	1131	94	290
401.	Thomas Tusser	c1524–1580	1130	145	394
402.	Bede's Ecclesiastical History	a950	1129	407	830
403.	Roger L'Estrange	1616–1704	1127	49	217
404.	William James	1842–1910	1121	92	299
405.	Abraham Cowley	1618–1667	1117	50	224
406.	English Dialect Dictionary	1896–1905	1117	26	125
407.	Engineering	1866–	1115	38	203
408.	Wars of Alexander	c1450–1500	1109	60	209
409.	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1806–1861	1109	85	247
410.	Thomas Adams	1583–1652	1108	228	499
411.	Richard Burton	1821–1890	1106	96	247
412.	William Black	1841–1898	1104	10	64
413.	Henry Brooke	c1703–1783	1099	33	128
414.	William Dampier	1651–1715	1098	72	259
415.	Newsweek	1933–	1098	68	192
416.	Connop Thirlwall	1797–1875	1093	20	60
417.	Scots Magazine	1739–	1091	38	185
418.	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	1871–	1090	102	262
419.	Complaynt of Scotland	c1550	1088	125	279
420.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	1879–	1086	229	504
421.	Matthew Hale	1609–1676	1085	72	231
422.	Robert Copland	fl. 1505–1547	1074	294	495
423.	American Journal of Science	1818–	1073	409	647
424.	John Arbuthnot	bap. 1667, d. 1735	1070	43	127
425.	Which?	1957–	1066	3	49
426.	Stephen Hawes	b. c1474	1065	86	298
427.	William Gladstone	1809–1898	1063	38	136
428.	Leigh Hunt	1784–1859	1062	106	292
429.	John Gay	1685–1732	1061	37	143
430.	Richard Carew	1555–1620	1061	185	426
431.	Times of India	1861–	1060	68	204
432.	Richard Montagu	bap. 1575, d. 1641	1059	211	412
433.	Elizabeth Gaskell	1810–1865	1057	38	182
434.	David Lindsay	c1486–1555	1057	114	256
435.	Jedidiah Morse	1761–1826	1056	22	128
436.	Herbert Spencer	1820–1903	1056	60	204
437.	John Buchan	1875–1940	1055	10	42
438.	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811–1896	1052	26	123
439.	Henry Hallam	1777–1859	1052	16	82
440.	Helkiah Crooke	1576–1648	1050	190	490
441.	‘Rolf Boldrewood’	1826–1915	1048	15	145
442.	Edward Grimeston	fl. 1604–1634	1048	85	287
443.	Academy	1869–1902	1045	100	288
444.	Peter Heylyn	1599–1662	1044	66	254
445.	Robert South	1634–1716	1043	26	112
446.	Daily Colonist	1886–	1043	24	155
447.	William Fulke	d. 1589	1039	114	344
448.	Robert Henryson	d. c1490	1034	128	335
449.	James Boswell	1740–1795	1034	35	93
450.	Fortnightly Review	1865–1954	1033	76	221
451.	James Fenimore Cooper	1789–1851	1032	50	238
452.	John Harris	c1666–1719	1028	104	308
453.	Scientific Monthly	1915–1957	1027	63	184
454.	William Dean Howells	1837–1920	1027	38	160
455.	George Turberville	c1543–c1597	1027	162	422
456.	Blickling Homilies	a1150	1025	133	497
457.	Book of St. Albans	1486	1020	197	396
458.	2nd Earl of Monmouth	1596–1661	1018	85	227
459.	Westminster Review	1824–1914	1017	91	276
460.	York Plays	a1450	1012	96	244
461.	John Davies	?1565–1618	1010	163	389
462.	Francis Robinson	1809–1882	1008	35	159
463.	James Halliwell	1820–1889	1006	86	304
464.	William Harrison	1535–1593	1001	149	349
465.	Benjamin Robins	1707–1751	1000	10	84
466.	Knickerbocker	1833–1865	1000	85	363
467.	William Faulkner	1897–1962	999	17	96
468.	Daily Mirror	1903–	996	27	76
469.	John Fryer	d. 1733	994	66	187
470.	Parliamentary Debates	c1610–	994	31	217
471.	Botanical Gazette	1876–1991	994	135	304
472.	Edward Peacock	1831–1915	993	13	106
473.	Thomas Stanley	1625–1678	992	126	285
474.	Noah Webster	1758–1843	991	216	524
475.	John Davies	1625–1693	988	83	214
476.	Francis Beaumont	1584–1616	987	76	298
477.	Dictionary of National Biography	1885–	985	5	30
478.	Chemical Abstracts	1906–	982	358	594
479.	George MacDonald	1824–1905	979	28	104
480.	Richard Owen	1804–1892	976	270	524
481.	Herman Melville	1819–1891	976	58	240
482.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	1818–1845	971	90	261
483.	Thomas Lodge	1558–1625	971	140	362
484.	Andrew Borde	c1490–1549	969	174	336
485.	Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809–1894	969	38	173
486.	R. D. Blackmore	1825–1900	969	86	248
487.	Arthour and Merlin	c1330	967	165	435
488.	Walter Besant	1836–1901	966	15	75
489.	Edward Pusey	1800–1882	964	49	163
490.	Richard Bentley	1662–1742	962	28	107
491.	Thomas Washington	fl. 1585	962	79	190
492.	Thomas Hughes	1822–1896	958	17	136
493.	George Rolleston	1829–1881	957	111	287
494.	Robley Dunglison	1798–1869	956	346	659
495.	Isaac Watts	1674–1748	956	18	97
496.	Richard Tomlinson	fl. 1657	955	377	508
497.	Richard Surflet	fl. 1600–1616	953	109	315
498.	Richard Brome	c1590–1652	953	90	269
499.	Hugh Latimer	c1485–1555	951	124	363
500.	Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal	1837–1868	951	71	375
501.	Sydney Bulletin	1880–	951	62	210
502.	Henry Stephens	1795–1874	948	23	247
503.	Law Times	1882–	945	7	28
504.	Havelok	c1300	943	144	332
505.	Roger Ascham	d. 1568	942	94	322
506.	Secreta Secretorum	c1450–1500	939	120	254
507.	Thomas D'Urfey	?1653–1723	937	78	229
508.	Owen Felltham	?1602–1668	931	223	412
509.	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	931	46	154
510.	Alexander Montgomerie	c1550–1598	931	61	182
511.	Mary Wortley Montagu	bap. 1689, d. 1762	928	32	107
512.	Thomas Hearne	d. 1735	927	32	96
513.	William Salmon	1644–1713	927	71	213
514.	John A. Thomson	1861–1933	925	6	37
515.	Isaac D'Israeli	1766–1848	920	28	83
516.	William Lambarde	1536–1601	919	51	223
517.	Samuel Rutherford	c1600–1661	918	74	255
518.	Time Out New York	2002–*	916	0	0
519.	Evening Standard	1860–	915	27	76
520.	William Carr	d. 1843	912	47	209
521.	John Wilkins	1614–1672	910	131	353
522.	Miles Coverdale	1488–1569	910	111	346
523.	Scribner's Magazine	1887–1939	908	37	204
524.	Garden	1871–	906	19	123
525.	American Historical Review	1895–	906	25	61
526.	Raphael Holinshed	c1525–?1580	904	77	240
527.	Robert Hunt	1807–1887	902	61	276
528.	John Galsworthy	1867–1933	901	23	79
529.	George P. R. James	1801–1860	901	24	100
530.	Philip Miller	1691–1771	899	87	345
531.	John Bulwer	bap. 1606, d. 1656	898	120	277
532.	John Gaule	1603/4–1687	898	215	397
533.	William Withering	1741–1799	897	44	254
534.	Northern Verse Psalter	c1350–1400	897	197	388
535.	William T. Brande	1788–1866	896	187	397
536.	John Banister	1532/3–?1610	895	278	501
537.	Nicholas Culpeper	1616–1654	893	57	215
538.	‘John Nicholson’	1791–1851	890	28	254
539.	Thomas Moore	1779–1852	888	89	243
540.	Robert Plot	bap. 1640, d. 1696	887	96	302
541.	John Clare	1793–1864	887	62	212
542.	Southern Literary Messenger	1834–1864	886	90	305
543.	John Ash	1724–1779	885	124	236
544.	John Smeaton	1724–1792	884	23	205
545.	Thomas Martyn	1735–1825	882	104	259
546.	John Mortimer	?1656–1736	881	32	181
547.	Theophilus Gale	1628–1679	881	114	211
548.	Arthur Young	1741–1820	879	58	248
549.	James Hogg	d. 1835	879	49	193
550.	Oakland Tribune	1874–	877	96	385
551.	Henry Milman	1791–1868	874	59	148
552.	Burlington Magazine	1903–	873	17	94
553.	Hugh Miller	1802–1856	872	40	175
554.	Samuel Crockett	1859–1914	870	16	92
555.	Myles Davies	1662–?1719	870	167	301
556.	William Drummond	1585–1649	868	67	215
557.	Henry Hexham	fl. 1601–1650	868	178	370
558.	American Journal of Sociology	1895–	862	64	232
559.	Joseph Glanvill	1636–1680	861	82	220
560.	Graham Greene	1904–1991	858	12	47
561.	James Mabbe	d. ?1642	856	109	252
562.	William Tyndale	c1494–1536	855	112	343
563.	Field	1853–	854	41	164
564.	Robert Forby	1759–1825	854	64	234
565.	John Blackie	1809–1895	853	27	105
566.	Popular Science	1928–*	851	9	70
567.	Sunday Telegraph	1961–	850	12	34
568.	John Healey	c1585–c1616	849	144	350
569.	Richard Sheridan	1751–1816	849	18	97
570.	Orosius' History	c1025	847	375	677
571.	Daily Gleaner	1834–	846	50	200
572.	Guy of Warwick	c1330–1500	843	108	277
573.	Cassell's Technical Educator	1877–1882	842	14	117
574.	George Crabbe	1754–1832	840	15	67
575.	American Anthropologist	1888–	839	77	206
576.	American Journal of Botany	1914–	839	33	101
577.	South English Legendary	c1300–1325	838	201	376
578.	Izaak Walton	1593–1683	837	36	175
579.	Arthur Conan Doyle	1859–1930	836	14	72
580.	Richard Kirwan	1733–1812	834	202	384
581.	Old English Leechdoms	a1150	829	205	384
582.	Walter Savage Landor	1775–1864	828	72	176
583.	Christian Science Monitor	1908–	826	27	104
584.	George Daniel	1616–1657	825	77	276
585.	Alphabet of Tales	c1450	823	64	225
586.	Bayard Taylor	1825–1878	822	23	88
587.	James Bell	d. ?1606	822	80	278
588.	‘Ouida’	1839–1908	822	21	104
589.	Edward Stillingfleet	1635–1699	821	29	117
590.	Nicholas Breton	?1555–c1626	820	86	285
591.	Vices and Virtues	a1225	819	67	221
592.	Henry Lovelich	fl. 1450	818	72	216
593.	William of Shoreham	fl. c1320	818	158	330
594.	Narcissus Luttrell	1657–1732	817	24	160
595.	Richard Knolles	d. 1610	817	47	161
596.	George Wither	1588–1667	817	83	221
597.	Earl of Surrey	?1517–1547	816	101	291
598.	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society	1838–	816	68	265
599.	David Brewster	1781–1868	815	32	123
600.	Archibald Lovell	fl. 1663–1687	813	31	104
601.	Richard Henry Dana	1815–1882	812	23	153
602.	Joseph Butler	1692–1752	810	3	50
603.	Dylan Thomas	1914–1953	808	27	132
604.	Joseph Conrad	1857–1924	808	7	28
605.	Dialect Notes	1890–	807	73	228
606.	English Historical Review	1886–	806	15	38
607.	Sabine Baring-Gould	1834–1924	805	25	103
608.	John Sinclair	1754–1835	805	68	206
609.	William Cruise	d. 1824	804	4	33
610.	Overland Monthly	1868–1935	804	39	177
611.	Mark Pattison	1813–1884	803	12	45
612.	Catholic World	1865–	802	37	109
613.	Thomas Becon	1512/13–1567	800	129	321
614.	John C. Atkinson	1814–1900	798	19	127
615.	Duke of Wellington	1769–1852	798	29	98
616.	Peter Motteux	1663–1718	797	92	220
617.	Richard Mulcaster	?1532–1611	796	150	342
618.	Frederick Elworthy	1830–1907	795	8	68
619.	Pearl	c1400	793	81	247
620.	Walter Charleton	1620–1707	791	166	374
621.	Henry Hammond	1605–1660	788	125	283
622.	Philip Stubbes	c1555–c1610	788	98	238
623.	Geoffrey Fenton	c1539–1608	787	125	379
624.	Musical Times	1844–	784	19	87
625.	William S. Hamilton	1788–1856	784	93	216
626.	Robert Record	c1512–1558	784	119	383
627.	William Congreve	1670–1729	784	36	159
628.	Nicholas Rowe	1674–1718	783	16	88
629.	John Hill	bap. 1714, d. 1775	781	134	321
630.	Robert Sanderson	1587–1663	781	38	149
631.	Nathaniel Fairfax	1637–1690	781	108	304
632.	Robert Lindsay	c1532–c1586	779	60	138
633.	3rd Earl of Shaftesbury	1671–1713	776	48	169
634.	Robert Lovell	?1630–1690	775	156	295
635.	Life of St. Cuthbert	c1450	775	32	129
636.	Philosophical Review	1892–	772	68	174
637.	Jack London	1876–1916	772	11	83
638.	Henry Wotton	1568–1639	770	130	313
639.	John Skene	c1540–1617	770	30	91
640.	W. H. Auden	1907–1973	768	21	103
641.	John Strype	1643–1737	767	21	87
642.	John Parkinson	1566/7–1650	767	62	291
643.	John Wilson	1785–1854	767	62	162
644.	Rule of St. Benet	a1100–1450	766	74	220
645.	Quarterly Review of Biology	1926–	766	51	145
646.	Asa Gray	1810–1888	766	90	258
647.	Scribner's Monthly	1870–1881	764	52	188
648.	Samuel Smiles	1812–1904	763	8	71
649.	Samuel Hieron	d. 1617	762	76	221
650.	James Yonge	fl. 1405–1434	759	40	123
651.	Esquire	1932–	758	20	65
652.	Journal of the American Medical Association	1883–	758	150	289
653.	Thomas Drant	c1540–1578	757	174	361
654.	Thomas Blundeville	fl. 1561	751	108	341
655.	Philip Stanhope	1694–1773	751	67	161
656.	Generides	a1450–1500	750	21	111
657.	James Smith	1775–1839	750	25	120
658.	T. S. Eliot	1888–1965	750	12	56
659.	John Rolland	fl. 1528–1580	749	81	153
660.	Thomas Thomson	1773–1852	747	206	343
661.	John Ford	bap. 1586, d. a1653	744	63	233
662.	Hali Meidenhad	c1225–1250	742	118	291
663.	Household Words	1850–1859	741	68	274
664.	Littell's Living Age	1844–1941	741	45	195
665.	Richard Heslop	1842–1916	738	9	56
666.	Kenelm Digby	1603–1665	736	110	247
667.	Temple Bar	1860–1906	736	46	153
668.	John Addington Symonds	1840–1893	736	34	102
669.	Old English Miscellany	a1200–1425	735	108	236
670.	Adam Smith	bap. 1723, d. 1790	734	11	73
671.	Nathaniel Bacon	bap. 1593, d. 1660	733	41	156
672.	Henry Power	c1626–1668	732	61	190
673.	Theodore Hook	1788–1841	732	50	198
674.	Claudius Hollyband	fl. 1573–1583	732	133	296
675.	Seven Sages	c1330–1500	731	92	235
676.	Apology for Lollard Doctrines	c1475	726	75	155
677.	Thomas Phaer	?1510–1560	726	124	298
678.	Thomas Shadwell	c1640–1692	725	50	180
679.	Thomas Starkey	c1498–1538	725	26	172
680.	George Faber	1773–1854	724	142	282
681.	William Robertson	1721–1793	724	9	37
682.	William Petty	1623–1687	722	67	189
683.	Thomas Bowes	fl. 1579–1589	722	69	217
684.	William Prescott	1796–1859	721	7	36
685.	Man	1901–	721	51	130
686.	Daniel Rogers	1573–1652	720	46	153
687.	Ezra Pound	1885–1972	716	26	94
688.	William Penn	1644–1718	714	55	141
689.	William Temple	1628–1699	714	21	120
690.	Ecology	1920–	714	49	123
691.	National Geographic	1888–	712	11	52
692.	Physical Review	1893–	710	84	325
693.	Samuel Rowlands	fl. 1598–1628	710	58	227
694.	Sun	1966–*	709	8	37
695.	Fortune	1930–	708	23	85
696.	Practitioner	1868–	707	37	190
697.	Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry	c1450	702	66	151
698.	Joseph Hooker	1817–1911	702	78	171
699.	Colley Cibber	1671–1757	701	40	148
700.	William Baldwin	fl. 1563	699	81	236
701.	Ludus Coventriae	?a1475	699	79	179
702.	Morning Chronicle	1780–1832	699	103	359
703.	Richard Allestree	d. 1681	699	32	117
704.	William Warburton	1698–1779	698	55	145
705.	Joseph Priestley	1733–1804	697	16	52
706.	Edmund Hickeringill	d. 1708	696	64	158
707.	John Weever	d. 1632	694	54	189
708.	George Washington	1732–1799	692	39	165
709.	Architectural Review	1896–	689	19	99
710.	Robert Hooke	1635–1703	688	81	280
711.	John Higgins	b. c1544	688	107	321
712.	Sinclair Lewis	1885–1951	687	16	83
713.	Times Educational Supplement	1910–	686	10	45
714.	Bevis of Hampton	c1330–1500	686	80	223
715.	American Midland Naturalist	1909–	685	21	48
716.	Longman's Magazine	1883–1906	683	23	125
717.	W. Somerset Maugham	1874–1965	683	8	30
718.	Arthur Helps	1813–1875	682	22	81
719.	Sydney Smith	1771–1845	682	69	181
720.	Cobbett's Weekly Political Register	1808–1826*	680	42	184
721.	Mechanics' Magazine	1823–1871	680	80	354
722.	Official Gazette	1872–	679	234	323
723.	Osbern Bokenham	c1393–c1464	679	117	247
724.	Eric Partridge	1894–1979	676	53	244
725.	James Bryce	1838–1922	676	1	33
726.	New Republic	1914–	675	21	56
727.	James Lee	1715–1795	675	129	314
728.	William Paley	1743–1805	675	16	58
729.	John Worlidge	d. 1693	672	54	171
730.	Leslie Stephen	1832–1904	671	3	22
731.	Elliott Coues	1842–1889	669	68	239
732.	Virginia Woolf	1882–1941	669	8	36
733.	Thomas Jackson	1570/71–1646	669	143	291
734.	Peter Nicholson	1765–1844	666	38	239
735.	William Stubbs	1825–1901	666	10	42
736.	Samuel Sturmy	1633–1669	665	17	138
737.	William Carpenter	1813–1885	662	63	142
738.	R. S. Surtees	1805–1864	659	29	179
739.	Charles Reade	1814–1884	659	38	129
740.	Julian Huxley	1887–1975	658	18	83
741.	Isis	1913–	657	4	12
742.	Angell Day	fl. 1563–1595	655	53	201
743.	St. Margaret	a1100–1500	655	102	247
744.	Nathaniel Ward	1578–1652	654	139	270
745.	Saturday Evening Post	1821–	653	30	139
746.	American Home	1928–1977	652	4	19
747.	Sidney Baker	1912–1976	651	48	160
748.	William Davenant	1606–1668	650	53	190
749.	Melbourne Age	1859–	650	13	41
750.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	1838–	650	60	186
751.	John Motley	1814–1877	649	19	63
752.	Gilbert White	1720–1793	648	35	117
753.	Archibald Geikie	1835–1924	647	64	144
754.	Radio Times	1923–	646	6	58
755.	Good Words	1860–1906	646	29	178
756.	Flight International	1909–	646	43	217
757.	Erasmus Darwin	1731–1802	645	74	206
758.	Bible (Douay)	1609–1610	645	44	133
759.	Gramophone	1923–	645	8	54
760.	Speculum	1926–	644	3	18
761.	Jacob's Well	c1450	643	53	149
762.	Dorothy L. Sayers	1893–1957	642	6	42
763.	John Fisher	c1469–1535	642	52	149
764.	Isaac Funk	1839–1912	641	174	451
765.	William Browne	1590/91–?1645	641	58	163
766.	Australian	1964–	640	6	14
767.	Richard Barham	1788–1845	640	22	81
768.	Museum Rusticum	1763–1766	638	23	160
769.	Philadelphia Inquirer	1829–	638	16	63
770.	Business Week	1929–	635	21	132
771.	Phineas Fletcher	1582–1650	634	40	149
772.	James McCulloch	1789–1864	634	7	55
773.	Edmund Gayton	1608–1666	633	155	298
774.	John Cleveland	bap. 1613, d. 1658	632	60	211
775.	Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801–1866	631	21	92
776.	Humphry Davy	1778–1829	629	68	127
777.	Thomas Johnson	d. 1644	629	109	259
778.	Thomas Holcroft	1745–1809	628	29	128
779.	Thomas Paynell	d. ?1564	627	131	289
780.	John R. Bartlett	1805–1886	627	42	210
781.	William Whewell	1794–1866	626	88	179
782.	Law Times Reports	1883–	625	2	26
783.	Henry David Thoreau	1817–1862	624	24	138
784.	Evelyn Waugh	1903–1966	623	6	39
785.	John Hill Burton	1809–1881	623	20	67
786.	Arthur Koestler	1905–1983	621	18	78
787.	John Baret	d. 1578	620	54	164
788.	Balthazar Gerbier	1592–?1667	619	26	150
789.	Cosmopolitan	1886–	618	20	92
790.	Charles Lever	1806–1872	618	26	126
791.	James Shirley	bap. 1596, d. 1666	618	55	210
792.	James VI & I	1566–1625	618	65	185
793.	Richard Blackmore	1654–1729	616	24	96
794.	James Hayward	fl. 1630–1635	615	57	159
795.	Charles Burney	1726–1814	615	71	178
796.	‘George Orwell’	1903–1950	615	10	57
797.	Isaac Barrow	1630–1677	615	44	107
798.	Brut	a1400–1470	614	51	178
799.	Appletons' Journal	1869–1881	614	49	156
800.	Elizabeth Bowen	1899–1973	614	10	47
801.	American Journal of Psychology	1887–	612	76	235
802.	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844–1889	611	63	264
803.	Thomas P. Thompson	1783–1869	609	22	105
804.	‘Patrick O'Brian’	1914–2000	609	0	1
805.	John Dee	1527–1609	609	162	309
806.	James Martineau	1805–1900	608	13	71
807.	Peter Martyr of Angleria's Decades of the Newe Worlde	1555	608	94	227
808.	Proceedings of the Zoological Society	1833–1965	607	173	355
809.	Richard Sulivan	1752–1806	606	27	74
810.	John Knox	c1514–1572	605	71	186
811.	Paris Psalter	c1050	605	87	259
812.	Richard Chenevix Trench	1807–1886	605	11	43
813.	Tobias Venner	1577–1660	604	83	178
814.	Naval Chronicle	1799–1818	603	38	168
815.	Thomas Otway	1652–1685	602	47	139
816.	Acts of Parliament of Scotland	1124–1707	599	101	223
817.	William Tennant	1784–1848	598	23	123
818.	Melusine	c1500	598	38	127
819.	National Observer	1962–1977	598	6	48
820.	George Joye	1490x95–1553	597	125	291
821.	Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society	1845–1971	596	140	302
822.	Thomas Tymme	d. 1620	596	102	242
823.	Rotarian	1918–1973*	595	6	29
824.	Reader	1863–1866	594	63	177
825.	Ladies' Repository	1841–1876	593	44	173
826.	John Herschel	1792–1871	592	48	137
827.	James Mill	1773–1836	591	7	44
828.	Journal of the Society of Arts	1852–	589	52	200
829.	King Horn	c1300–1330	588	62	218
830.	Ralph Robinson	1520–1577	587	56	161
831.	Benjamin Malkin	1769–1842	586	9	77
832.	C. Day Lewis	1904–1972	586	5	64
833.	Richard Coer de Lyon	c1330–1450	586	84	179
834.	George Pettie	c1548–1589	585	35	160
835.	Hamon L'Estrange	1605–1660	585	68	175
836.	William Painter	?1540–1594	585	87	267
837.	Richard Whitlock	b. ?1616	584	48	182
838.	Richard Hakluyt	?1552–1616	583	47	170
839.	Journal of Philosophy	1904–	583	48	131
840.	Journal of the Royal Geographical Society	1831–1880	582	80	189
841.	Edward Waterhouse	1619–1670	580	129	233
842.	Robert Wodrow	1679–1734	580	27	93
843.	John Woodward	d. 1728	580	51	160
844.	Robert Barrett	fl. ?1586–1607	580	78	203
845.	Thomas Taylor	1576–1632	580	39	121
846.	Transactions of the Society of Arts	1783–1850	579	53	198
847.	Workes of Geffray Chaucer	1532	578	64	130
848.	John Brockett	bap. 1788, d. 1842	578	22	108
849.	New Phytologist	1902–	577	23	74
850.	American Journal of Philology	1880–	577	50	145
851.	Lester V. Berrey	b. 1907	577	33	166
852.	William Camden	1551–1623	575	59	166
853.	Laud Troy Book	c1425	575	65	170
854.	J. B. Priestley	1894–1984	575	11	41
855.	Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	1871–	573	26	219
856.	Walter de la Mare	1873–1956	573	13	101
857.	Publishers' Weekly	1872–	573	7	65
858.	Spirit of the Times	1831–c1878	572	54	250
859.	Winston Churchill	1874–1965	571	19	78
860.	Wired	1995–*	571	6	10
861.	Arnold Bennett	1867–1931	570	23	76
862.	Margaret Oliphant	1828–1897	569	7	32
863.	Holinshed's Chronicles	1577–1587	569	79	185
864.	Bonet's Guide to the Practical Physician	1684	568	91	170
865.	U.S. News and World Report	1977–*	567	5	35
866.	John Masefield	1878–1967	567	14	85
867.	Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club	1870–	566	39	96
868.	George Goode	1851–1896	565	23	174
869.	Lindisfarne Gospels	a1000	565	203	368
870.	John Harington	bap. 1560, d. 1612	565	69	170
871.	John G. Wood	1827–1889	564	26	145
872.	American Mineralogist	1916–	563	124	153
873.	George Borrow	1803–1881	562	36	82
874.	St. George Mivart	1827–1900	562	26	95
875.	Richard Jefferies	1848–1887	562	13	91
876.	William A. Miller	1817–1870	561	96	192
877.	John Guillim	1550–1621	561	61	176
878.	Trade Marks Journal	1876–	561	260	305
879.	Winnipeg Free Press	1931–	560	31	125
880.	Poema Morale	a1225–1300	560	40	119
881.	Bell's Life in London	1822–1886	559	76	347
882.	Charles Hutton	1737–1823	559	15	92
883.	Giacomo Leoni	c1686–1746	558	13	86
884.	Alexander Kinglake	1809–1891	558	16	64
885.	Journal of Ecology	1913–	557	35	90
886.	Edgar Allan Poe	1809–1849	556	66	180
887.	George Shaw	1751–1813	556	54	278
888.	Charlotte Smith	1749–1806	556	36	103
889.	John Ayliffe	1676–1732	554	21	67
890.	Melody Maker	1926–2000	554	27	130
891.	Birmingham Post	1857–	554	21	106
892.	William Shenstone	1714–1763	554	37	96
893.	Arthur Stanley	1815–1881	552	5	27
894.	Elijah Fenton	1683–1730	551	12	77
895.	Thomas Warton	1728–1790	549	43	119
896.	Ninian Winzet	1518–1592	549	36	126
897.	Sir Tristrem	a1300–1330	548	65	199
898.	Brain	1878–	548	47	94
899.	Fitzedward Hall	1825–1901	548	69	156
900.	‘Nevil Shute’	1899–1960	548	8	34
901.	British Apollo	1708–1711	545	54	120
902.	Dives and Pauper	1450–1500	545	49	113
903.	John S. Farmer	c1845–c1915	545	39	182
904.	Roy Campbell	1901–1957	545	16	88
905.	John Maplet	d. 1592	544	82	210
906.	William Bryant	1794–1878	544	6	49
907.	Physics Bulletin	1930–	543	12	41
908.	Henry Cogan	fl. 1652–1653	543	17	69
909.	John Paston	1442–1479	543	56	172
910.	William Hazlitt	1778–1830	541	10	70
911.	Political Science Quarterly	1886–	541	28	120
912.	Michael Faraday	1791–1867	541	48	149
913.	American Economic Review	1911–	540	36	159
914.	Philip Schaff	1819–1893	540	50	125
915.	William Cobbett	1763–1835	540	31	136
916.	Modern Language Notes	1886–	539	27	86
917.	W. B. Yeats	1865–1939	538	8	102
918.	Tale of Beryn	c1460	537	52	142
919.	Economic Journal	1891–	537	43	142
920.	Charles Merivale	1808–1893	537	10	31
921.	John Greenleaf Whittier	1807–1892	536	22	107
922.	John Neal	1793–1876	535	29	114
923.	Thomas Newton	d. 1607	535	137	261
924.	New York Times Book Review	1896–	535	18	51
925.	Isaac Taylor	1787–1865	532	34	98
926.	Chambers's Technical Dictionary	1940–	532	8	115
927.	Canberra Times	1926–	531	12	41
928.	William Somerville	1675–1742	531	10	74
929.	Book of Common Prayer	1549–1552	530	7	46
930.	John Gauden	c1599–1662	530	125	225
931.	Anne Baker	1786–1861	529	27	127
932.	Eliza Haywood	?1693–1756	529	22	61
933.	George Herbert	1593–1633	529	12	99
934.	John Selden	1584–1654	527	80	203
935.	Jeremy Collier	1650–1726	527	33	94
936.	Vespasian Psalter	a950	526	334	473
937.	Joseph Gwilt	1784–1863	526	26	112
938.	Edward Coke	1552–1634	526	45	102
939.	Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society	1923–1967	525	22	147
940.	Vogue	1892–	525	17	74
941.	Richard Percyvall	c1558–1620	524	81	258
942.	Midland Prose Psalter	c1350–1400	524	123	283
943.	Hall Caine	1853–1931	524	11	44
944.	Rose Macaulay	1881–1958	524	13	49
945.	Mirror	1779–1780	523	5	43
946.	Robert Herrick	bap. 1591, d. 1674	523	68	204
947.	Alexander Ross	1699–1784	522	46	141
948.	Prick of Conscience	1424–1424*	522	19	68
949.	English Mechanic	1865–1923	521	75	192
950.	Anthony Munday	d. 1633	520	70	191
951.	Edmund Blunden	1896–1974	520	10	111
952.	Richard Holland	d. c1483	520	50	101
953.	John Hacket	1592–1670	519	69	147
954.	Mirror of our Lady	1530	518	13	53
955.	Thomas Haliburton	1796–1865	518	31	133
956.	Gideon Harvey	c1636–?1702	518	76	168
957.	Countess of Pembroke	1561–1621	518	41	143
958.	Richard Cumberland	1732–1811	516	25	100
959.	Keyssler's Travels	1756/7	516	13	44
960.	Edward, Duke of York	fl. c1373–1415	515	116	267
961.	Philip Francis	1708–1773	515	7	51
962.	William Gouge	1575–1653	514	20	61
963.	Joseph Worcester	1784–1865	514	228	365
964.	William Derham	1657–1735	513	47	132
965.	H. Rider Haggard	1856–1925	513	6	54
966.	Nominale	1340–1499*	513	74	162
967.	Robinson Ellis	1834–1913	512	6	35
968.	William Patten	d. ?1598	512	91	220
969.	Usk's Testament of Loue	1532	512	58	116
970.	John Jewel	1522–1571	510	49	195
971.	Rhoda Broughton	1840–1920	510	34	103
972.	Horace Wilson	1786–1860	509	37	69
973.	John S. Billings	1838–1913	509	113	316
974.	White Kennett	1660–1728	508	48	116
975.	James Beresford	1764–1840	507	23	88
976.	James Rogers	1823–1890	507	4	22
977.	Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum	1495–1495*	507	100	195
978.	Thomas Morley	?1557–?1602	507	42	188
979.	Village Voice	1955–	506	19	37
980.	John Cowell	1554–1611	506	57	149
981.	John Woodall	1570–1643	506	78	168
982.	Henry Roscoe	1833–1915	506	57	145
983.	Mortimer Collins	1827–1876	506	45	111
984.	Meredith Hanmer	1543–1604	505	55	164
985.	Mary Kingsley	1862–1900	504	5	66
986.	Galveston Daily News	1877–1954*	504	42	200
987.	Rolling Stone	1967–	504	13	43
988.	Agatha Christie	1890–1976	503	1	23
989.	Robert Bridges	1844–1930	502	16	47
990.	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1960–	501	6	23
991.	Afra Behn	?1640–1689	500	38	108
992.	William Sclater	c1575–1627	500	88	199
993.	Cotton Mather	1663–1728	499	44	98
994.	Henry Best	c1592–1645	499	61	186
995.	Golagros and Gawane	1508	498	25	79
996.	Charles Boutell	1812–1877	498	10	75
997.	Sunday Express	1918–	498	13	61
998.	William Godwin	1756–1836	496	17	59
999.	John Rastell	c1475–1536	495	49	148
1000.	Horatio Smith	1779–1849	494	33	95

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