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Name		Dates	Total number of quotations	First evidence for word	First evidence for sense
1.	Times	1788–	44183	1701	7935
2.	William Shakespeare	1564–1616	32512	1440	7164
3.	Walter Scott	1771–1832	17042	428	2015
4.	Philosophical Transactions	1665–	15977	1949	5437
5.	New York Times	1857–	14726	670	2923
6.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	1768–	14442	838	2884
7.	Geoffrey Chaucer	c1340–1400	13963	1933	5402
8.	Daily Telegraph	1855–	12660	228	1014
9.	John Milton	1608–1674	12264	532	1903
10.	Nature	1869–	11714	723	1976
11.	Cursor Mundi	a1400–1460	11326	910	2839
12.	Guardian	1959–	11169	184	782
13.	Daily News	1846–	9829	411	2384
14.	William Caxton	1415x24–1492	9690	1337	2978
15.	John Dryden	1631–1700	9300	267	1277
16.	Charles Dickens	1812–1870	9210	206	1316
17.	John Trevisa	c1342–?1402	9135	1865	4459
18.	Independent	1986–	8948	25	119
19.	Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.)	a1382	8519	1619	4326
20.	Blackwood's Magazine	1817–1980	8438	943	2526
21.	Science	1883–	8327	910	2438
22.	Westminster Gazette	1893–1928	8158	286	1795
23.	Philemon Holland	1552–1637	8026	1011	2547
24.	Washington Post	1877–	7436	376	1643
25.	John Lydgate	c1370–c1449	7251	798	2468
26.	Harper's Magazine	1850–	7025	278	1314
27.	Thomas Carlyle	1795–1881	6710	500	1653
28.	Lancet	1823–	6665	728	1899
29.	Acts of Parliament	1266–	6640	628	1760
30.	London Gazette	1666–	6616	463	1886
31.	Listener	1929–1991	6615	83	532
32.	New Yorker	1925–	6452	45	276
33.	Alfred Tennyson	1809–1892	6436	87	626
34.	Edmund Spenser	?1552–1599	6297	531	1671
35.	Scientific American	1845–	6060	214	1082
36.	William Cowper	1731–1800	5858	89	467
37.	Layamon	fl. 1250	5701	392	1333
38.	William Langland	c1325–c1390	5642	768	1987
39.	New Scientist	1956–	5591	61	297
40.	Randle Cotgrave	fl. 1587–?1630	5512	1327	2652
41.	John Palsgrave	d. 1554	5368	655	1744
42.	Pall Mall Gazette	1865–1921	5360	302	1379
43.	Daniel Defoe	?1660–1731	5326	104	528
44.	Alexander Pope	1688–1744	5301	104	553
45.	Samuel Johnson	1709–1784	5229	156	576
46.	Thomas Babington Macaulay	1800–1859	5156	18	141
47.	Thomas Fuller	1607/8–1661	5143	385	1223
48.	Economist	1843–	5016	130	682
49.	Ben Jonson	?1573–1637	4998	510	1765
50.	William Thackeray	1811–1863	4943	245	825
51.	John Evelyn	1620–1706	4941	480	1385
52.	John Gower	d. 1408	4887	588	2152
53.	Observer	1792–	4877	132	581
54.	Jonathan Swift	1667–1745	4870	141	600
55.	Daily Chronicle	1872–1930	4777	167	1011
56.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1772–1834	4762	623	1396
57.	Times Literary Supplement	1902–	4760	89	365
58.	Francis Bacon	1561–1626	4741	403	1382
59.	Robert Southey	1774–1843	4720	369	1032
60.	Athenaeum	1828–1921	4569	384	1156
61.	Ælfric of Eynsham	c950–c1010	4565	866	2332
62.	Gentleman's Magazine	1731–1922	4504	317	1098
63.	Ancrene Riwle	c1225	4493	948	1953
64.	Gavin Douglas	c1476–1522	4492	566	1236
65.	Robert Mannyng	d. c1338	4483	701	1722
66.	Oliver Goldsmith	?1728–1774	4466	137	513
67.	Bible (King James)	1611	4428	32	308
68.	Lord Byron	1788–1824	4348	183	665
69.	Joseph Addison	1672–1719	4327	88	455
70.	Bible (Coverdale)	1535	4290	184	820
71.	Century Dictionary	1889–1891	4268	949	3102
72.	Henry More	1614–1687	4266	655	1397
73.	Thomas Browne	1605–1682	4146	761	1558
74.	Edward H. Knight	1824–1883	4062	137	1821
75.	Richard Steele	d. 1729	4004	74	423
76.	Penny Cyclopaedia	1833–1858	3997	408	1123
77.	John Florio	1553–1625	3882	1197	2190
78.	2nd Baron Berners	c1467–1533	3871	252	888
79.	Thomas Blount	1618–1679	3834	1452	2032
80.	Ephraim Chambers	?1680–1740	3764	336	1053
81.	Spectator	1828–	3762	149	566
82.	Nathan Bailey	d. 1742	3723	943	1815
83.	Annual Register	1758–	3666	228	784
84.	Joseph Hall	1574–1656	3658	489	1149
85.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	1792–1822	3656	110	488
86.	Samuel Richardson	bap. 1689, d. 1761	3615	230	674
87.	Proceedings of the Royal Society	1830–	3583	471	1439
88.	Edmund Burke	?1730–1797	3582	82	377
89.	Fraser's Magazine	1830–1882	3542	540	1353
90.	Thomas More	1478–1535	3533	412	1290
91.	Thomas Nashe	d. c1601	3502	731	1813
92.	‘George Eliot’	1819–1880	3453	113	369
93.	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	1803–1873	3429	153	455
94.	Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester	c1325–c1425	3386	422	1145
95.	Punch	1840–	3383	189	684
96.	John Lindley	1799–1865	3334	604	1296
97.	Philip Sidney	1554–1586	3309	491	1343
98.	T. Clifford Allbutt	1836–1925	3261	82	583
99.	Destruction of Troy	c1540	3256	103	417
100.	British Medical Journal	1857–	3234	234	666
101.	Randle Holme	1627–1700	3220	343	1017
102.	Hall's Vnion	1548	3219	283	843
103.	John Ruskin	1819–1900	3185	147	465
104.	Robert Boyle	1627–1691	3177	331	826
105.	George Chapman	?1560–1634	3123	515	1299
106.	Time	1923–	3121	123	450
107.	Atlantic Monthly	1857–	3107	166	641
108.	Rudyard Kipling	1865–1936	3090	140	655
109.	Robert Browning	1812–1889	3088	140	518
110.	Century Magazine	1881–	3068	95	457
111.	John Wyclif	d. 1384	3035	425	1059
112.	American Naturalist	1867–	3023	463	1098
113.	Ayenbite of Inwyt	1340	3021	442	1183
114.	John Ray	1627–1705	3011	312	819
115.	Robert Burns	1759–1796	2934	194	538
116.	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803–1882	2914	63	359
117.	Nicholas Udall	1504–1556	2896	432	1117
118.	Charles Kingsley	1819–1875	2895	97	406
119.	Joshua Sylvester	d. 1618	2874	544	1401
120.	American Speech	1925–	2869	148	660
121.	Edinburgh Review	1802–1929	2805	259	744
122.	Life	1883–	2783	50	269
123.	Financial Times	1888–	2757	77	315
124.	Henry Fielding	1707–1754	2746	92	351
125.	Glasgow Herald	1805–	2745	151	484
126.	Daily Mail	1896–	2737	98	405
127.	Chicago Tribune	1847–	2734	136	613
128.	Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	2651	53	252
129.	Chambers's Journal	1854–	2637	139	591
130.	Robert Greene	bap. 1558, d. 1592	2636	244	935
131.	Edward Topsell	d. 1625	2626	300	892
132.	Thomas Elyot	c1490–1546	2615	427	1145
133.	Washington Irving	1783–1859	2590	44	263
134.	Tobias Smollett	1721–1771	2584	90	413
135.	Globe and Mail	1844–	2571	25	156
136.	Thomas Huxley	1825–1895	2571	328	715
137.	John Barbour	c1330–1395	2562	156	408
138.	Phillips's New World of Words	1706	2560	379	798
139.	Richard Rolle	a1310–1349	2560	428	1006
140.	William Dunbar	?1460–?1530	2510	280	680
141.	‘Mark Twain’	1835–1910	2496	63	440
142.	Fanny Burney	1752–1840	2494	137	411
143.	New York Review of Books	1963–	2481	1	9
144.	Gervase Markham	?1568–1637	2480	251	787
145.	James Joyce	1882–1941	2476	88	402
146.	Frederick Marryat	1792–1848	2470	77	396
147.	Thomas Hardy	1840–1928	2429	76	293
148.	Sunday Times	1822–	2410	47	204
149.	Thomas Heywood	c1573–1641	2408	260	666
150.	Thomas Hobbes	1588–1679	2403	92	333
151.	New English Dictionary	1884–1928	2393	100	749
152.	Allan Ramsay	1684–1758	2341	255	592
153.	Horace Walpole	1717–1797	2337	210	540
154.	Los Angeles Times	1881–	2325	197	723
155.	George Bernard Shaw	1856–1950	2322	130	393
156.	Chambers's Cyclopaedia	1751–1753	2311	309	785
157.	Arthur Golding	d. 1606	2310	401	992
158.	Mandeville's Travels	a1425	2309	164	526
159.	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	a1160	2306	216	667
160.	Quarterly Review	1809–1967	2290	170	585
161.	Thomas Dekker	c1572–1632	2288	215	787
162.	Sporting Magazine	1793–1870	2285	199	832
163.	Richard Eden	c1520–1576	2281	278	743
164.	Reginald Pecock	c1392–?1459	2274	416	838
165.	Michael Drayton	1536–1631	2250	218	698
166.	John Skelton	c1460–1529	2248	468	946
167.	New Sydenham Society's Lexicon	1879–1899	2247	435	957
168.	James Howell	?1594–1666	2246	263	628
169.	King Alfred	c848–899	2240	913	1614
170.	Lambeth MS	a1225	2237	182	562
171.	D. H. Lawrence	1885–1930	2216	76	404
172.	Abraham Fleming	c1552–1607	2209	250	721
173.	William Bonde	d. 1530	2208	154	525
174.	James Dana	1813–1895	2205	684	1095
175.	Todd's Cyclopaedia	1835–1859	2198	506	1029
176.	John Tyndall	1820–1893	2197	21	168
177.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	1915–	2186	165	517
178.	Genesis and Exodus	a1325	2184	211	591
179.	William Blackstone	1723–1780	2181	27	130
180.	Mind	1876–	2175	189	566
181.	James Russell Lowell	1819–1891	2170	89	343
182.	Samuel Purchas	bap. 1577, d. 1626	2145	264	657
183.	Richard Bradley	?1688–1732	2144	98	438
184.	North American Review	1815–	2138	145	530
185.	Contemporary Review	1866–	2138	152	451
186.	Baltimore Sun	1837–	2134	76	425
187.	Church Times	1869–	2126	17	76
188.	John Fletcher	1579–1625	2106	130	575
189.	Henry Watts	1815–1884	2091	494	992
190.	William Wordsworth	1770–1850	2086	62	215
191.	Trinity Cambridge MS	a1225	2075	275	659
192.	Catholicon Anglicum	c1475–1483	2065	302	654
193.	Thomas Herbert	1606–1682	2055	165	442
194.	Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	2051	284	653
195.	John Donne	1572–1631	2043	319	808
196.	Samuel Pepys	1633–1703	2032	76	414
197.	Journal of the Chemical Society	1862–1965	2022	803	1293
198.	Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	1996	106	376
199.	Robert Mayne	1808–1868	1992	746	1382
200.	Charles Darwin	1809–1882	1981	121	384
201.	Bible (Tyndale)	1526–1534	1981	132	467
202.	Edward Freeman	1823–1892	1970	10	69
203.	Benjamin Jowett	1817–1893	1967	2	24
204.	New Monthly Magazine	1821–1859	1964	300	773
205.	John Marston	bap. 1576, d. 1634	1962	251	826
206.	Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie	a1425–1500	1960	725	1195
207.	Charles Lamb	1775–1834	1949	140	386
208.	William H. Smyth	1788–1865	1947	50	449
209.	Irish Times	1859–	1944	24	142
210.	Rolls of Parliament	1278–1503	1943	309	731
211.	Jeremy Taylor	d. 1667	1939	144	476
212.	Edward Gibbon	1737–1794	1921	31	111
213.	Andrew Ure	1778–1857	1916	148	815
214.	William Kirby	1759–1850	1911	437	930
215.	Anthony Trollope	1815–1882	1905	34	177
216.	George Meredith	1828–1909	1891	127	401
217.	John Heywood	c1496–c1578	1881	205	712
218.	Barnabe Googe	1540–1594	1863	159	534
219.	William Turner	d. 1568	1850	361	813
220.	Thomas Middleton	d. 1627	1849	208	643
221.	Palladius' De Re Rustica	?1440	1846	443	866
222.	John Jamieson	1759–1838	1843	213	640
223.	Thomas Malory	d. 1471	1838	78	355
224.	William of Palerne	a1375	1837	177	656
225.	Henry Lyte	1529–1607	1837	244	775
226.	P. G. Wodehouse	1881–1975	1836	23	149
227.	Scotsman	1817–	1833	33	208
228.	Richard Huloet	fl. 1552	1833	401	938
229.	London Magazine	1732–	1832	137	534
230.	New Statesman	1913–	1824	52	217
231.	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1804–1864	1822	38	212
232.	Usenet	1980–	1805	281	748
233.	John Keats	1795–1821	1789	123	436
234.	Edward Phillips	b. 1630	1788	271	595
235.	Manchester Guardian	1821–1959	1788	75	436
236.	Richard Baxter	1615–1691	1780	130	358
237.	Richard Stanyhurst	1547–1618	1779	317	814
238.	Joseph Moxon	1627–1691	1756	100	664
239.	John Smith	bap. 1580, d. 1631	1748	168	550
240.	George Berkeley	1685–1753	1742	34	158
241.	Jane Austen	1775–1817	1735	35	227
242.	John Locke	1632–1704	1732	71	250
243.	Medical and Physical Journal	1799–1808*	1730	103	289
244.	New York Times Magazine	1896–	1729	44	161
245.	Thomas Pennant	1726–1798	1724	154	559
246.	Notes and Queries	1850–	1721	102	344
247.	Benjamin Disraeli	1804–1881	1708	66	230
248.	Elisha Kane	1820–1857	1708	58	347
249.	Robert Fabyan	d. 1513	1695	174	491
250.	John Wesley	1703–1791	1693	29	145
251.	William Lithgow	1582–c1645	1685	168	471
252.	John Gerard	c1545–1612	1683	215	857
253.	Hary	c1440–c1492	1682	129	389
254.	Edward Young	bap. 1683, d. 1765	1677	64	238
255.	James A. Froude	1818–1894	1674	11	67
256.	John Daus	c1516–1602	1674	101	346
257.	Daily Express	1900–	1655	64	319
258.	Thomas De Quincey	1785–1859	1653	130	369
259.	Discovery	1920–1966	1652	35	202
260.	New York Magazine	1968–	1651	12	51
261.	Samuel Butler	d. 1680	1648	79	286
262.	Examiner	1808–1836	1646	174	523
263.	Country Life	1897–	1643	15	75
264.	Wall Street Journal	1889–	1638	44	162
265.	Harriet Martineau	1802–1876	1626	30	153
266.	Standard	1827–1916	1606	113	491
267.	John Lyly	1554–1606	1589	125	521
268.	John Foxe	?1517–1587	1587	284	643
269.	George Gascoigne	d. 1577	1585	185	597
270.	Henry Cockeram	fl. 1623–1658	1561	915	1129
271.	Cornhill Magazine	1860–1975	1555	105	387
272.	Kyng Alisaunder	c1400–1425	1554	336	592
273.	Tait's Magazine	1832–1861	1552	150	460
274.	Monthly Review	1749–1845	1552	252	525
275.	William Morris	1834–1896	1542	30	192
276.	Richard Hooker	1554–1600	1539	121	418
277.	Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.)	c1425	1535	185	514
278.	Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie	a1400–1500	1534	389	711
279.	Laurence Sterne	1713–1768	1534	101	299
280.	Aldous Huxley	1894–1963	1521	53	201
281.	John Taylor	1578–1653	1514	163	444
282.	Morte Arthure	c1440–1500	1512	232	513
283.	Science News	1922–	1511	51	198
284.	John Mason Good	1764–1827	1510	207	524
285.	Thomas Urquhart	1611–1660	1509	380	628
286.	Cleanness	c1400	1496	160	463
287.	Morning Post	1772–	1491	159	640
288.	John Bellenden	c1495–a1548	1489	208	462
289.	Higden's Polychronicon	c1400–1475	1483	332	598
290.	Thomas Cooper	c1517–1594	1479	197	582
291.	Monthly Magazine	1796–1825	1479	235	530
292.	William Warner	d. 1609	1478	314	669
293.	Gilbert Burnet	1643–1715	1478	22	154
294.	William Taylor	1765–1836	1476	291	541
295.	Language	1925–	1471	72	296
296.	Towneley Plays	a1500	1470	98	273
297.	Richard Brathwait	?1588–1673	1464	162	424
298.	Francis Quarles	1592–1644	1462	142	433
299.	Frederic Farrar	1831–1903	1460	37	116
300.	Popular Science Monthly	1872–1950	1451	80	251
301.	Outing	1886–1923	1445	37	275
302.	John Henry Newman	1801–1890	1444	54	165
303.	John Stuart Mill	1806–1873	1443	81	257
304.	Popular Mechanics	1902–	1440	12	138
305.	Mary Braddon	1835–1915	1438	31	122
306.	Macmillan's Magazine	1859–1907	1437	87	342
307.	Parliamentary Papers	1826–1959*	1436	108	536
308.	John Fitzherbert	d. 1531	1436	132	469
309.	Illustrated London News	1842–	1435	81	352
310.	Maria Edgeworth	1768–1849	1429	97	317
311.	U.S. Patents	1790–	1425	155	742
312.	Fynes Moryson	?1566–1630	1421	54	215
313.	Toronto Star	1900–	1417	29	91
314.	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	c1400	1415	155	494
315.	Nation	1865–	1411	84	254
316.	Richard Grafton	c1511–1573	1403	37	181
317.	Andrew of Wyntoun	c1350–c1422	1400	174	380
318.	Nehemiah Grew	a1641–1712	1399	166	509
319.	All the Year Round	1859–1895	1397	94	342
320.	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807–1882	1394	32	157
321.	Charlotte Yonge	1823–1901	1392	31	191
322.	William Stewart	fl. 1499–1541	1389	127	279
323.	Alexander Barclay	c1484–1552	1387	159	437
324.	John Speed	d. 1629	1382	182	465
325.	John Loudon	1783–1843	1377	110	474
326.	Billboard	1894–	1365	56	311
327.	William Falconer	1732–1770	1363	73	354
328.	William Marshall	bap. 1745, d. 1818	1360	166	466
329.	Robert Burton	1577–1640	1356	134	356
330.	Philip Massinger	1583–1640	1356	45	293
331.	Anthony Wood	1632–1695	1354	65	242
332.	Nineteenth Century	1877–	1350	65	279
333.	Thomas Gray	1716–1771	1345	31	126
334.	Chambers's Encyclopaedia	1860–1959	1345	56	226
335.	Edward Ward	1667–1731	1335	90	282
336.	Charlotte Brontë	1816–1855	1333	37	146
337.	James Thomson	1700–1748	1327	52	261
338.	H. G. Wells	1866–1946	1327	51	177
339.	Sydney Morning Herald	1842–	1326	30	120
340.	Thomas Hoccleve	c1367–1426	1325	145	441
341.	Matthew Prior	1664–1721	1324	17	150
342.	Manchester Examiner	1846–1894	1322	19	83
343.	George A. Sala	1828–1895	1317	92	352
344.	Francis Grose	d. 1791	1315	113	435
345.	Webster's American Dictionary	1847–1880	1313	377	869
346.	George Sandys	1578–1644	1312	142	386
347.	Vanity Fair Magazine	1913–	1309	5	42
348.	Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society	1840–	1301	71	299
349.	Gabriel Harvey	c1552–1631	1294	230	599
350.	John Norris	1657–1712	1288	80	208
351.	Andrew Marvell	1621–1678	1288	77	266
352.	Merlin	a1500	1286	51	160
353.	Ralph Cudworth	1617–1688	1282	182	368
354.	Christopher Marlowe	?1564–1593	1282	125	438
355.	Geographical Journal	1893–	1275	80	256
356.	John Bale	1495–1563	1267	250	544
357.	William Ellis	c1700–1758	1265	95	397
358.	Charles Cotton	1630–1687	1262	81	339
359.	Beowulf	c1000	1258	199	586
360.	John Trapp	1601–1669	1258	98	299
361.	John Galt	1779–1839	1253	86	291
362.	Walter Raleigh	1554–1618	1252	95	326
363.	Thomas Hood	1799–1845	1238	67	283
364.	Ann Radcliffe	1764–1823	1236	12	76
365.	William Prynne	1600–1669	1235	151	357
366.	American Mercury	1924–1981	1224	25	92
367.	Henry James	1843–1916	1221	31	106
368.	James Dalrymple	fl. c1596	1213	45	168
369.	Thomas North	1535–?1603	1212	170	457
370.	Samuel Foote	bap. 1721, d. 1777	1210	55	211
371.	Boston Globe	1872–	1209	58	346
372.	Abraham Tucker	1705–1774	1209	65	194
373.	Thomas Wilson	d. 1581	1203	106	396
374.	Roger North	1651–1734	1200	108	271
375.	Matthew Arnold	1822–1888	1199	38	151
376.	Henry Mayhew	1812–1887	1189	81	416
377.	David Hume	1711–1776	1188	10	60
378.	Thomas Norton	d. 1584	1188	151	480
379.	John Capgrave	1393–1464	1186	122	328
380.	Algernon Swinburne	1837–1909	1185	42	163
381.	Gilbert Hay	c1397–c1465	1185	112	349
382.	Peter Levens	fl. 1552–1587	1179	270	458
383.	George Puttenham	1529–?1591	1179	172	446
384.	St. Katherine	c1225–1450	1177	166	420
385.	Thomas Brown	bap. 1663, d. 1704	1173	51	196
386.	John Bunyan	d. 1688	1172	25	117
387.	Brisbane Courier-Mail	1933–	1170	15	63
388.	Peter Simmonds	1814–1897	1165	78	451
389.	George Grote	1794–1871	1163	75	213
390.	Samuel Daniel	?1563–1619	1160	240	528
391.	John Morley	1838–1923	1155	16	77
392.	John Richard Green	1837–1883	1152	5	26
393.	Clarendon's History of the Rebellion	1702–1704	1150	16	88
394.	Charles Lyell	1797–1875	1150	90	254
395.	Sir Ferumbras	c1380	1150	153	393
396.	Owl and Nightingale	c1275–1300	1146	137	311
397.	Wars of Alexander	c1450–1500	1141	61	211
398.	Bede's Ecclesiastical History	a950	1140	410	841
399.	Roger L'Estrange	1616–1704	1134	49	218
400.	Philip Bailey	1816–1902	1133	119	327
401.	Mary Russell Mitford	1787–1855	1130	57	239
402.	Thomas Tusser	c1524–1580	1128	146	394
403.	Webster's New International Dictionary	1909–	1126	168	695
404.	Thomas Ken	1637–1711	1125	93	286
405.	William James	1842–1910	1122	91	298
406.	English Dialect Dictionary	1896–1905	1121	26	124
407.	Abraham Cowley	1618–1667	1115	50	223
408.	Times of India	1861–	1112	69	209
409.	Thomas Adams	1583–1652	1111	229	499
410.	Newsweek	1933–	1109	67	192
411.	Engineering	1866–	1107	37	201
412.	Richard Burton	1821–1890	1106	97	246
413.	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1806–1861	1106	84	244
414.	Scots Magazine	1739–	1103	40	191
415.	William Black	1841–1898	1102	10	63
416.	Henry Brooke	c1703–1783	1102	34	129
417.	William Dampier	1651–1715	1096	71	258
418.	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	1871–	1093	102	264
419.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	1879–	1089	229	505
420.	Matthew Hale	1609–1676	1088	71	230
421.	Complaynt of Scotland	c1550	1086	124	276
422.	Connop Thirlwall	1797–1875	1086	20	60
423.	Robert Copland	fl. 1505–1547	1078	294	495
424.	American Journal of Science	1818–	1075	409	649
425.	Which?	1957–	1073	3	49
426.	John Arbuthnot	bap. 1667, d. 1735	1072	43	126
427.	William Gladstone	1809–1898	1065	38	136
428.	Richard Carew	1555–1620	1063	185	425
429.	Leigh Hunt	1784–1859	1063	107	293
430.	John Gay	1685–1732	1061	37	142
431.	Stephen Hawes	b. c1474	1061	86	298
432.	John Buchan	1875–1940	1059	10	42
433.	Richard Montagu	bap. 1575, d. 1641	1058	209	408
434.	Elizabeth Gaskell	1810–1865	1057	38	181
435.	David Lindsay	c1486–1555	1055	113	255
436.	Fortnightly Review	1865–1954	1054	78	230
437.	Edward Grimeston	fl. 1604–1634	1054	86	291
438.	Herbert Spencer	1820–1903	1053	60	204
439.	Helkiah Crooke	1576–1648	1053	191	489
440.	Jedidiah Morse	1761–1826	1052	23	126
441.	Henry Hallam	1777–1859	1052	16	80
442.	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811–1896	1050	26	122
443.	Academy	1869–1902	1049	102	288
444.	Daily Colonist	1886–	1048	24	153
445.	‘Rolf Boldrewood’	1826–1915	1046	14	141
446.	Peter Heylyn	1599–1662	1046	65	255
447.	Robert South	1634–1716	1043	24	110
448.	William Fulke	d. 1589	1041	112	337
449.	Robert Henryson	d. c1490	1036	128	336
450.	George Turberville	c1543–c1597	1036	164	429
451.	James Fenimore Cooper	1789–1851	1034	52	238
452.	James Boswell	1740–1795	1034	34	91
453.	John Harris	c1666–1719	1030	103	308
454.	Scientific Monthly	1915–1957	1030	63	185
455.	Blickling Homilies	a1150	1027	132	497
456.	William Dean Howells	1837–1920	1025	37	158
457.	Westminster Review	1824–1914	1025	91	275
458.	Book of St. Albans	1486	1021	198	396
459.	2nd Earl of Monmouth	1596–1661	1019	86	227
460.	Daily Mirror	1903–	1013	28	78
461.	John Davies	?1565–1618	1010	163	389
462.	York Plays	a1450	1009	96	246
463.	Francis Robinson	1809–1882	1005	36	158
464.	James Halliwell	1820–1889	1003	86	302
465.	William Harrison	1535–1593	1001	149	349
466.	Benjamin Robins	1707–1751	999	10	84
467.	William Faulkner	1897–1962	999	14	92
468.	Parliamentary Debates	c1610–	998	31	222
469.	Knickerbocker	1833–1865	998	86	364
470.	Botanical Gazette	1876–1991	995	135	304
471.	Richard Owen	1804–1892	994	277	542
472.	Thomas Stanley	1625–1678	993	126	285
473.	John Davies	1625–1693	992	83	216
474.	Edward Peacock	1831–1915	991	13	106
475.	Noah Webster	1758–1843	989	215	521
476.	Francis Beaumont	1584–1616	989	77	299
477.	John Fryer	d. 1733	988	64	186
478.	Dictionary of National Biography	1885–	983	5	30
479.	Chemical Abstracts	1906–	981	357	592
480.	George MacDonald	1824–1905	978	28	104
481.	Thomas Lodge	1558–1625	977	141	364
482.	Arthour and Merlin	c1330	974	166	438
483.	Herman Melville	1819–1891	974	57	237
484.	R. D. Blackmore	1825–1900	972	86	248
485.	Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809–1894	970	39	173
486.	Walter Besant	1836–1901	966	16	76
487.	Andrew Borde	c1490–1549	966	171	332
488.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	1818–1845	966	91	258
489.	Richard Tomlinson	fl. 1657	961	377	508
490.	Richard Bentley	1662–1742	959	28	107
491.	Thomas Washington	fl. 1585	959	79	190
492.	Isaac Watts	1674–1748	958	19	96
493.	Richard Brome	c1590–1652	956	90	268
494.	George Rolleston	1829–1881	955	111	285
495.	Thomas Hughes	1822–1896	955	17	136
496.	Robley Dunglison	1798–1869	954	345	658
497.	Sydney Bulletin	1880–	954	52	204
498.	Hugh Latimer	c1485–1555	953	123	363
499.	Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal	1837–1868	953	72	375
500.	Richard Surflet	fl. 1600–1616	953	110	317
501.	Henry Stephens	1795–1874	951	23	245
502.	Edward Pusey	1800–1882	948	48	152
503.	Time Out New York	2002–*	945	0	0
504.	Thomas D'Urfey	?1653–1723	944	79	232
505.	Secreta Secretorum	c1450–1500	944	120	255
506.	Evening Standard	1860–	943	28	79
507.	Law Times	1882–	941	7	28
508.	Havelok	c1300	941	144	333
509.	Roger Ascham	d. 1568	938	94	320
510.	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	936	46	154
511.	John A. Thomson	1861–1933	935	6	36
512.	Alexander Montgomerie	c1550–1598	933	61	182
513.	William Salmon	1644–1713	932	72	216
514.	Owen Felltham	?1602–1668	930	222	411
515.	Thomas Hearne	d. 1735	928	31	95
516.	Samuel Rutherford	c1600–1661	926	75	258
517.	Mary Wortley Montagu	bap. 1689, d. 1762	924	32	105
518.	William Lambarde	1536–1601	920	52	223
519.	Isaac D'Israeli	1766–1848	918	28	83
520.	Miles Coverdale	1488–1569	914	111	346
521.	American Historical Review	1895–	910	24	60
522.	John Wilkins	1614–1672	910	131	353
523.	Garden	1871–	909	19	123
524.	William Carr	d. 1843	908	47	209
525.	Scribner's Magazine	1887–1939	905	37	202
526.	Raphael Holinshed	c1525–?1580	905	77	242
527.	John Galsworthy	1867–1933	904	24	80
528.	Philip Miller	1691–1771	902	87	347
529.	George P. R. James	1801–1860	902	24	100
530.	Robert Hunt	1807–1887	901	61	277
531.	John Gaule	1603/4–1687	898	215	397
532.	John Banister	1532/3–?1610	897	278	503
533.	John Bulwer	bap. 1606, d. 1656	897	120	277
534.	William T. Brande	1788–1866	897	187	399
535.	Nicholas Culpeper	1616–1654	896	58	216
536.	William Withering	1741–1799	895	44	253
537.	Northern Verse Psalter	c1350–1400	894	196	387
538.	Oakland Tribune	1874–	894	94	388
539.	‘John Nicholson’	1791–1851	890	27	254
540.	Southern Literary Messenger	1834–1864	890	91	308
541.	Robert Plot	bap. 1640, d. 1696	888	96	301
542.	John Clare	1793–1864	887	62	212
543.	Thomas Moore	1779–1852	886	89	242
544.	Thomas Martyn	1735–1825	884	104	258
545.	John Ash	1724–1779	883	124	236
546.	Arthur Young	1741–1820	883	56	246
547.	John Mortimer	?1656–1736	883	34	184
548.	John Smeaton	1724–1792	883	23	205
549.	James Hogg	d. 1835	881	49	194
550.	Theophilus Gale	1628–1679	880	115	207
551.	Myles Davies	1662–?1719	877	167	301
552.	Burlington Magazine	1903–	875	17	95
553.	Samuel Crockett	1859–1914	874	17	92
554.	Sunday Telegraph	1961–	873	12	33
555.	Henry Milman	1791–1868	872	57	145
556.	Hugh Miller	1802–1856	871	40	174
557.	American Journal of Sociology	1895–	870	64	235
558.	William Drummond	1585–1649	868	67	215
559.	Henry Hexham	fl. 1601–1650	868	178	372
560.	Daily Gleaner	1834–	866	51	202
561.	Joseph Glanvill	1636–1680	864	82	222
562.	Popular Science	1928–*	862	10	71
563.	Field	1853–	861	42	169
564.	James Mabbe	d. ?1642	861	112	254
565.	Graham Greene	1904–1991	858	12	47
566.	William Tyndale	c1494–1536	854	111	342
567.	John Blackie	1809–1895	853	28	106
568.	Robert Forby	1759–1825	852	65	234
569.	Orosius' History	c1025	851	375	680
570.	Richard Sheridan	1751–1816	850	17	92
571.	John Healey	c1585–c1616	849	145	351
572.	American Anthropologist	1888–	845	79	211
573.	Guy of Warwick	c1330–1500	844	109	279
574.	American Journal of Botany	1914–	840	33	101
575.	Arthur Conan Doyle	1859–1930	839	14	70
576.	Cassell's Technical Educator	1877–1882	839	14	116
577.	George Crabbe	1754–1832	838	15	67
578.	Izaak Walton	1593–1683	837	36	175
579.	Richard Kirwan	1733–1812	834	202	385
580.	Christian Science Monitor	1908–	832	27	106
581.	Walter Savage Landor	1775–1864	829	71	175
582.	South English Legendary	c1300–1325	826	197	371
583.	Vices and Virtues	a1225	825	67	223
584.	Alphabet of Tales	c1450	825	64	226
585.	James Bell	d. ?1606	825	80	279
586.	Old English Leechdoms	a1150	824	203	382
587.	George Daniel	1616–1657	823	77	272
588.	Nicholas Breton	?1555–c1626	822	87	289
589.	‘Ouida’	1839–1908	822	21	104
590.	Edward Stillingfleet	1635–1699	821	29	117
591.	Bayard Taylor	1825–1878	819	22	87
592.	William of Shoreham	fl. c1320	819	159	331
593.	George Wither	1588–1667	818	83	220
594.	Richard Knolles	d. 1610	816	46	160
595.	Earl of Surrey	?1517–1547	816	100	289
596.	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society	1838–	816	68	265
597.	Henry Lovelich	fl. 1450	816	72	216
598.	David Brewster	1781–1868	815	32	123
599.	Archibald Lovell	fl. 1663–1687	813	31	104
600.	English Historical Review	1886–	813	14	36
601.	Joseph Conrad	1857–1924	813	7	28
602.	Narcissus Luttrell	1657–1732	812	24	160
603.	Richard Henry Dana	1815–1882	812	23	154
604.	Dylan Thomas	1914–1953	812	27	129
605.	Overland Monthly	1868–1935	810	40	179
606.	Joseph Butler	1692–1752	809	3	50
607.	John Sinclair	1754–1835	808	67	205
608.	Dialect Notes	1890–	807	74	229
609.	Sabine Baring-Gould	1834–1924	805	26	103
610.	Catholic World	1865–	805	38	110
611.	John C. Atkinson	1814–1900	803	19	127
612.	Thomas Becon	1512/13–1567	803	128	321
613.	Mark Pattison	1813–1884	801	12	46
614.	William Cruise	d. 1824	801	4	33
615.	Duke of Wellington	1769–1852	799	29	97
616.	Richard Mulcaster	?1532–1611	797	150	344
617.	Musical Times	1844–	797	19	87
618.	Peter Motteux	1663–1718	797	93	220
619.	Geoffrey Fenton	c1539–1608	796	126	386
620.	Frederick Elworthy	1830–1907	796	8	67
621.	Walter Charleton	1620–1707	795	168	375
622.	Pearl	c1400	791	80	247
623.	Philip Stubbes	c1555–c1610	789	98	238
624.	Henry Hammond	1605–1660	788	125	287
625.	John Hill	bap. 1714, d. 1775	786	135	323
626.	Robert Record	c1512–1558	785	118	383
627.	William S. Hamilton	1788–1856	784	93	216
628.	William Congreve	1670–1729	783	37	159
629.	Nicholas Rowe	1674–1718	781	16	86
630.	Robert Lovell	?1630–1690	780	157	296
631.	Henry Wotton	1568–1639	779	131	317
632.	Robert Lindsay	c1532–c1586	779	59	137
633.	Nathaniel Fairfax	1637–1690	779	108	304
634.	3rd Earl of Shaftesbury	1671–1713	778	48	168
635.	Robert Sanderson	1587–1663	776	36	146
636.	Philosophical Review	1892–	775	68	175
637.	Life of St. Cuthbert	c1450	773	32	127
638.	Jack London	1876–1916	773	11	83
639.	John Parkinson	1566/7–1650	772	62	294
640.	W. H. Auden	1907–1973	770	21	103
641.	Rule of St. Benet	a1100–1450	770	75	223
642.	Scribner's Monthly	1870–1881	769	52	189
643.	John Skene	c1540–1617	768	30	88
644.	John Wilson	1785–1854	768	62	163
645.	John Strype	1643–1737	766	21	86
646.	Esquire	1932–	766	20	61
647.	Asa Gray	1810–1888	766	90	260
648.	Quarterly Review of Biology	1926–	765	51	144
649.	Samuel Hieron	d. 1617	762	76	220
650.	Samuel Smiles	1812–1904	761	8	68
651.	James Yonge	fl. 1405–1434	759	40	123
652.	Thomas Drant	c1540–1578	759	178	365
653.	Thomas Blundeville	fl. 1561	756	108	343
654.	Journal of the American Medical Association	1883–	755	148	286
655.	Generides	a1450–1500	751	21	110
656.	James Smith	1775–1839	751	25	120
657.	Philip Stanhope	1694–1773	750	67	161
658.	Household Words	1850–1859	748	69	278
659.	T. S. Eliot	1888–1965	748	12	57
660.	Hali Meidenhad	c1225–1250	748	119	294
661.	John Rolland	fl. 1528–1580	748	81	153
662.	Thomas Thomson	1773–1852	747	206	343
663.	John Ford	bap. 1586, d. a1653	742	63	233
664.	Littell's Living Age	1844–1941	742	45	194
665.	Temple Bar	1860–1906	740	46	155
666.	Kenelm Digby	1603–1665	738	112	248
667.	Richard Heslop	1842–1916	737	8	54
668.	John Addington Symonds	1840–1893	735	34	102
669.	Seven Sages	c1330–1500	734	94	236
670.	Adam Smith	bap. 1723, d. 1790	734	10	72
671.	Nathaniel Bacon	bap. 1593, d. 1660	733	41	156
672.	Henry Power	c1626–1668	731	61	188
673.	Claudius Hollyband	fl. 1573–1583	730	132	294
674.	Thomas Phaer	?1510–1560	729	125	302
675.	Theodore Hook	1788–1841	729	51	197
676.	Morning Chronicle	1780–1832	729	112	379
677.	Old English Miscellany	a1200–1425	728	106	232
678.	Thomas Shadwell	c1640–1692	727	48	182
679.	Apology for Lollard Doctrines	c1475	726	75	156
680.	Thomas Starkey	c1498–1538	726	26	174
681.	William Robertson	1721–1793	723	9	36
682.	Sun	1966–*	722	9	37
683.	William Prescott	1796–1859	722	7	36
684.	George Faber	1773–1854	722	142	279
685.	Thomas Bowes	fl. 1579–1589	721	69	216
686.	Man	1901–	721	51	130
687.	National Geographic	1888–	720	10	51
688.	William Petty	1623–1687	719	67	187
689.	Daniel Rogers	1573–1652	719	46	151
690.	Ecology	1920–	718	50	124
691.	Fortune	1930–	717	23	85
692.	Ezra Pound	1885–1972	714	25	93
693.	William Penn	1644–1718	713	56	142
694.	William Temple	1628–1699	713	21	119
695.	Practitioner	1868–	709	37	189
696.	Ludus Coventriae	?a1475	709	81	184
697.	Physical Review	1893–	709	84	325
698.	Samuel Rowlands	fl. 1598–1628	709	58	227
699.	Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry	c1450	707	68	155
700.	Bevis of Hampton	c1330–1500	704	85	238
701.	Colley Cibber	1671–1757	704	40	148
702.	Joseph Hooker	1817–1911	702	77	170
703.	William Warburton	1698–1779	700	55	145
704.	Richard Allestree	d. 1681	700	33	118
705.	William Baldwin	fl. 1563	699	80	234
706.	Melbourne Age	1859–	699	19	54
707.	George Washington	1732–1799	698	39	166
708.	Joseph Priestley	1733–1804	698	16	52
709.	Edmund Hickeringill	d. 1708	698	64	159
710.	John Weever	d. 1632	695	54	186
711.	Mechanics' Magazine	1823–1871	692	80	358
712.	Times Educational Supplement	1910–	691	10	45
713.	John Higgins	b. c1544	691	109	322
714.	Robert Hooke	1635–1703	687	81	281
715.	Official Gazette	1872–	687	236	326
716.	American Midland Naturalist	1909–	687	21	48
717.	Cobbett's Weekly Political Register	1808–1826*	686	42	183
718.	Sinclair Lewis	1885–1951	686	16	81
719.	Architectural Review	1896–	686	19	98
720.	Osbern Bokenham	c1393–c1464	685	120	254
721.	Longman's Magazine	1883–1906	684	22	123
722.	New Republic	1914–	682	21	55
723.	W. Somerset Maugham	1874–1965	682	8	30
724.	Sydney Smith	1771–1845	681	68	180
725.	Arthur Helps	1813–1875	679	22	81
726.	William Paley	1743–1805	676	16	57
727.	John Worlidge	d. 1693	674	56	173
728.	James Lee	1715–1795	673	129	313
729.	James Bryce	1838–1922	673	1	33
730.	Eric Partridge	1894–1979	672	51	241
731.	Elliott Coues	1842–1889	672	69	242
732.	Virginia Woolf	1882–1941	669	8	36
733.	Leslie Stephen	1832–1904	669	3	21
734.	Thomas Jackson	1570/71–1646	669	143	291
735.	Samuel Sturmy	1633–1669	668	17	139
736.	William Carpenter	1813–1885	664	63	144
737.	Isis	1913–	664	4	12
738.	Peter Nicholson	1765–1844	663	38	238
739.	William Stubbs	1825–1901	663	9	40
740.	Saturday Evening Post	1821–	663	31	142
741.	Radio Times	1923–	662	6	58
742.	American Home	1928–1977	661	4	20
743.	R. S. Surtees	1805–1864	659	29	176
744.	Australian	1964–	659	6	13
745.	St. Margaret	a1100–1500	658	103	249
746.	Philadelphia Inquirer	1829–	658	17	68
747.	Charles Reade	1814–1884	657	38	128
748.	Gramophone	1923–	655	8	55
749.	Angell Day	fl. 1563–1595	654	52	199
750.	Nathaniel Ward	1578–1652	652	139	269
751.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	1838–	652	60	186
752.	Julian Huxley	1887–1975	652	18	83
753.	William Davenant	1606–1668	649	53	188
754.	Speculum	1926–	648	3	18
755.	John Motley	1814–1877	648	19	63
756.	Gilbert White	1720–1793	648	35	116
757.	Good Words	1860–1906	647	30	178
758.	Flight International	1909–	647	42	214
759.	Erasmus Darwin	1731–1802	646	74	206
760.	Archibald Geikie	1835–1924	646	64	143
761.	Bible (Douay)	1609–1610	645	44	132
762.	Dorothy L. Sayers	1893–1957	644	6	42
763.	John Fisher	c1469–1535	644	52	150
764.	William Browne	1590/91–?1645	642	57	163
765.	Jacob's Well	c1450	641	53	147
766.	Museum Rusticum	1763–1766	639	23	161
767.	Isaac Funk	1839–1912	639	174	449
768.	Richard Barham	1788–1845	639	22	79
769.	Business Week	1929–	638	21	131
770.	Edmund Gayton	1608–1666	635	154	299
771.	Thomas Holcroft	1745–1809	634	29	130
772.	James McCulloch	1789–1864	634	7	56
773.	Phineas Fletcher	1582–1650	633	40	149
774.	Thomas Johnson	d. 1644	632	109	261
775.	Cosmopolitan	1886–	631	20	93
776.	Thomas Paynell	d. ?1564	631	132	289
777.	John Cleveland	bap. 1613, d. 1658	630	58	209
778.	Humphry Davy	1778–1829	629	69	126
779.	William Whewell	1794–1866	629	88	180
780.	Brut	a1400–1470	628	53	182
781.	Law Times Reports	1883–	626	2	25
782.	Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801–1866	626	21	91
783.	Henry David Thoreau	1817–1862	624	23	135
784.	Evelyn Waugh	1903–1966	622	6	39
785.	John R. Bartlett	1805–1886	621	41	208
786.	Sidney Baker	1912–1976	621	40	152
787.	James Shirley	bap. 1596, d. 1666	621	55	210
788.	John Hill Burton	1809–1881	620	17	65
789.	Balthazar Gerbier	1592–?1667	619	26	149
790.	Charles Burney	1726–1814	619	71	180
791.	John Baret	d. 1578	619	54	163
792.	James VI & I	1566–1625	619	66	186
793.	‘Patrick O'Brian’	1914–2000	617	0	1
794.	Richard Blackmore	1654–1729	617	24	95
795.	James Hayward	fl. 1630–1635	616	57	160
796.	Elizabeth Bowen	1899–1973	616	10	47
797.	Charles Lever	1806–1872	616	26	126
798.	Isaac Barrow	1630–1677	615	43	106
799.	American Journal of Psychology	1887–	614	75	236
800.	Appletons' Journal	1869–1881	614	49	156
801.	Arthur Koestler	1905–1983	613	18	77
802.	‘George Orwell’	1903–1950	612	10	58
803.	John Dee	1527–1609	610	161	310
804.	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844–1889	609	64	263
805.	Richard Sulivan	1752–1806	607	27	74
806.	Proceedings of the Zoological Society	1833–1965	607	173	355
807.	John Knox	c1514–1572	606	71	188
808.	Thomas P. Thompson	1783–1869	606	22	103
809.	Peter Martyr of Angleria's Decades of the Newe Worlde	1555	606	93	224
810.	James Martineau	1805–1900	605	12	69
811.	George Joye	1490x95–1553	605	126	296
812.	Tobias Venner	1577–1660	604	83	178
813.	Richard Chenevix Trench	1807–1886	604	11	41
814.	Naval Chronicle	1799–1818	602	37	167
815.	Paris Psalter	c1050	602	87	255
816.	Rotarian	1918–1973*	598	6	29
817.	William Tennant	1784–1848	598	23	123
818.	Melusine	c1500	597	39	125
819.	Thomas Otway	1652–1685	597	47	137
820.	Acts of Parliament of Scotland	1124–1707	597	101	223
821.	Ladies' Repository	1841–1876	596	45	174
822.	Journal of the Society of Arts	1852–	596	55	202
823.	Thomas Tymme	d. 1620	596	101	241
824.	Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society	1845–1971	595	140	302
825.	National Observer	1962–1977	594	6	48
826.	Reader	1863–1866	592	63	176
827.	James Mill	1773–1836	591	7	44
828.	King Horn	c1300–1330	590	63	219
829.	William Painter	?1540–1594	590	89	270
830.	John Herschel	1792–1871	590	47	137
831.	George Pettie	c1548–1589	587	35	161
832.	C. Day Lewis	1904–1972	586	5	64
833.	Bell's Life in London	1822–1886	585	83	367
834.	Richard Coer de Lyon	c1330–1450	585	83	175
835.	Thomas Taylor	1576–1632	585	40	124
836.	Hamon L'Estrange	1605–1660	584	68	175
837.	Benjamin Malkin	1769–1842	584	8	76
838.	Edward Waterhouse	1619–1670	584	129	233
839.	Ralph Robinson	1520–1577	584	55	161
840.	Richard Whitlock	b. ?1616	584	49	182
841.	Journal of Philosophy	1904–	582	48	131
842.	Workes of Geffray Chaucer	1532	581	64	129
843.	John Woodward	d. 1728	581	51	158
844.	Transactions of the Society of Arts	1783–1850	581	52	197
845.	Robert Barrett	fl. ?1586–1607	581	78	202
846.	Journal of the Royal Geographical Society	1831–1880	581	80	188
847.	Robert Wodrow	1679–1734	580	27	93
848.	Richard Hakluyt	?1552–1616	579	46	167
849.	New Phytologist	1902–	578	23	75
850.	Spirit of the Times	1831–c1878	578	56	252
851.	American Journal of Philology	1880–	578	50	145
852.	Wired	1995–*	577	6	10
853.	William Camden	1551–1623	576	59	166
854.	John Brockett	bap. 1788, d. 1842	576	21	107
855.	Publishers' Weekly	1872–	576	7	64
856.	U.S. News and World Report	1977–*	575	5	35
857.	Laud Troy Book	c1425	575	67	172
858.	Walter de la Mare	1873–1956	573	13	97
859.	J. B. Priestley	1894–1984	573	11	42
860.	Margaret Oliphant	1828–1897	571	7	32
861.	Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	1871–	571	26	217
862.	Winston Churchill	1874–1965	569	19	78
863.	Arnold Bennett	1867–1931	569	23	75
864.	George Goode	1851–1896	568	23	176
865.	John G. Wood	1827–1889	568	26	146
866.	Holinshed's Chronicles	1577–1587	568	78	184
867.	Bonet's Guide to the Practical Physician	1684	567	91	170
868.	Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club	1870–	567	39	97
869.	Lester V. Berrey	b. 1907	567	33	163
870.	Winnipeg Free Press	1931–	566	31	126
871.	John Masefield	1878–1967	566	14	84
872.	John Harington	bap. 1560, d. 1612	565	69	169
873.	Canberra Times	1926–	564	15	46
874.	American Mineralogist	1916–	563	124	153
875.	Birmingham Post	1857–	563	21	106
876.	St. George Mivart	1827–1900	562	26	94
877.	Poema Morale	a1225–1300	562	40	120
878.	Charles Hutton	1737–1823	562	15	91
879.	Richard Jefferies	1848–1887	562	13	91
880.	William A. Miller	1817–1870	561	96	192
881.	George Borrow	1803–1881	561	37	83
882.	John Guillim	1550–1621	560	61	177
883.	Trade Marks Journal	1876–	560	261	306
884.	Lindisfarne Gospels	a1000	559	199	364
885.	Charlotte Smith	1749–1806	559	36	104
886.	Giacomo Leoni	c1686–1746	558	13	85
887.	Edgar Allan Poe	1809–1849	557	66	179
888.	Journal of Ecology	1913–	557	35	90
889.	Alexander Kinglake	1809–1891	557	16	64
890.	George Shaw	1751–1813	555	54	277
891.	John Ayliffe	1676–1732	554	20	66
892.	Arthur Stanley	1815–1881	554	5	27
893.	William Shenstone	1714–1763	554	37	96
894.	John Rastell	c1475–1536	553	52	172
895.	Elijah Fenton	1683–1730	551	12	77
896.	Sir Tristrem	a1300–1330	550	65	200
897.	Thomas Warton	1728–1790	549	43	117
898.	Brain	1878–	549	47	94
899.	Ninian Winzet	1518–1592	549	36	126
900.	John Maplet	d. 1592	547	82	214
901.	Melody Maker	1926–2000	547	27	126
902.	Dives and Pauper	1450–1500	546	49	113
903.	Fitzedward Hall	1825–1901	546	69	156
904.	William Hazlitt	1778–1830	545	10	70
905.	‘Nevil Shute’	1899–1960	545	8	32
906.	British Apollo	1708–1711	544	53	119
907.	John S. Farmer	c1845–c1915	544	39	181
908.	John Paston	1442–1479	544	56	172
909.	American Economic Review	1911–	543	35	158
910.	Economic Journal	1891–	543	44	143
911.	Physics Bulletin	1930–	543	12	41
912.	Political Science Quarterly	1886–	543	28	120
913.	Henry Cogan	fl. 1652–1653	542	17	68
914.	W. B. Yeats	1865–1939	541	8	102
915.	Roy Campbell	1901–1957	541	15	86
916.	William Bryant	1794–1878	541	6	48
917.	Modern Language Notes	1886–	540	27	86
918.	New York Times Book Review	1896–	540	18	51
919.	Philip Schaff	1819–1893	540	50	125
920.	Michael Faraday	1791–1867	540	48	148
921.	John Greenleaf Whittier	1807–1892	539	22	110
922.	Thomas Newton	d. 1607	538	138	264
923.	Tale of Beryn	c1460	538	52	142
924.	William Cobbett	1763–1835	538	31	135
925.	Charles Merivale	1808–1893	537	10	31
926.	John Neal	1793–1876	534	29	114
927.	Eliza Haywood	?1693–1756	533	22	61
928.	Chambers's Technical Dictionary	1940–	533	8	112
929.	Isaac Taylor	1787–1865	532	35	98
930.	Prick of Conscience	1424–1424*	532	19	68
931.	John Gauden	c1599–1662	531	124	226
932.	George Herbert	1593–1633	530	12	98
933.	Vogue	1892–	530	17	75
934.	Anne Baker	1786–1861	529	27	127
935.	William Somerville	1675–1742	529	9	70
936.	Book of Common Prayer	1549–1552	529	7	46
937.	Midland Prose Psalter	c1350–1400	528	124	285
938.	John Selden	1584–1654	528	80	203
939.	Anthony Munday	d. 1633	527	71	194
940.	Jeremy Collier	1650–1726	527	33	93
941.	Mirror	1779–1780	524	4	43
942.	Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society	1923–1967	524	22	147
943.	Hall Caine	1853–1931	524	12	45
944.	Alexander Ross	1699–1784	523	46	141
945.	Robert Herrick	bap. 1591, d. 1674	523	68	204
946.	Edward Coke	1552–1634	523	45	101
947.	Richard Percyvall	c1558–1620	522	82	258
948.	Joseph Gwilt	1784–1863	522	26	111
949.	Rose Macaulay	1881–1958	522	13	50
950.	Vespasian Psalter	a950	521	333	469
951.	English Mechanic	1865–1923	520	74	189
952.	John Hacket	1592–1670	519	68	146
953.	Gideon Harvey	c1636–?1702	519	77	170
954.	Edmund Blunden	1896–1974	519	10	111
955.	Richard Holland	d. c1483	519	50	101
956.	Mirror of our Lady	1530	518	13	53
957.	Thomas Haliburton	1796–1865	518	31	134
958.	Philip Francis	1708–1773	517	6	50
959.	Richard Cumberland	1732–1811	516	25	100
960.	Keyssler's Travels	1756/7	516	13	43
961.	Edward, Duke of York	fl. c1373–1415	516	116	267
962.	Countess of Pembroke	1561–1621	516	41	142
963.	William Derham	1657–1735	514	47	132
964.	H. Rider Haggard	1856–1925	514	6	55
965.	William Gouge	1575–1653	513	20	60
966.	Village Voice	1955–	513	19	37
967.	Galveston Daily News	1877–1954*	513	42	201
968.	John Jewel	1522–1571	512	49	196
969.	Nominale	1340–1499*	512	75	163
970.	Usk's Testament of Loue	1532	512	58	115
971.	Robinson Ellis	1834–1913	511	6	35
972.	William Patten	d. ?1598	511	91	220
973.	Joseph Worcester	1784–1865	511	226	361
974.	John Cowell	1554–1611	510	57	149
975.	John S. Billings	1838–1913	509	113	315
976.	White Kennett	1660–1728	509	48	116
977.	Rhoda Broughton	1840–1920	509	34	103
978.	Agatha Christie	1890–1976	508	1	22
979.	Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum	1495–1495*	508	98	194
980.	Horace Wilson	1786–1860	508	37	68
981.	Thomas Morley	?1557–?1602	508	41	188
982.	Robert Sempill	d. ?1595	507	25	85
983.	John Woodall	1570–1643	507	78	168
984.	James Beresford	1764–1840	506	23	88
985.	Henry Roscoe	1833–1915	506	57	145
986.	Georgina Jackson	1823/4–1895	506	8	58
987.	Meredith Hanmer	1543–1604	505	55	164
988.	Rolling Stone	1967–	505	13	43
989.	James Rogers	1823–1890	504	4	22
990.	Mortimer Collins	1827–1876	504	44	110
991.	Afra Behn	?1640–1689	502	37	108
992.	Robert Bridges	1844–1930	502	16	46
993.	Cotton Mather	1663–1728	501	44	98
994.	William Sclater	c1575–1627	501	89	199
995.	Henry Best	c1592–1645	501	61	186
996.	Mary Kingsley	1862–1900	500	5	63
997.	Ottawa Citizen	1844–	500	3	16
998.	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1960–	500	6	23
999.	William Godwin	1756–1836	498	17	59
1000.	Sunday Express	1918–	498	13	59

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