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Name		Dates	Total number of quotations	First evidence for word	First evidence for sense
1.	Times	1788–	44132	1701	7938
2.	William Shakespeare	1564–1616	32548	1439	7193
3.	Walter Scott	1771–1832	17053	430	2024
4.	Philosophical Transactions	1665–	15970	1949	5437
5.	New York Times	1857–	14622	673	2913
6.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	1768–	14459	843	2894
7.	Geoffrey Chaucer	c1340–1400	13955	1937	5406
8.	Daily Telegraph	1855–	12597	231	1012
9.	John Milton	1608–1674	12273	534	1917
10.	Nature	1869–	11709	723	1980
11.	Cursor Mundi	a1400–1460	11342	910	2840
12.	Guardian	1959–	11107	184	779
13.	Daily News	1846–	9846	412	2392
14.	William Caxton	1415x24–1492	9699	1337	2977
15.	John Dryden	1631–1700	9307	268	1280
16.	Charles Dickens	1812–1870	9207	206	1317
17.	John Trevisa	c1342–?1402	9112	1858	4435
18.	Independent	1986–	8873	25	117
19.	Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.)	a1382	8506	1611	4319
20.	Blackwood's Magazine	1817–1980	8436	941	2528
21.	Science	1883–	8313	908	2436
22.	Westminster Gazette	1893–1928	8174	287	1805
23.	Philemon Holland	1552–1637	8023	1012	2552
24.	Washington Post	1877–	7408	376	1638
25.	John Lydgate	c1370–c1449	7251	796	2464
26.	Harper's Magazine	1850–	7012	279	1317
27.	Thomas Carlyle	1795–1881	6715	502	1656
28.	Lancet	1823–	6661	728	1898
29.	Acts of Parliament	1266–	6650	628	1764
30.	Listener	1929–1991	6624	83	527
31.	London Gazette	1666–	6621	463	1892
32.	Alfred Tennyson	1809–1892	6450	87	631
33.	New Yorker	1925–	6409	47	275
34.	Edmund Spenser	?1552–1599	6302	531	1674
35.	Scientific American	1845–	6049	213	1080
36.	William Cowper	1731–1800	5861	88	467
37.	Layamon	fl. 1250	5701	392	1334
38.	William Langland	c1325–c1390	5645	768	1987
39.	New Scientist	1956–	5578	61	296
40.	Randle Cotgrave	fl. 1587–?1630	5524	1332	2663
41.	John Palsgrave	d. 1554	5378	658	1747
42.	Pall Mall Gazette	1865–1921	5364	301	1381
43.	Daniel Defoe	?1660–1731	5327	104	528
44.	Alexander Pope	1688–1744	5303	104	554
45.	Samuel Johnson	1709–1784	5227	157	579
46.	Thomas Babington Macaulay	1800–1859	5160	18	141
47.	Thomas Fuller	1607/8–1661	5145	385	1224
48.	Economist	1843–	5006	131	684
49.	Ben Jonson	?1573–1637	4996	511	1765
50.	William Thackeray	1811–1863	4947	246	830
51.	John Evelyn	1620–1706	4939	479	1385
52.	John Gower	d. 1408	4884	587	2149
53.	Jonathan Swift	1667–1745	4872	140	599
54.	Observer	1792–	4868	130	578
55.	Daily Chronicle	1872–1930	4778	169	1017
56.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1772–1834	4764	623	1395
57.	Times Literary Supplement	1902–	4759	89	366
58.	Francis Bacon	1561–1626	4754	406	1388
59.	Robert Southey	1774–1843	4724	367	1033
60.	Athenaeum	1828–1921	4573	382	1155
61.	Ælfric of Eynsham	c950–c1010	4552	860	2316
62.	Gentleman's Magazine	1731–1922	4498	318	1097
63.	Ancrene Riwle	c1225	4492	950	1955
64.	Gavin Douglas	c1476–1522	4489	566	1235
65.	Robert Mannyng	d. c1338	4486	702	1726
66.	Oliver Goldsmith	?1728–1774	4469	137	514
67.	Bible (King James)	1611	4432	32	309
68.	Lord Byron	1788–1824	4355	183	669
69.	Joseph Addison	1672–1719	4331	88	455
70.	Bible (Coverdale)	1535	4293	184	823
71.	Century Dictionary	1889–1891	4271	951	3107
72.	Henry More	1614–1687	4269	660	1401
73.	Thomas Browne	1605–1682	4147	760	1559
74.	Edward H. Knight	1824–1883	4064	138	1823
75.	Richard Steele	d. 1729	4004	74	424
76.	Penny Cyclopaedia	1833–1858	4003	410	1127
77.	John Florio	1553–1625	3877	1195	2187
78.	2nd Baron Berners	c1467–1533	3872	253	891
79.	Thomas Blount	1618–1679	3840	1457	2039
80.	Ephraim Chambers	?1680–1740	3773	338	1057
81.	Spectator	1828–	3760	151	564
82.	Nathan Bailey	d. 1742	3725	941	1813
83.	Annual Register	1758–	3670	231	788
84.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	1792–1822	3663	110	492
85.	Joseph Hall	1574–1656	3659	489	1154
86.	Samuel Richardson	bap. 1689, d. 1761	3615	231	676
87.	Edmund Burke	?1730–1797	3586	83	379
88.	Proceedings of the Royal Society	1830–	3582	471	1437
89.	Fraser's Magazine	1830–1882	3539	543	1356
90.	Thomas More	1478–1535	3531	411	1286
91.	Thomas Nashe	d. c1601	3503	730	1814
92.	‘George Eliot’	1819–1880	3460	113	370
93.	Edward Bulwer-Lytton	1803–1873	3431	154	457
94.	Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester	c1325–c1425	3389	424	1148
95.	Punch	1840–	3375	186	683
96.	John Lindley	1799–1865	3336	604	1297
97.	Philip Sidney	1554–1586	3314	491	1347
98.	T. Clifford Allbutt	1836–1925	3261	82	582
99.	Destruction of Troy	c1540	3256	103	416
100.	Hall's Vnion	1548	3220	284	845
101.	Randle Holme	1627–1700	3218	343	1016
102.	British Medical Journal	1857–	3216	233	665
103.	John Ruskin	1819–1900	3186	150	469
104.	Robert Boyle	1627–1691	3176	332	827
105.	Time	1923–	3123	124	450
106.	George Chapman	?1560–1634	3119	514	1298
107.	Robert Browning	1812–1889	3092	140	521
108.	Rudyard Kipling	1865–1936	3088	139	656
109.	Atlantic Monthly	1857–	3087	165	635
110.	Century Magazine	1881–	3069	95	456
111.	John Wyclif	d. 1384	3043	433	1072
112.	American Naturalist	1867–	3022	463	1100
113.	Ayenbite of Inwyt	1340	3016	444	1181
114.	John Ray	1627–1705	3012	312	819
115.	Robert Burns	1759–1796	2934	193	537
116.	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803–1882	2917	60	359
117.	Charles Kingsley	1819–1875	2895	97	409
118.	Nicholas Udall	1504–1556	2891	431	1113
119.	Joshua Sylvester	d. 1618	2885	546	1412
120.	American Speech	1925–	2882	151	668
121.	Edinburgh Review	1802–1929	2808	260	745
122.	Life	1883–	2768	50	267
123.	Henry Fielding	1707–1754	2744	92	349
124.	Glasgow Herald	1805–	2730	151	477
125.	Chicago Tribune	1847–	2729	136	612
126.	Financial Times	1888–	2725	77	312
127.	Daily Mail	1896–	2700	94	400
128.	Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	2649	54	254
129.	Robert Greene	bap. 1558, d. 1592	2635	245	932
130.	Edward Topsell	d. 1625	2625	301	893
131.	Chambers's Journal	1854–	2622	138	589
132.	Thomas Elyot	c1490–1546	2608	425	1142
133.	Washington Irving	1783–1859	2592	44	263
134.	Tobias Smollett	1721–1771	2582	90	412
135.	Richard Rolle	a1310–1349	2569	433	1016
136.	Thomas Huxley	1825–1895	2569	328	714
137.	Phillips's New World of Words	1706	2564	380	799
138.	John Barbour	c1330–1395	2563	155	407
139.	Globe and Mail	1844–	2556	25	157
140.	William Dunbar	?1460–?1530	2509	280	680
141.	‘Mark Twain’	1835–1910	2500	63	442
142.	Fanny Burney	1752–1840	2494	138	413
143.	Gervase Markham	?1568–1637	2476	252	787
144.	James Joyce	1882–1941	2475	90	407
145.	Frederick Marryat	1792–1848	2473	77	396
146.	New York Review of Books	1963–	2466	1	9
147.	Thomas Hardy	1840–1928	2427	76	293
148.	New English Dictionary	1884–1928	2409	100	752
149.	Thomas Hobbes	1588–1679	2408	93	336
150.	Thomas Heywood	c1573–1641	2408	259	665
151.	Sunday Times	1822–	2378	47	200
152.	Allan Ramsay	1684–1758	2341	255	592
153.	Horace Walpole	1717–1797	2340	209	542
154.	George Bernard Shaw	1856–1950	2329	132	397
155.	Los Angeles Times	1881–	2316	197	719
156.	Mandeville's Travels	a1425	2310	166	526
157.	Chambers's Cyclopaedia	1751–1753	2306	309	790
158.	Arthur Golding	d. 1606	2306	400	991
159.	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	a1160	2303	217	667
160.	Thomas Dekker	c1572–1632	2292	215	787
161.	Quarterly Review	1809–1967	2284	164	577
162.	Sporting Magazine	1793–1870	2281	198	831
163.	Richard Eden	c1520–1576	2281	278	745
164.	Reginald Pecock	c1392–?1459	2269	415	837
165.	New Sydenham Society's Lexicon	1879–1899	2249	435	956
166.	Michael Drayton	1536–1631	2248	217	697
167.	John Skelton	c1460–1529	2247	465	944
168.	James Howell	?1594–1666	2244	263	630
169.	Lambeth MS	a1225	2239	183	564
170.	King Alfred	c848–899	2236	909	1612
171.	D. H. Lawrence	1885–1930	2217	78	409
172.	William Bonde	d. 1530	2211	155	527
173.	Abraham Fleming	c1552–1607	2208	251	722
174.	James Dana	1813–1895	2202	683	1092
175.	John Tyndall	1820–1893	2200	21	168
176.	Todd's Cyclopaedia	1835–1859	2199	506	1029
177.	Genesis and Exodus	a1325	2184	213	592
178.	William Blackstone	1723–1780	2181	27	132
179.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	1915–	2177	165	516
180.	James Russell Lowell	1819–1891	2172	91	347
181.	Mind	1876–	2169	190	562
182.	Samuel Purchas	bap. 1577, d. 1626	2149	265	661
183.	Richard Bradley	?1688–1732	2142	98	439
184.	Contemporary Review	1866–	2141	153	455
185.	North American Review	1815–	2129	144	529
186.	Baltimore Sun	1837–	2127	76	422
187.	John Fletcher	1579–1625	2106	130	574
188.	Church Times	1869–	2102	17	76
189.	Henry Watts	1815–1884	2093	494	992
190.	William Wordsworth	1770–1850	2089	62	215
191.	Trinity Cambridge MS	a1225	2077	276	659
192.	Catholicon Anglicum	c1475–1483	2066	303	654
193.	Thomas Herbert	1606–1682	2060	164	444
194.	Jeremy Bentham	1748–1832	2050	284	654
195.	John Donne	1572–1631	2040	318	807
196.	Samuel Pepys	1633–1703	2031	76	414
197.	Journal of the Chemical Society	1862–1965	2022	802	1293
198.	Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	1993	107	380
199.	Robert Mayne	1808–1868	1992	746	1380
200.	Bible (Tyndale)	1526–1534	1985	132	468
201.	Charles Darwin	1809–1882	1982	121	384
202.	Edward Freeman	1823–1892	1974	10	68
203.	Benjamin Jowett	1817–1893	1969	2	23
204.	John Marston	bap. 1576, d. 1634	1964	252	827
205.	New Monthly Magazine	1821–1859	1959	301	775
206.	Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie	a1425–1500	1954	722	1189
207.	William H. Smyth	1788–1865	1952	50	449
208.	Charles Lamb	1775–1834	1951	140	386
209.	Rolls of Parliament	1278–1503	1945	309	731
210.	Jeremy Taylor	d. 1667	1940	144	478
211.	Edward Gibbon	1737–1794	1919	31	110
212.	Irish Times	1859–	1917	24	138
213.	Andrew Ure	1778–1857	1916	148	816
214.	William Kirby	1759–1850	1911	437	930
215.	Anthony Trollope	1815–1882	1906	34	177
216.	George Meredith	1828–1909	1891	127	401
217.	John Heywood	c1496–c1578	1881	205	710
218.	Barnabe Googe	1540–1594	1860	159	532
219.	William Turner	d. 1568	1849	360	812
220.	Thomas Middleton	d. 1627	1848	208	643
221.	Palladius' De Re Rustica	?1440	1844	443	863
222.	John Jamieson	1759–1838	1843	213	640
223.	P. G. Wodehouse	1881–1975	1840	24	150
224.	Henry Lyte	1529–1607	1838	245	776
225.	William of Palerne	a1375	1837	177	657
226.	Thomas Malory	d. 1471	1837	78	355
227.	Richard Huloet	fl. 1552	1837	403	941
228.	Nathaniel Hawthorne	1804–1864	1831	38	211
229.	Scotsman	1817–	1831	33	208
230.	London Magazine	1732–	1825	136	532
231.	New Statesman	1913–	1820	52	220
232.	Usenet	1980–	1809	281	753
233.	Edward Phillips	b. 1630	1791	274	598
234.	John Keats	1795–1821	1789	123	441
235.	Richard Stanyhurst	1547–1618	1781	317	814
236.	Manchester Guardian	1821–1959	1781	71	430
237.	Richard Baxter	1615–1691	1774	130	358
238.	Joseph Moxon	1627–1691	1756	100	664
239.	John Smith	bap. 1580, d. 1631	1751	170	553
240.	George Berkeley	1685–1753	1744	34	158
241.	Jane Austen	1775–1817	1735	35	227
242.	Medical and Physical Journal	1799–1808*	1734	103	290
243.	John Locke	1632–1704	1734	71	252
244.	Thomas Pennant	1726–1798	1723	154	560
245.	New York Times Magazine	1896–	1720	43	159
246.	Notes and Queries	1850–	1719	102	345
247.	Benjamin Disraeli	1804–1881	1708	66	230
248.	Elisha Kane	1820–1857	1708	58	348
249.	Robert Fabyan	d. 1513	1697	174	491
250.	William Lithgow	1582–c1645	1688	168	471
251.	John Wesley	1703–1791	1687	29	145
252.	Hary	c1440–c1492	1683	129	389
253.	John Gerard	c1545–1612	1682	215	855
254.	James A. Froude	1818–1894	1676	11	67
255.	Edward Young	bap. 1683, d. 1765	1676	64	238
256.	John Daus	c1516–1602	1675	102	348
257.	Daily Express	1900–	1658	64	320
258.	Thomas De Quincey	1785–1859	1658	132	372
259.	Discovery	1920–1966	1656	36	203
260.	Samuel Butler	d. 1680	1651	79	287
261.	New York Magazine	1968–	1646	12	51
262.	Examiner	1808–1836	1645	174	524
263.	Country Life	1897–	1635	13	71
264.	Harriet Martineau	1802–1876	1631	30	154
265.	Wall Street Journal	1889–	1629	45	164
266.	Standard	1827–1916	1597	114	490
267.	John Lyly	1554–1606	1589	125	522
268.	John Foxe	?1517–1587	1586	283	642
269.	George Gascoigne	d. 1577	1586	185	596
270.	Henry Cockeram	fl. 1623–1658	1561	915	1129
271.	Cornhill Magazine	1860–1975	1556	106	385
272.	Tait's Magazine	1832–1861	1554	151	461
273.	Kyng Alisaunder	c1400–1425	1552	337	593
274.	William Morris	1834–1896	1544	30	193
275.	Richard Hooker	1554–1600	1541	122	419
276.	Monthly Review	1749–1845	1540	249	522
277.	Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie	a1400–1500	1536	389	711
278.	Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.)	c1425	1536	184	514
279.	Laurence Sterne	1713–1768	1534	101	299
280.	Aldous Huxley	1894–1963	1524	53	202
281.	John Mason Good	1764–1827	1513	208	527
282.	John Taylor	1578–1653	1513	163	444
283.	Morte Arthure	c1440–1500	1509	233	513
284.	Thomas Urquhart	1611–1660	1508	379	627
285.	Science News	1922–	1502	51	197
286.	Cleanness	c1400	1498	160	463
287.	John Bellenden	c1495–a1548	1489	209	463
288.	Higden's Polychronicon	c1400–1475	1480	331	597
289.	Thomas Cooper	c1517–1594	1479	197	582
290.	William Warner	d. 1609	1478	313	668
291.	Gilbert Burnet	1643–1715	1477	22	154
292.	William Taylor	1765–1836	1476	296	550
293.	Monthly Magazine	1796–1825	1475	234	530
294.	Morning Post	1772–	1474	156	632
295.	Towneley Plays	a1500	1472	98	273
296.	Language	1925–	1472	72	297
297.	Frederic Farrar	1831–1903	1463	37	116
298.	Richard Brathwait	?1588–1673	1462	162	422
299.	Francis Quarles	1592–1644	1460	142	433
300.	Popular Science Monthly	1872–1950	1447	80	252
301.	John Henry Newman	1801–1890	1446	54	164
302.	John Stuart Mill	1806–1873	1444	81	257
303.	Mary Braddon	1835–1915	1442	32	123
304.	Outing	1886–1923	1439	37	276
305.	John Fitzherbert	d. 1531	1436	132	469
306.	Macmillan's Magazine	1859–1907	1435	87	344
307.	Popular Mechanics	1902–	1433	13	139
308.	Parliamentary Papers	1826–1959*	1432	108	534
309.	Maria Edgeworth	1768–1849	1428	98	316
310.	Illustrated London News	1842–	1427	81	350
311.	U.S. Patents	1790–	1422	156	741
312.	Fynes Moryson	?1566–1630	1420	54	215
313.	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	c1400	1414	155	493
314.	Toronto Star	1900–	1407	30	93
315.	Richard Grafton	c1511–1573	1404	37	181
316.	Nation	1865–	1403	85	254
317.	Nehemiah Grew	a1641–1712	1399	166	509
318.	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1807–1882	1398	32	161
319.	Andrew of Wyntoun	c1350–c1422	1397	176	383
320.	All the Year Round	1859–1895	1394	93	341
321.	Charlotte Yonge	1823–1901	1393	31	192
322.	William Stewart	fl. 1499–1541	1390	127	279
323.	Alexander Barclay	c1484–1552	1387	159	437
324.	John Speed	d. 1629	1383	181	465
325.	John Loudon	1783–1843	1377	110	474
326.	William Falconer	1732–1770	1364	74	356
327.	William Marshall	bap. 1745, d. 1818	1359	166	466
328.	Robert Burton	1577–1640	1358	135	357
329.	Philip Massinger	1583–1640	1356	46	294
330.	Nineteenth Century	1877–	1355	65	283
331.	Billboard	1894–	1354	58	310
332.	Anthony Wood	1632–1695	1349	66	243
333.	Chambers's Encyclopaedia	1860–1959	1348	56	227
334.	Thomas Gray	1716–1771	1345	31	127
335.	Charlotte Brontë	1816–1855	1333	37	146
336.	Edward Ward	1667–1731	1331	89	280
337.	James Thomson	1700–1748	1326	52	261
338.	H. G. Wells	1866–1946	1326	51	179
339.	Matthew Prior	1664–1721	1325	17	150
340.	Manchester Examiner	1846–1894	1324	19	84
341.	Thomas Hoccleve	c1367–1426	1323	144	438
342.	George A. Sala	1828–1895	1320	92	354
343.	George Sandys	1578–1644	1315	143	387
344.	Webster's American Dictionary	1847–1880	1314	377	868
345.	Francis Grose	d. 1791	1312	113	434
346.	Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society	1840–	1301	71	299
347.	Gabriel Harvey	c1552–1631	1294	230	599
348.	Vanity Fair Magazine	1913–	1294	4	41
349.	Merlin	a1500	1288	51	160
350.	John Norris	1657–1712	1287	80	207
351.	Sydney Morning Herald	1842–	1287	30	117
352.	Andrew Marvell	1621–1678	1286	76	265
353.	Ralph Cudworth	1617–1688	1285	183	371
354.	Christopher Marlowe	?1564–1593	1283	125	437
355.	Geographical Journal	1893–	1271	80	256
356.	William Ellis	c1700–1758	1264	96	397
357.	Charles Cotton	1630–1687	1260	81	339
358.	John Trapp	1601–1669	1260	98	301
359.	John Bale	1495–1563	1259	251	539
360.	Beowulf	c1000	1258	199	586
361.	Walter Raleigh	1554–1618	1255	96	327
362.	John Galt	1779–1839	1251	88	291
363.	Thomas Hood	1799–1845	1238	67	282
364.	Ann Radcliffe	1764–1823	1238	12	77
365.	William Prynne	1600–1669	1225	146	351
366.	Henry James	1843–1916	1221	31	106
367.	American Mercury	1924–1981	1213	25	93
368.	James Dalrymple	fl. c1596	1213	45	168
369.	Thomas North	1535–?1603	1211	170	456
370.	Samuel Foote	bap. 1721, d. 1777	1210	55	212
371.	Abraham Tucker	1705–1774	1209	66	196
372.	Thomas Wilson	d. 1581	1202	105	396
373.	Matthew Arnold	1822–1888	1201	38	152
374.	Roger North	1651–1734	1200	108	271
375.	Boston Globe	1872–	1197	56	340
376.	Henry Mayhew	1812–1887	1190	81	418
377.	David Hume	1711–1776	1188	10	60
378.	Thomas Norton	d. 1584	1188	151	478
379.	John Capgrave	1393–1464	1188	123	330
380.	Algernon Swinburne	1837–1909	1187	42	164
381.	Peter Levens	fl. 1552–1587	1182	270	457
382.	Gilbert Hay	c1397–c1465	1181	111	346
383.	George Puttenham	1529–?1591	1179	173	448
384.	St. Katherine	c1225–1450	1176	167	421
385.	John Bunyan	d. 1688	1174	25	117
386.	Thomas Brown	bap. 1663, d. 1704	1170	51	196
387.	Peter Simmonds	1814–1897	1165	79	452
388.	George Grote	1794–1871	1164	76	216
389.	Brisbane Courier-Mail	1933–	1160	15	63
390.	John Morley	1838–1923	1159	15	78
391.	Samuel Daniel	?1563–1619	1158	240	529
392.	Clarendon's History of the Rebellion	1702–1704	1152	16	89
393.	John Richard Green	1837–1883	1152	5	26
394.	Charles Lyell	1797–1875	1149	91	254
395.	Sir Ferumbras	c1380	1149	154	393
396.	Owl and Nightingale	c1275–1300	1145	137	310
397.	Bede's Ecclesiastical History	a950	1141	409	840
398.	Philip Bailey	1816–1902	1134	119	329
399.	Mary Russell Mitford	1787–1855	1131	57	240
400.	Webster's New International Dictionary	1909–	1130	168	698
401.	Wars of Alexander	c1450–1500	1130	60	209
402.	Thomas Ken	1637–1711	1130	94	290
403.	Thomas Tusser	c1524–1580	1129	145	394
404.	Roger L'Estrange	1616–1704	1129	48	217
405.	English Dialect Dictionary	1896–1905	1122	26	125
406.	William James	1842–1910	1121	91	298
407.	Abraham Cowley	1618–1667	1114	50	223
408.	Thomas Adams	1583–1652	1109	228	499
409.	Richard Burton	1821–1890	1107	96	248
410.	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1806–1861	1107	84	246
411.	Engineering	1866–	1105	37	199
412.	Newsweek	1933–	1104	67	193
413.	William Black	1841–1898	1104	10	64
414.	Scots Magazine	1739–	1100	39	189
415.	Henry Brooke	c1703–1783	1100	33	128
416.	William Dampier	1651–1715	1097	72	259
417.	Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	1871–	1093	102	264
418.	Connop Thirlwall	1797–1875	1090	20	60
419.	Journal of the American Chemical Society	1879–	1089	229	505
420.	Complaynt of Scotland	c1550	1088	125	278
421.	Times of India	1861–	1087	68	206
422.	Matthew Hale	1609–1676	1086	71	231
423.	Robert Copland	fl. 1505–1547	1078	294	495
424.	John Arbuthnot	bap. 1667, d. 1735	1073	43	126
425.	American Journal of Science	1818–	1073	409	647
426.	Which?	1957–	1071	3	49
427.	Stephen Hawes	b. c1474	1064	86	298
428.	William Gladstone	1809–1898	1063	37	136
429.	Richard Carew	1555–1620	1063	185	426
430.	Leigh Hunt	1784–1859	1062	106	291
431.	John Gay	1685–1732	1060	37	143
432.	Richard Montagu	bap. 1575, d. 1641	1060	211	411
433.	David Lindsay	c1486–1555	1058	114	257
434.	John Buchan	1875–1940	1058	10	42
435.	Elizabeth Gaskell	1810–1865	1055	38	181
436.	Herbert Spencer	1820–1903	1055	60	204
437.	Edward Grimeston	fl. 1604–1634	1053	86	291
438.	Jedidiah Morse	1761–1826	1053	22	127
439.	Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811–1896	1051	26	122
440.	Helkiah Crooke	1576–1648	1051	191	491
441.	Henry Hallam	1777–1859	1050	16	81
442.	‘Rolf Boldrewood’	1826–1915	1049	15	142
443.	Fortnightly Review	1865–1954	1047	78	227
444.	Academy	1869–1902	1047	102	287
445.	Daily Colonist	1886–	1044	24	155
446.	Peter Heylyn	1599–1662	1043	66	254
447.	Robert South	1634–1716	1042	25	111
448.	William Fulke	d. 1589	1040	113	341
449.	Robert Henryson	d. c1490	1035	128	336
450.	James Fenimore Cooper	1789–1851	1032	51	237
451.	James Boswell	1740–1795	1032	35	92
452.	George Turberville	c1543–c1597	1031	162	425
453.	John Harris	c1666–1719	1029	103	308
454.	Blickling Homilies	a1150	1028	132	497
455.	Scientific Monthly	1915–1957	1028	63	184
456.	William Dean Howells	1837–1920	1025	37	158
457.	Book of St. Albans	1486	1020	197	395
458.	Westminster Review	1824–1914	1020	91	275
459.	2nd Earl of Monmouth	1596–1661	1017	85	226
460.	John Davies	?1565–1618	1011	163	389
461.	York Plays	a1450	1009	96	246
462.	Daily Mirror	1903–	1008	28	78
463.	Francis Robinson	1809–1882	1007	35	158
464.	James Halliwell	1820–1889	1006	86	304
465.	William Harrison	1535–1593	1001	149	349
466.	Benjamin Robins	1707–1751	1000	10	84
467.	William Faulkner	1897–1962	999	17	96
468.	Parliamentary Debates	c1610–	997	31	220
469.	Knickerbocker	1833–1865	997	85	362
470.	Richard Owen	1804–1892	994	278	542
471.	Botanical Gazette	1876–1991	994	135	304
472.	Edward Peacock	1831–1915	992	13	106
473.	Thomas Stanley	1625–1678	992	126	285
474.	Noah Webster	1758–1843	992	216	524
475.	John Fryer	d. 1733	991	64	186
476.	John Davies	1625–1693	990	83	215
477.	Francis Beaumont	1584–1616	987	76	298
478.	Dictionary of National Biography	1885–	984	5	30
479.	Chemical Abstracts	1906–	981	357	593
480.	George MacDonald	1824–1905	978	28	104
481.	Thomas Lodge	1558–1625	975	140	363
482.	Herman Melville	1819–1891	974	58	241
483.	Arthour and Merlin	c1330	973	165	437
484.	R. D. Blackmore	1825–1900	971	86	248
485.	Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809–1894	970	39	173
486.	Andrew Borde	c1490–1549	967	171	333
487.	Encyclopaedia Metropolitana	1818–1845	966	90	258
488.	Walter Besant	1836–1901	965	15	75
489.	Thomas Washington	fl. 1585	962	79	190
490.	Richard Bentley	1662–1742	960	28	107
491.	Richard Tomlinson	fl. 1657	958	377	508
492.	Robley Dunglison	1798–1869	957	346	660
493.	George Rolleston	1829–1881	957	111	286
494.	Thomas Hughes	1822–1896	957	17	136
495.	Edward Pusey	1800–1882	956	48	160
496.	Isaac Watts	1674–1748	955	18	95
497.	Richard Brome	c1590–1652	955	90	268
498.	Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal	1837–1868	954	72	376
499.	Sydney Bulletin	1880–	954	61	210
500.	Richard Surflet	fl. 1600–1616	954	110	317
501.	Hugh Latimer	c1485–1555	953	124	364
502.	Henry Stephens	1795–1874	950	23	246
503.	Havelok	c1300	943	144	333
504.	Roger Ascham	d. 1568	942	95	322
505.	Law Times	1882–	941	7	28
506.	Secreta Secretorum	c1450–1500	941	120	254
507.	Thomas D'Urfey	?1653–1723	940	78	228
508.	Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790	934	46	154
509.	Evening Standard	1860–	931	28	78
510.	Owen Felltham	?1602–1668	931	223	412
511.	Alexander Montgomerie	c1550–1598	931	61	181
512.	Thomas Hearne	d. 1735	930	31	96
513.	William Salmon	1644–1713	930	72	215
514.	John A. Thomson	1861–1933	930	6	36
515.	Mary Wortley Montagu	bap. 1689, d. 1762	926	32	107
516.	Time Out New York	2002–*	925	0	0
517.	Samuel Rutherford	c1600–1661	922	73	254
518.	William Lambarde	1536–1601	920	52	224
519.	Isaac D'Israeli	1766–1848	919	28	83
520.	Miles Coverdale	1488–1569	912	112	347
521.	American Historical Review	1895–	910	25	61
522.	John Wilkins	1614–1672	910	131	353
523.	William Carr	d. 1843	908	46	209
524.	Scribner's Magazine	1887–1939	907	37	204
525.	Garden	1871–	907	19	123
526.	John Galsworthy	1867–1933	905	24	80
527.	Raphael Holinshed	c1525–?1580	904	76	241
528.	Philip Miller	1691–1771	902	87	347
529.	Robert Hunt	1807–1887	901	61	277
530.	George P. R. James	1801–1860	901	24	100
531.	John Gaule	1603/4–1687	899	215	397
532.	John Bulwer	bap. 1606, d. 1656	898	120	277
533.	William T. Brande	1788–1866	897	187	399
534.	John Banister	1532/3–?1610	896	278	501
535.	William Withering	1741–1799	895	44	253
536.	Nicholas Culpeper	1616–1654	894	57	215
537.	Northern Verse Psalter	c1350–1400	894	196	387
538.	‘John Nicholson’	1791–1851	889	26	252
539.	Southern Literary Messenger	1834–1864	889	91	307
540.	Oakland Tribune	1874–	889	96	386
541.	Robert Plot	bap. 1640, d. 1696	888	96	301
542.	John Clare	1793–1864	887	62	212
543.	Thomas Moore	1779–1852	887	89	241
544.	John Ash	1724–1779	884	124	236
545.	Thomas Martyn	1735–1825	883	104	258
546.	Arthur Young	1741–1820	883	57	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	114	211
551.	Myles Davies	1662–?1719	873	168	302
552.	Burlington Magazine	1903–	873	17	95
553.	Henry Milman	1791–1868	872	59	147
554.	Samuel Crockett	1859–1914	871	16	91
555.	Hugh Miller	1802–1856	871	40	175
556.	William Drummond	1585–1649	868	67	215
557.	Henry Hexham	fl. 1601–1650	868	178	372
558.	Sunday Telegraph	1961–	865	11	32
559.	American Journal of Sociology	1895–	865	64	233
560.	Joseph Glanvill	1636–1680	863	82	221
561.	Field	1853–	861	42	168
562.	Daily Gleaner	1834–	860	50	201
563.	Popular Science	1928–*	859	10	71
564.	James Mabbe	d. ?1642	858	110	253
565.	Graham Greene	1904–1991	858	12	47
566.	William Tyndale	c1494–1536	854	111	342
567.	Robert Forby	1759–1825	853	65	234
568.	John Blackie	1809–1895	852	27	105
569.	Orosius' History	c1025	851	376	681
570.	Richard Sheridan	1751–1816	850	17	93
571.	John Healey	c1585–c1616	848	144	351
572.	Guy of Warwick	c1330–1500	843	109	278
573.	American Anthropologist	1888–	842	78	209
574.	American Journal of Botany	1914–	840	33	101
575.	Cassell's Technical Educator	1877–1882	840	14	116
576.	Arthur Conan Doyle	1859–1930	839	14	70
577.	George Crabbe	1754–1832	839	15	67
578.	Izaak Walton	1593–1683	836	36	174
579.	Richard Kirwan	1733–1812	834	202	385
580.	South English Legendary	c1300–1325	831	198	372
581.	Walter Savage Landor	1775–1864	829	72	176
582.	Christian Science Monitor	1908–	828	27	105
583.	Old English Leechdoms	a1150	826	204	383
584.	George Daniel	1616–1657	825	77	274
585.	James Bell	d. ?1606	825	80	278
586.	Vices and Virtues	a1225	824	67	222
587.	Alphabet of Tales	c1450	823	64	225
588.	‘Ouida’	1839–1908	823	21	104
589.	Nicholas Breton	?1555–c1626	821	87	287
590.	Bayard Taylor	1825–1878	821	22	87
591.	Edward Stillingfleet	1635–1699	820	29	118
592.	William of Shoreham	fl. c1320	820	159	331
593.	Henry Lovelich	fl. 1450	818	72	216
594.	Richard Knolles	d. 1610	817	46	161
595.	Earl of Surrey	?1517–1547	817	100	290
596.	David Brewster	1781–1868	816	32	123
597.	George Wither	1588–1667	816	83	220
598.	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society	1838–	816	68	265
599.	Archibald Lovell	fl. 1663–1687	814	31	104
600.	Narcissus Luttrell	1657–1732	813	24	160
601.	Richard Henry Dana	1815–1882	811	23	153
602.	English Historical Review	1886–	810	14	37
603.	Dylan Thomas	1914–1953	809	27	130
604.	Overland Monthly	1868–1935	809	39	178
605.	Joseph Butler	1692–1752	809	3	50
606.	Joseph Conrad	1857–1924	809	7	28
607.	John Sinclair	1754–1835	808	67	205
608.	Dialect Notes	1890–	806	73	228
609.	Sabine Baring-Gould	1834–1924	805	25	103
610.	William Cruise	d. 1824	803	4	33
611.	Catholic World	1865–	803	38	110
612.	Mark Pattison	1813–1884	801	12	46
613.	John C. Atkinson	1814–1900	801	19	127
614.	Thomas Becon	1512/13–1567	800	128	321
615.	Duke of Wellington	1769–1852	799	29	98
616.	Richard Mulcaster	?1532–1611	797	150	344
617.	Peter Motteux	1663–1718	797	92	220
618.	Frederick Elworthy	1830–1907	795	8	68
619.	Walter Charleton	1620–1707	793	168	375
620.	Pearl	c1400	793	81	248
621.	Musical Times	1844–	792	19	87
622.	Geoffrey Fenton	c1539–1608	792	126	384
623.	Henry Hammond	1605–1660	788	125	283
624.	Philip Stubbes	c1555–c1610	788	98	238
625.	Robert Record	c1512–1558	788	119	384
626.	William S. Hamilton	1788–1856	784	93	216
627.	John Hill	bap. 1714, d. 1775	784	135	323
628.	William Congreve	1670–1729	783	37	159
629.	Nicholas Rowe	1674–1718	782	16	87
630.	Robert Lindsay	c1532–c1586	779	59	137
631.	Nathaniel Fairfax	1637–1690	779	108	305
632.	Robert Sanderson	1587–1663	778	38	148
633.	Henry Wotton	1568–1639	777	130	315
634.	Robert Lovell	?1630–1690	777	156	295
635.	3rd Earl of Shaftesbury	1671–1713	776	48	169
636.	Philosophical Review	1892–	775	68	175
637.	Life of St. Cuthbert	c1450	775	32	129
638.	Jack London	1876–1916	771	11	83
639.	W. H. Auden	1907–1973	770	21	103
640.	John Parkinson	1566/7–1650	769	62	292
641.	Scribner's Monthly	1870–1881	768	52	189
642.	Rule of St. Benet	a1100–1450	768	75	222
643.	John Strype	1643–1737	767	21	86
644.	John Skene	c1540–1617	767	30	88
645.	John Wilson	1785–1854	767	62	162
646.	Quarterly Review of Biology	1926–	766	51	145
647.	Asa Gray	1810–1888	766	90	260
648.	Esquire	1932–	764	20	63
649.	Samuel Hieron	d. 1617	762	76	220
650.	Samuel Smiles	1812–1904	761	8	69
651.	James Yonge	fl. 1405–1434	758	40	123
652.	Thomas Drant	c1540–1578	757	174	362
653.	Journal of the American Medical Association	1883–	755	148	286
654.	Thomas Blundeville	fl. 1561	754	108	342
655.	Generides	a1450–1500	751	21	111
656.	James Smith	1775–1839	751	25	120
657.	Philip Stanhope	1694–1773	751	67	161
658.	John Rolland	fl. 1528–1580	749	81	153
659.	T. S. Eliot	1888–1965	748	12	56
660.	Hali Meidenhad	c1225–1250	748	119	293
661.	Thomas Thomson	1773–1852	747	206	343
662.	Household Words	1850–1859	745	69	278
663.	John Ford	bap. 1586, d. a1653	745	63	233
664.	Littell's Living Age	1844–1941	742	45	195
665.	Temple Bar	1860–1906	739	46	154
666.	Kenelm Digby	1603–1665	737	111	249
667.	Richard Heslop	1842–1916	736	8	54
668.	John Addington Symonds	1840–1893	736	34	102
669.	Adam Smith	bap. 1723, d. 1790	734	11	72
670.	Seven Sages	c1330–1500	733	94	236
671.	Nathaniel Bacon	bap. 1593, d. 1660	732	41	156
672.	Claudius Hollyband	fl. 1573–1583	732	133	296
673.	Henry Power	c1626–1668	731	61	189
674.	Old English Miscellany	a1200–1425	731	108	235
675.	Theodore Hook	1788–1841	730	50	198
676.	Thomas Phaer	?1510–1560	728	126	301
677.	Thomas Shadwell	c1640–1692	726	48	181
678.	Thomas Starkey	c1498–1538	726	26	173
679.	Apology for Lollard Doctrines	c1475	725	75	155
680.	George Faber	1773–1854	725	142	282
681.	William Robertson	1721–1793	723	9	37
682.	William Prescott	1796–1859	722	7	36
683.	Thomas Bowes	fl. 1579–1589	722	69	217
684.	Man	1901–	721	51	130
685.	Daniel Rogers	1573–1652	720	46	151
686.	William Petty	1623–1687	719	67	187
687.	Sun	1965–*	718	9	38
688.	Ezra Pound	1885–1972	716	25	93
689.	Fortune	1930–	716	23	85
690.	National Geographic	1888–	715	11	52
691.	Ecology	1920–	715	50	124
692.	William Temple	1628–1699	714	21	119
693.	William Penn	1644–1718	713	55	141
694.	Morning Chronicle	1780–1832	713	108	370
695.	Samuel Rowlands	fl. 1598–1628	710	58	227
696.	Book of the Knight of La Tour Landry	c1450	709	68	155
697.	Practitioner	1868–	709	37	190
698.	Ludus Coventriae	?a1475	709	81	184
699.	Physical Review	1893–	709	84	325
700.	Colley Cibber	1671–1757	703	40	148
701.	Joseph Hooker	1817–1911	702	77	170
702.	Richard Allestree	d. 1681	701	33	118
703.	William Baldwin	fl. 1563	700	81	235
704.	Bevis of Hampton	c1330–1500	700	81	229
705.	William Warburton	1698–1779	698	55	145
706.	Joseph Priestley	1733–1804	698	16	52
707.	George Washington	1732–1799	697	39	166
708.	Edmund Hickeringill	d. 1708	695	63	157
709.	John Weever	d. 1632	695	54	187
710.	John Higgins	b. c1544	691	109	323
711.	Times Educational Supplement	1910–	689	10	45
712.	Robert Hooke	1635–1703	689	81	281
713.	Mechanics' Magazine	1823–1871	688	80	355
714.	Sinclair Lewis	1885–1951	688	16	82
715.	Architectural Review	1896–	687	19	98
716.	Official Gazette	1872–	685	235	325
717.	American Midland Naturalist	1909–	685	21	48
718.	Cobbett's Weekly Political Register	1808–1826*	683	42	183
719.	W. Somerset Maugham	1874–1965	683	8	30
720.	Longman's Magazine	1883–1906	682	22	123
721.	Osbern Bokenham	c1393–c1464	682	118	250
722.	Sydney Smith	1771–1845	682	69	181
723.	Arthur Helps	1813–1875	681	22	81
724.	New Republic	1914–	676	21	55
725.	Eric Partridge	1894–1979	675	53	243
726.	James Lee	1715–1795	675	129	314
727.	William Paley	1743–1805	675	16	58
728.	John Worlidge	d. 1693	674	56	173
729.	James Bryce	1838–1922	673	1	33
730.	Elliott Coues	1842–1889	670	68	240
731.	Leslie Stephen	1832–1904	670	3	22
732.	Thomas Jackson	1570/71–1646	670	144	292
733.	Virginia Woolf	1882–1941	669	8	36
734.	Samuel Sturmy	1633–1669	668	17	139
735.	Peter Nicholson	1765–1844	667	38	239
736.	Melbourne Age	1859–	667	15	47
737.	William Stubbs	1825–1901	664	9	40
738.	William Carpenter	1813–1885	664	63	143
739.	Saturday Evening Post	1821–	661	30	141
740.	R. S. Surtees	1805–1864	660	30	179
741.	Isis	1913–	660	4	12
742.	Charles Reade	1814–1884	659	38	129
743.	Radio Times	1923–	657	6	58
744.	St. Margaret	a1100–1500	657	103	248
745.	American Home	1928–1977	655	4	19
746.	Angell Day	fl. 1563–1595	655	53	201
747.	Julian Huxley	1887–1975	654	18	83
748.	Nathaniel Ward	1578–1652	653	139	270
749.	Philadelphia Inquirer	1829–	652	17	67
750.	Gramophone	1923–	651	8	55
751.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	1838–	651	60	186
752.	William Davenant	1606–1668	649	53	190
753.	John Motley	1814–1877	649	19	63
754.	Good Words	1860–1906	648	29	178
755.	Gilbert White	1720–1793	648	35	115
756.	Flight International	1909–	647	42	215
757.	Sidney Baker	1912–1976	647	47	159
758.	Archibald Geikie	1835–1924	647	64	144
759.	Erasmus Darwin	1731–1802	646	74	206
760.	Bible (Douay)	1609–1610	646	44	133
761.	Speculum	1926–	645	3	18
762.	Dorothy L. Sayers	1893–1957	645	6	42
763.	Australian	1964–	645	6	14
764.	John Fisher	c1469–1535	644	52	150
765.	Jacob's Well	c1450	642	53	148
766.	William Browne	1590/91–?1645	641	57	163
767.	Richard Barham	1788–1845	640	22	79
768.	Museum Rusticum	1763–1766	639	23	161
769.	Isaac Funk	1839–1912	639	174	449
770.	Business Week	1929–	637	21	131
771.	Edmund Gayton	1608–1666	635	153	298
772.	James McCulloch	1789–1864	634	7	55
773.	Phineas Fletcher	1582–1650	633	40	149
774.	Thomas Johnson	d. 1644	631	109	260
775.	Thomas Holcroft	1745–1809	630	29	128
776.	Thomas Paynell	d. ?1564	629	132	290
777.	Humphry Davy	1778–1829	629	69	128
778.	John Cleveland	bap. 1613, d. 1658	629	58	208
779.	Jane Welsh Carlyle	1801–1866	628	21	91
780.	William Whewell	1794–1866	628	88	179
781.	Cosmopolitan	1886–	626	20	92
782.	Brut	a1400–1470	626	52	180
783.	Law Times Reports	1883–	625	2	25
784.	John R. Bartlett	1805–1886	624	42	209
785.	Henry David Thoreau	1817–1862	624	23	135
786.	Evelyn Waugh	1903–1966	623	6	39
787.	John Hill Burton	1809–1881	621	18	66
788.	John Baret	d. 1578	621	54	165
789.	Charles Burney	1726–1814	620	71	180
790.	James Shirley	bap. 1596, d. 1666	620	55	210
791.	Balthazar Gerbier	1592–?1667	619	26	150
792.	James VI & I	1566–1625	619	66	186
793.	Arthur Koestler	1905–1983	618	18	77
794.	Charles Lever	1806–1872	617	26	126
795.	Richard Blackmore	1654–1729	616	24	96
796.	James Hayward	fl. 1630–1635	615	57	159
797.	Appletons' Journal	1869–1881	615	49	156
798.	Elizabeth Bowen	1899–1973	615	10	47
799.	Isaac Barrow	1630–1677	615	44	107
800.	American Journal of Psychology	1887–	613	76	236
801.	‘Patrick O'Brian’	1914–2000	613	0	1
802.	‘George Orwell’	1903–1950	613	10	57
803.	John Dee	1527–1609	610	162	310
804.	Gerard Manley Hopkins	1844–1889	609	64	263
805.	James Martineau	1805–1900	608	13	71
806.	Thomas P. Thompson	1783–1869	608	22	103
807.	Richard Sulivan	1752–1806	607	27	74
808.	Proceedings of the Zoological Society	1833–1965	607	173	355
809.	John Knox	c1514–1572	606	71	188
810.	Peter Martyr of Angleria's Decades of the Newe Worlde	1555	605	93	225
811.	Tobias Venner	1577–1660	604	83	178
812.	Paris Psalter	c1050	604	87	257
813.	Richard Chenevix Trench	1807–1886	604	11	43
814.	Thomas Otway	1652–1685	603	47	139
815.	Naval Chronicle	1799–1818	601	38	167
816.	George Joye	1490x95–1553	600	125	291
817.	William Tennant	1784–1848	599	23	123
818.	Melusine	c1500	598	39	125
819.	Acts of Parliament of Scotland	1124–1707	597	101	223
820.	Rotarian	1918–1973*	596	6	29
821.	Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society	1845–1971	596	140	302
822.	National Observer	1962–1977	596	6	48
823.	Thomas Tymme	d. 1620	596	102	242
824.	Ladies' Repository	1841–1876	595	45	174
825.	Journal of the Society of Arts	1852–	594	54	202
826.	Reader	1863–1866	592	62	176
827.	James Mill	1773–1836	591	7	44
828.	John Herschel	1792–1871	591	47	137
829.	King Horn	c1300–1330	590	63	219
830.	William Painter	?1540–1594	588	88	268
831.	George Pettie	c1548–1589	587	35	160
832.	C. Day Lewis	1904–1972	586	5	64
833.	Richard Coer de Lyon	c1330–1450	586	84	177
834.	Benjamin Malkin	1769–1842	585	9	77
835.	Hamon L'Estrange	1605–1660	584	68	175
836.	Ralph Robinson	1520–1577	584	55	161
837.	Thomas Taylor	1576–1632	584	39	123
838.	Richard Whitlock	b. ?1616	584	49	182
839.	Richard Hakluyt	?1552–1616	583	48	171
840.	Journal of Philosophy	1904–	583	48	131
841.	Edward Waterhouse	1619–1670	582	129	233
842.	Journal of the Royal Geographical Society	1831–1880	581	80	189
843.	Bell's Life in London	1822–1886	580	83	363
844.	Robert Wodrow	1679–1734	580	27	93
845.	John Woodward	d. 1728	580	51	159
846.	Transactions of the Society of Arts	1783–1850	580	53	197
847.	Robert Barrett	fl. ?1586–1607	580	78	201
848.	Workes of Geffray Chaucer	1532	579	64	129
849.	New Phytologist	1902–	578	23	75
850.	John Brockett	bap. 1788, d. 1842	577	21	108
851.	American Journal of Philology	1880–	577	50	145
852.	Spirit of the Times	1831–c1878	576	56	252
853.	William Camden	1551–1623	576	59	166
854.	Laud Troy Book	c1425	576	67	172
855.	J. B. Priestley	1894–1984	575	11	42
856.	Publishers' Weekly	1872–	574	7	65
857.	Walter de la Mare	1873–1956	573	13	100
858.	Lester V. Berrey	b. 1907	573	33	164
859.	Wired	1995–*	572	6	10
860.	U.S. News and World Report	1977–*	571	5	35
861.	Arnold Bennett	1867–1931	571	23	76
862.	Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers	1871–	571	26	218
863.	Winston Churchill	1874–1965	570	19	78
864.	Margaret Oliphant	1828–1897	569	7	32
865.	Holinshed's Chronicles	1577–1587	569	79	185
866.	John G. Wood	1827–1889	568	26	146
867.	Bonet's Guide to the Practical Physician	1684	567	91	170
868.	Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club	1870–	567	39	97
869.	George Goode	1851–1896	566	23	175
870.	John Masefield	1878–1967	566	14	84
871.	Winnipeg Free Press	1931–	565	31	126
872.	John Harington	bap. 1560, d. 1612	565	69	169
873.	American Mineralogist	1916–	563	124	153
874.	Poema Morale	a1225–1300	563	40	120
875.	Lindisfarne Gospels	a1000	562	202	367
876.	George Borrow	1803–1881	562	37	83
877.	Birmingham Post	1857–	562	21	105
878.	Richard Jefferies	1848–1887	562	13	91
879.	William A. Miller	1817–1870	561	96	192
880.	St. George Mivart	1827–1900	561	26	95
881.	Trade Marks Journal	1876–	561	261	306
882.	Charles Hutton	1737–1823	561	15	92
883.	John Guillim	1550–1621	560	61	177
884.	Giacomo Leoni	c1686–1746	558	13	85
885.	Charlotte Smith	1749–1806	558	36	104
886.	Edgar Allan Poe	1809–1849	557	66	180
887.	Journal of Ecology	1913–	557	35	90
888.	Alexander Kinglake	1809–1891	557	16	64
889.	George Shaw	1751–1813	555	54	277
890.	William Shenstone	1714–1763	555	37	96
891.	Melody Maker	1926–2000	554	27	130
892.	John Ayliffe	1676–1732	553	21	67
893.	Arthur Stanley	1815–1881	553	5	27
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.	Ninian Winzet	1518–1592	550	36	126
898.	Thomas Warton	1728–1790	549	43	119
899.	Brain	1878–	548	47	94
900.	Fitzedward Hall	1825–1901	548	69	156
901.	‘Nevil Shute’	1899–1960	547	8	33
902.	British Apollo	1708–1711	546	54	120
903.	John Maplet	d. 1592	545	82	211
904.	Dives and Pauper	1450–1500	545	49	113
905.	John S. Farmer	c1845–c1915	545	39	180
906.	Roy Campbell	1901–1957	545	16	87
907.	Canberra Times	1926–	544	14	44
908.	Physics Bulletin	1930–	544	12	41
909.	John Paston	1442–1479	544	56	172
910.	American Economic Review	1911–	543	35	158
911.	William Hazlitt	1778–1830	543	10	70
912.	William Bryant	1794–1878	543	6	48
913.	Economic Journal	1891–	542	44	143
914.	Political Science Quarterly	1886–	542	28	120
915.	Henry Cogan	fl. 1652–1653	542	17	68
916.	W. B. Yeats	1865–1939	540	8	102
917.	New York Times Book Review	1896–	540	18	52
918.	Philip Schaff	1819–1893	540	50	125
919.	Michael Faraday	1791–1867	540	48	148
920.	Modern Language Notes	1886–	539	27	86
921.	William Cobbett	1763–1835	539	31	135
922.	Tale of Beryn	c1460	537	52	142
923.	Charles Merivale	1808–1893	537	10	31
924.	Thomas Newton	d. 1607	536	137	262
925.	John Greenleaf Whittier	1807–1892	536	22	106
926.	Chambers's Technical Dictionary	1940–	534	8	112
927.	John Neal	1793–1876	533	29	114
928.	Eliza Haywood	?1693–1756	533	22	61
929.	Isaac Taylor	1787–1865	531	34	97
930.	George Herbert	1593–1633	531	12	98
931.	William Somerville	1675–1742	530	9	72
932.	Book of Common Prayer	1549–1552	530	7	46
933.	John Gauden	c1599–1662	530	125	225
934.	Anne Baker	1786–1861	529	27	127
935.	John Selden	1584–1654	528	80	204
936.	Vogue	1892–	528	17	75
937.	Midland Prose Psalter	c1350–1400	527	123	284
938.	Prick of Conscience	1424–1424*	527	19	68
939.	Jeremy Collier	1650–1726	526	33	93
940.	Anthony Munday	d. 1633	525	70	194
941.	Mirror	1779–1780	524	5	43
942.	Hall Caine	1853–1931	524	11	44
943.	Edward Coke	1552–1634	524	45	101
944.	Richard Percyvall	c1558–1620	523	82	258
945.	Alexander Ross	1699–1784	523	46	141
946.	Vespasian Psalter	a950	523	334	470
947.	Robert Herrick	bap. 1591, d. 1674	523	68	204
948.	Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society	1923–1967	523	22	147
949.	Joseph Gwilt	1784–1863	522	26	111
950.	Rose Macaulay	1881–1958	522	13	50
951.	Thomas Haliburton	1796–1865	520	31	134
952.	English Mechanic	1865–1923	520	74	190
953.	John Hacket	1592–1670	519	69	147
954.	Edmund Blunden	1896–1974	519	10	111
955.	Mirror of our Lady	1530	518	13	53
956.	Gideon Harvey	c1636–?1702	518	76	169
957.	Richard Holland	d. c1483	518	50	101
958.	Keyssler's Travels	1756/7	517	13	43
959.	Countess of Pembroke	1561–1621	517	41	143
960.	Richard Cumberland	1732–1811	516	25	100
961.	Edward, Duke of York	fl. c1373–1415	516	116	267
962.	Philip Francis	1708–1773	515	6	50
963.	William Gouge	1575–1653	514	20	60
964.	Joseph Worcester	1784–1865	514	228	364
965.	H. Rider Haggard	1856–1925	514	6	55
966.	Village Voice	1955–	513	19	37
967.	William Patten	d. ?1598	513	91	220
968.	John Jewel	1522–1571	513	50	198
969.	William Derham	1657–1735	513	47	132
970.	Nominale	1340–1499*	513	75	163
971.	Robinson Ellis	1834–1913	512	6	35
972.	Usk's Testament of Loue	1532	512	58	115
973.	Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum	1495–1495*	509	100	196
974.	John Cowell	1554–1611	509	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.	Galveston Daily News	1876–1955*	508	41	200
979.	Horace Wilson	1786–1860	508	37	68
980.	Thomas Morley	?1557–?1602	508	41	188
981.	Agatha Christie	1890–1976	507	1	23
982.	John Woodall	1570–1643	507	78	168
983.	Henry Roscoe	1833–1915	506	57	145
984.	Georgina Jackson	1823/4–1895	506	7	57
985.	James Beresford	1764–1840	505	23	87
986.	Rolling Stone	1967–	505	13	43
987.	Mortimer Collins	1827–1876	505	44	110
988.	James Rogers	1823–1890	504	4	22
989.	Mary Kingsley	1862–1900	504	5	65
990.	Meredith Hanmer	1543–1604	504	55	164
991.	Robert Bridges	1844–1930	503	16	47
992.	Afra Behn	?1640–1689	502	38	109
993.	William Sclater	c1575–1627	501	89	199
994.	Henry Best	c1592–1645	501	61	186
995.	Cotton Mather	1663–1728	500	44	98
996.	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1960–	500	6	23
997.	William Godwin	1756–1836	498	17	59
998.	Sunday Express	1918–	498	13	60
999.	Charles Boutell	1812–1877	497	10	74
1000.	Ottawa Citizen	1844–	496	3	16

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