The British muse, or, A collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets
By: who flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; with several curious topicks, and beautiful passages, never before extracted, fr Shakespear, Johnson, Beaumont, Fletcher, and above a hundred more ; the whole digested alphabetically under their respective heads, according to the order of time in which they wrote; to shew the gradual improvements of our poetry and language ; by Thomas Hayward, gent. ; with an historical and critical review of this, and all the collections of this kind hitherto published.
Contributors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 21931-32.
Publisher: Printed for F. Cogan and J. Nourse
Published: 1738
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Quotations, English
Other titles: Collection of thoughts moral, natural and sublime, of our English poets
Notes: Dedication and preface written by the author's friend William Oldys. cf. Dictionary of national biography.

Extracts with the author's names appended are arranged alphabetically by subject. A list of poems and plays cited arranged under author at beginning of volume 1.

Published in 1740 under title: The quintessence of English poetry.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 21931-32)

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