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An inn at Bristol: people having breakfast before taking the stage coach. Stipple print after E.V. Rippingille, 1824.

Six poets: Robert Montgomery, John Keats, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal  Robert Southey ; edited by Jonathan Gonzalez, Cristina Flores.

Southey / by Edward Dowden.

A lawyer sticking knives into a snake: the devil looks on. Etching by T. Landseer, 1831.

Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray.

The doctor &c / by the late Robert Southey ; edited by his son-in-law, John Wood Warter.

The doctor &c / By the late Robert Southey. Edited by his son-in-law, John Wood Warter, B.D. Complete in one volume.

Letters from England / by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella [i.e. Robert Southey]. Translated from the Spanish.

The life of Nelson / by Robert Southey.

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Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray.

The doctor &c / by the late Robert Southey ; edited by his son-in-law, John Wood Warter.

The doctor &c / By the late Robert Southey. Edited by his son-in-law, John Wood Warter, B.D. Complete in one volume.

Letters from England / by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella [i.e. Robert Southey]. Translated from the Spanish.

The life of Nelson / by Robert Southey.

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