James Ralph
(1695–1762)

Anglo-American political writer, historian, and poet

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  • The Touchstone, or … Essays on the reigning Diversions of the Town (1728)
  • Night: a Poem (1728)
  • Sawney, an heroic poem occasioned by the “Dunciad,” (1728)
  • The Case of Author by Profession or Trade stated (1758), anon.
  • The Muse's Address to the King (1728)
  • The Tempest, or the Terrors of Death (1728)
  • Clarinda, or the Fair Libertine (1729)
  • Zeuma, or the Love of Liberty (1729)
  • Miscellaneous Poems by several hands, published by Mr. Ralph (1729)
  • Fall of the Earl of Essex (1731)
  • The Other Side of the Question (1742)
  • Critical History of the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, by a Gentleman of the Middle Temple (1743)
  • Of the Use and Abuse of Parliaments (1744) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • The Lawyer's Feast (1744)
  • The Astrologer (1744)
  • History of England during the Reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and King George I. (1744, 1746), in 2 vols.

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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