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** - ''The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas'' | ** - ''The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas'' | ||
* ] - ''A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699'' | * ] - ''A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699'' | ||
* ] - A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet, entitled, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters'' | * ] - ''A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet, entitled, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters'' | ||
** - ''A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man'' | ** - ''A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man'' | ||
** - ''A Dialogue Between a Dissenter and the Observator'' | ** - ''A Dialogue Between a Dissenter and the Observator'' |
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Overview of the events of 1703 in literature
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The year 1703 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
- July 29, July 30, July 31 - Daniel Defoe is pilloried for seditious libel
New books
- Joseph Addison - A Letter from Italy
- Abel Boyer - The History of the Reign of Queen Anne
- Gilbert Burnet - A Third Collection of Several Tracts and Discourses
- Edmund Calamy - A Defence of Moderate Non-Conformity
- Lady Mary Chudleigh - Poems on Several Occasions
- Jeremy Collier - Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Play-House
- William Congreve - A Hymn to Harmony
- - The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas
- William Dampier - A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699
- Daniel Defoe - A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet, entitled, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
- - A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-Man
- - A Dialogue Between a Dissenter and the Observator
- - A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon
- - Hymn to the Pillory
- - More Reformation: A satyr upon himself
- - The Shortest Way to Peace and Union
- - A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man
- John Dunton - The Shortest Way with Whores and Rogues (sat. of Defoe)
- Sarah Fyge Egerton - Poems on Several Occasions
- Thomas Hearne - Reliquiae Bodleianae
- Benjamin Hoadly - The Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England
- Bernard de Mandeville - Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine
- Ned Ward - The Secret History of the Calves-head Clubb (vs. Republicanism)
- Benjamin Whichcote - Moral and Religious Aphorisms
New drama
- Susanna Centlivre - The Stolen Heiress
- Charles Gildon - The Patriot (adapt. Nathaniel Lee)
- John Oldmixon - The Governour of Cyprus
- Mary Pix - The Different Widows
- Nicholas Rowe - The Fair Penitent
- Richard Steele - The Tender Husband
Births
- June 28 - John Wesley, writer of sermons and hymns (died 1791)
- November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, playwright (died 1758)
- Henry Brooke
- Thomas Cooke (1703–1756) - translator of Hesiod
- Gilbert West
Deaths
- January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius, critic (born 1632)
- April 20 - Lancelot Addison, father of Joseph Addison (born 1632)
- May 8 - Vincent Alsop, religious writer and wit (born c.1630)
- May 16 - Charles Perrault, French writer of fairy tales (born 1628)
- May 26 - Samuel Pepys, diarist (born 1633)
- November 19 - the original "Man in the Iron Mask"
- John Wallis
- probable - John Crowne, dramatist