1751 in literature

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The year 1751 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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Robert Clive conquers Arcot for the English Raj.
Death of Frederick Lewis, "Prince Frederick," the Prince of Wales and heir apparent.
Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia first volume appears.
In Vienna, court poet Metastasio writes the poem Il rè pastore, later used by Mozart to compose an opera seria.
The cookbook titled The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy is written in 1751 and becomes the first formally published modern cookbook.

John Arbuthnot - Miscellaneous Works (posth.)
John Gilbert Cooper - Cursory Remarks on Mr. Warburton's New Edition of Mr. Pope's Works
Henry Fielding - An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers
James Harris - Hermes
Henry Home, Lord Kames - Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion
David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
John Jortin - Remarks on Ecclesiastical History
Alexander Pope - The Works of Alexander Pope (ed. William Warburton)
Catharine Trotter Cockburn - The Works of Mrs. Catharine Cockburn
John Wesley - Serious Thoughts upon the Perseverance of Saints
Benjamin Whichcote - Works