Broughton was a devoted Anglican clergyman who published a number of sermons defending the Protestant faith. He also wrote the words for 'Hercules. A musical drama', and the DNB states that his "unpublished manuscripts, now lost, included many pieces of verse and two youthful unfinished tragedies, which showed considerable talent."
A clergyman, Broome published two sermons, but he is best known for his translations of Homer. He collaborated on Pope's translation of The Odyssey along with Elijah Fenton, but Pope's reluctance to acknowledge the full extent of Broome's contributions caused strained relations between the two for the rest of their lives. Pope attacked Broome explicitly in the Peri Bathous (1727) and in the Dunciad (1728). Broome published one collected volume of poetry.
Many of Brooke's works reflect the sentimentality characteristic of the mid-18th c. A patriot Whig with staunch anti-Catholic protestant tendencies, Brooke received government censure for his politically controversial works; his play Gustavus Vasa: the Deliverer of his Country, and his satirical opera Jack the Giant-Queller, were banned for their subversive content. He was very active in Ireland's political life, publishing a number of zealous pamphlets. The novel The Fool of Quality is his best-known work.
A printer, Brice ran into various legal troubles from 1717-1730, including an expensive lawsuit by Thomas Glanville, the keeper of St Thomas's prison, after which Brice was confined to his house to avoid arrest for debt. During this time, he composed his first poem, Freedom (1730). A few other poems are attributed to him, but his largest work was The Grand Gazetteer. He was also a strong supporter of the theatre, writing several prologues for plays performed in Exeter.
Brewster was a physician and translator. His translations of Persius's satires were very well received; he was praised by Edward Owen and Henry Fielding.
Involving himself in his bookseller Edmund Curll's marketing ploys, which hurt his reputation, Breval was the main writer for the fictitious persona of "Joseph Gay." Breval provides an interesting case of a poet who views verse as a commercial product, and panders to the market tastes; though "technically competent," he was "adept in capitalizing on simple discursive structures, social and political stereotypes, smutty suggestiveness, and easy targets for topical satire" (DNB).
Brerewood's biography is extremely brief. He published in GM during his lifetime. The advertisment at the beginning of the posthumous publication of Galfred and Juetta, however, somewhat incongruously praises him as "a gentleman then known, among persons of genius and the best taste, to have possessed peculiar talents in the lyric way of writing", and as "greatly esteemed and distinguished." The content of his works, according to the DNB, is often crude and risque.
Brereton left her husband Thomas, who squandered away his vast inherited fortune. Apparently, Brereton generally eschewed publication of her work. As the DNB explains, the 'Account' in her posthumous volume of poetry minimizes her literary career (?writing was her darling entertainment, and was to her a relaxation from her cares?; ?Account?, xii), and emphasizes instead her role as wife, mother, widow, and Christian.
A career clergyman, Bramston held many pluralities until his death. He contributed Latin poetry to university and Christ Church collections; he also wrote a number of satires and parodies, which won Pope's approval.
Brailsford's biography is very brief. He appears to have been a clergyman, and wrote one descriptive poem on a silk mill in Miltonic verse, which is noted in Foxon.