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An essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life. With plans of lectures on I. The study of history and general policy. II. The history of England. III. The constitution and laws on England. By Jos. Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Letters on the study and use of history. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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The historical preceptor; or, a collection of entertaining and instructive passages, selected from the works of the best historians. For the Use of Schools. By the editor of the polite and poetical preceptors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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An historical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: containing the lives and actions of all the great men among the Grecians, Romans, Jews, &c. Of emperors, kings, princes, &c. whether ecclesiastical, military or civil; of the heathenish gods; of ancient and modern authors; of philosophers and all other ordinary men, that have recommended themselves to the world, by their valour, vertue or learning, to this present time. With the remarkable antiquities of the ancients, that are any where mentioned in the classick authors, or historians. Done from the best authors, and very useful for schools and all young gentlemen to know the time when each great man liv'd, and the remarkable actions of their lives. In the same method as the Gazetteer.
Date: 1708- Books
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Geography and history. Selected by a lady, for the use of her own children.
Lady.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]