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Characters. Containing an impartial review of the public conduct and abilities of the most eminent personages in the Parliament of Great-Britain: considered as statesmen, senators, and public speakers. Revised and corrected by the author, since the original publication in the Gazetteer.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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A New historical biographical and classical dictionary. Containing a concise and alphabetical account of the most remarkable events recorded in ancient history. Extracted from the most celebrated classical writers: also the lives and characters of the most illustrious personages, among the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Carthaginians, and other distinguished nations. Comprehending heathen deities. Patriots. Priests. Philosophers. Kings. Princes. Legislators. Statesmen. Generals. Celebrated ladies Orators. Poets. Historians. Painters. Physicians. Lawyers. Players. Artificers. And in short all who have signalized themselves by their virtue, courage, learning, or abilities. Calculated for the use of schools; and for such gentlemen and ladies, who not having had the happiness of a classical education, are desirous of being acquainted with the heathen mythology, and the most striking. Circumstances of ancient history.
Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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The fatal effects of arbitrary power, and the dangerous condition of court-favourites, demonstrated by the wicked intrigues of the court of Philip II. King of Spain. That Prince's Cruelty and Falshood. The execrable Practices of envious Statesmen, and other ambitious Persons, sticking at no Wickedness to please that Prince. The miserable inthralling of a Kingdom, for asserting its undoubted Rights, Privileges, and Liberties. The inhuman Persecutions and unparallell'd Sufferings of Antony Perez, Prime Minister, Secretary of State, and Favourite of the said King Philip, and Author of the present Relation, verify'd and attested by unquestionable Witnesses, and original Papers. With an account of Don John of Austria's aspiring to the crown of England, and his Contrivances for attaining to it.
Date: 1715- Books
American and foreign autographs of great historical significance by eminent statesmen, authors, scientists, doctors / ...collected by [Max Thorek].
Thorek, Max, 1880-1960.Date: 1960- Books
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Speedily will be published, Bibliotheca septentrionalis, or, an universal dictionary, containing every thing relative to the northern nations, from The Sources of the Danube and Rhine, to The Extremities of Iceland and Greenland. Comprehending Their Ancient Histories and Traditions, the Revolutions of their several Empires, their different Sects in Religion and Politics, their Governments, Laws, Customs, Manners, in Peace and War. Their Arts and Sciences. Theology, Mythology, Magic, Physics, Medicine, Morality, Chronology, Geography Astronomy, Rhetoric, and Grammar. The Lives and Remarkable Actions of their Kings, Statesmen, Legislators, Judges, Warriors, Historians, Cractors, and poets. With an Account or, and Extracts from, their Ancient Bards and Historians: Forming a Complete Body of Northern History, from the most Remote Antiquity, to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century. By John Callander. of Craft-Forth, Esq;
Callander, John, -1789.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
Authoritative opinions adverse to vaccination or its compulsory enforcement : by philosophers, statesmen, philanthropists, medical men, publicists, and others.
Date: 1902- Books
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National portrait gallery of eminent Americans: including orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc., etc (Volume 1).
Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878.Date: 1861-64- Books
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National portrait gallery of eminent Americans: including orators, statesmen, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc., etc (Volume 2).
Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878.Date: 1861-64- Books
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State-Worthies: or, the statesmen and favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution. Their Prudence and Policies, Successes and Miscarriages, Advancements and Falls. By David Lloyd. To this edition is added the characters of the Kings and Queens of England, during the above Period; with a translation of the Latin passages, and other additions. In two volumes. By Charles Whitworth, Esq; ...
Lloyd, David, 1635-1692.Date: M,DCC,LXVI. [1766]- Books
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Oxoniensis academia: or, the antiquities and curiosities of the University of Oxford. Giving an account of all the public edifices, both ancient and modern, particularly the Colleges and Halls, with their Chapels and Libraries; their most remarkable Curiosities and antique Customs; Parish Churches, Public Schools, Theatre, Musaeums, and Printing-House. Also the College Gardens, and Physic Garden, and other Places in the University. Together with lists of the founders, public benefactors, governors, and Visitors of the several Colleges and Halls; also Portraitures of famous Scholars and Statesmen; whose Pictures are plac'd in the Long-Gallery, with their Titles and Characters. Also Lists of the Chancellors, High-Stewards, Burgesses, Vice-Chancellors, Proctors, Professors, Lecturers, Public Orators, Keepers of the Archives and Musaeums, Public Registers and Public Librarians of this University. By John Pointer, M. A. Rector of Slapton in the County of Northampton, and Diocese of Peterborough.
Pointer, John, 1668-1754.Date: 1749- Books
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The general history of the late war: containing it's rise, progress, and event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers, at the commencement of the war; their Interests and Objects in it's Continuation: and Remarks on the Measures, which led Great Britain to Victory and Conquest. Interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this, or of any other Nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the Nature and Importance of our Conquests, and of the most remarkable Battles by Sea and Land. Illustrated with A Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, Designed and Engraved by the best Artists. Vol. IV. B the Rev. John Entick, M.A. and other gentlemen.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- Books
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The general history of the late war: containing it's rise, progress, and event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers, at the commencement of the war; their Interests and Objects in it's Continuation; and Remarks on the Measures, which led Great Britain to Victory and Conquest. Interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this, or of any other Nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the Nature and Importance of our Conquests, and of the most remarkable Battles by Sea and Land. Illustrated with A Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, Designed and Engraved by the best Artists. Vol. II. B the Rev. John Entick, M.A. and other gentlemen.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
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The general history of the late war: containing it's rise, progress, and event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers, at the commencement of the war; their Interests and Objects in it's Continuation; and Remarks on the Measures, which led Great Britain to Victory and Conquest. Interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this, or of any other Nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the Nature and Importance of our Conquests, and of the most remarkable Battles by Sea and Land. Illustrated with A Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, Designed and Engraved by the best Artists. Vol. V. By the Rev. John Entick, M.A. and other gentlemen.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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The general history of the late war: containing it's rise, progress, and event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America and exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war; their Interests and Objects in its Continuation; and Remarks on the Measures, which led Great Britain to Victory and Conquest. interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct, we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this, or of any other Nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the Nature and Importance of our Conquests, and of the most remarkable Battles by Sea and Land. Illustrated with A Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, Designed and Engraved by the best Artists. ... . By the Rev. John Entick, M.A. and other gentlemen.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: M.DCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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Walsingham's manual, or, prudential maxims for statesmen and courtiers: with instructions for youth, gentlemen and noblemen. By Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Treasurer Burleigh, and Cardinal Sermonetta.
Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
Henry Austin Bruce (first Baron Aberdare) 1815-1895 : (including notes on some other statesmen, notable as legislators in the field of liquor control) / by H.D. Chalke.
Chalke, H. D. (Herbert Davis)Date: 1977- Books
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Bibliotheca biographica: a synopsis of universal biography, ancient and modern. Containing a circumstantial and curious detail of the lives, actions, opinions, writings, and characters of the most celebrated persons, of both Sexes, of all Ranks, in all Countries, and in all Ages: Alphabetically disposed. Particularly Emperors, Kings, Statesmen, Generals and Admirals; Popes, Cardinals, Prelates, Fathers and Arch-Heretics; Divines, Philosophers, Historians, Orators, Civilians, Physicians, Poets, learned Ladies, Painters, and Players. Including also, The personal as well as public History of our Sovereigns, from the Conquest; with many hundred Lives of British Worthies, whose virtuous Acts adorn the Annals of these Kingdoms. A Work equally calculated to inform, entertain, and improve; as preserving Memorials of noble Families, and distinct Accounts of important Transactions and memorable Events; the several Dates compared with the most accurate Chronological Tables extant. The whole affording a comprehensive Abstract of Universal History, and being in reality a convenient Repository to be occasionally consulted for the better understanding Authors, in Civil, Natural, or Ecclesiastical History; Divinity, Philosophy, Politics, and every other kind of Science. By Thomas Flloyd, Esq. ...
Flloyd, Thomas.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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The physiology of taste, or, Transcendental gastronomy : illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents / by Brillat Savarin ; translated from the last Paris edition, by Fayette Robinson.
Brillat-Savarin, 1755-1826.Date: 1854- Books
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The staggering state of the Scots statesmen, for one hundred years, viz. from 1550 to 1650. By Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet; director of the chancery. Now first published, from an original manuscript.
Scott, John, Sir, 1585-1670.Date: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]- Books
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The staggering state of the Scots statesmen, for one hundred years, viz. from 1550 to 1650. By Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, director of the chancery. Now first published, from an original manuscript.
Scott, John, Sir, 1585-1670.Date: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]- Pictures
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Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio indicating that Philip is poisoning him, they are surrounded by concerned statesmen and soldiers. Aquatint by P. Allais.
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The royal standard English dictionary; in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, their part of speech properly distinguished, and their various significations arranged in one line; but, likewise, by a key to this work, Comprising The various Sounds of the Vowels and Consonants, denoted by typographical Characters, and illustrated by Examples, which render it intelligible to the weakest Capacity, it Exhibits their True Pronunciation, According to the present Practice of Men of Letters, Eminent Orators, and Polite Speakers in London; Upon a Plan Perfectly Plain, and Entirely New. To which is prefixed a comprehensive grammar of the English Language. The eighth edition. To which is now added the scripture proper names, together with the Names of the Principal Cities, Rivers, Mountains, &c. in the known World; the Ancient and Modern Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, &c. all accurately accented, with their proper Pronunciation pointed out, and enriched with the addition of more than One Thousand Words not inserted in any former Edition. By W. Perry, Author of the Man of Business and Gentleman's Assistant, The Only Sure Guide to the English Tongue, The Orator, &c. &c.
Perry, William, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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Claudian's Rufinus: or, the court-favourite's overthrow. Being a curious and correct edition of one of the best satyrical poems, of one of the best poets, on one of the worst statesmen that ever liv'd.
Claudianus, Claudius.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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A collection of letters, from the original manuscripts of many princes, great personages and statesmen. Together, with some curious and scarce tracts and pieces of antiquity, religious, political, and moral. [With] Appendix. [Vol. I.] / [Leonard Howard].
Howard, Leonard, 1699?-1767.Date: 1753- Books
The portrait gallery of distinguished poets, philosophers, statesmen, divines, painters, architects, physicians, and lawyers, since the revival of art : with their biographies / Arranged in chronological order. Originally published by the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.
Date: 1853