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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]- Books
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Two dialogues, concerning the manner of writing history. From the French of Abbé de Mably.
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de, 1709-1785.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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A letter concerning the use and method of studying history. By the Author of Letters concerning Mind.
Author of Letters concerning mind.Date: M.DCC.LIII. [1753]- Books
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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 of England. To which are added, remarks on a code of education, proposed by Dr. Brown, in a late treatise, intitled, Thoughts on civil liberty, &c. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. Tutor in the Languages and Belles Lettres in the Academy at Warrington.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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The last will and testament of the late Rt. Hon. Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. Extracted from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. To which is added, a copy of an original letter from his Lordship to a noble peer, giving his reasons for leaving the kingdom in March 1715.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: M.DCC.LII. [1752]- Books
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An essay upon the education of youth in grammar-schools. In which the vulgar method of teaching is examined, and a new one proposed, for the more easy and speedy training up of youth to the knowledge of the learned languages; together with history, chronology, geography, &c. By John Clarke, master of the publick grammar-school in Hull.
Clarke, John, 1687-1734.Date: 1720- Books
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Heads of a course of lectures on history, from the earliest accounts to the present time. By the Reverend W. Rutherford, D.D. For the use of his academy, at Uxbridge.
Rutherford, William, 1745 or 1746-1820.Date: 1791- 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: 1703- Books
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Geography and history. Selected by a lady, for the use of her own children.
Lady.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The last will and testament of the late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. Extracted from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. To which is added, a copy of an original letter from his Lordship to a noble peer, giving his reasons for leaving the kingdom in March 1715.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: 1752