Elegant anecdotes, and bons-mots, of the greatest princes, politicians, philosophers, orators, and wits of modern times : Such as His present Majesty Prince of Wales Duke of Clarence Peter the Great King of Prussia Henry IV. Empress of Russia Charles XII. Lewis XIV. Sir Isaac Newton Lord Chesterfield Lord Mansfield Dr. Johnson Voltaire Sterne Garrick Savage Steele Mr. Hume Sheridan, &c. Calculated to inspire the minds of youth with noble, virtuous, generous, and liberal sentiments. By the Rev. John Adams, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, John, 1750?-1814.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography--Anecdotes.

Biography.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xii,454 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰

Edition:

A new edition greatly enlarged.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street, MDCCXC. [1790]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Edition statement at head of titlepage.

With a final leaf of advertisement.

Price on title page: Price Four Shillings Sewed.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from National Library of Wales.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N48900.

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Restricted for use by site license.