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The Principles Of The Art Of Conversation - A Social Essay

by John Pentland Mahaffy

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 In this light-hearted book, the classical scholar J. P. Mahaffy (1839â€"1919) analyses the art of conversation in the same way that a classical scholar would analyse the art of rhetoric, discussing theoretical models as well as taking examples from history and from his own social life.
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The Table-Talk Of John Selden - With A Biographical Preface And Notes

by John Selden

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 This collection of the remarks on many topics by John Selden (1584â€"1654) was compiled by his amanuensis Richard Milward and first published in 1689. Reissued here is a version annotated and with a biographical preface by the literary scholar Samuel Weller Singer (1783â€"1858) and published in 1847.
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Biographia Borealis - Or, Lives Of Distinguished Northerns

by Hartley Coleridge

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 In the introduction to this 1833 work on the 'lives of distinguished northerns' - including Andrew Marvell, Anne Clifford, Richard Arkwright, and James Cook - Hartley Coleridge makes a distinction between biography as part of public history and as personal, local or family history: these sketches definitely fall into the latter category.
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A Jane Austen Dictionary

by George Latimer Apperson

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 This 1932 work, compiled by the editor and scholar George Latimer Apperson (1857â€"1937), is an indispensable reference for all admirers of Jane Austen's work. Its aim was to 'include in one alphabet, the name of every person, place, book and author named in Jane Austen's novels, fragments and juvenilia'.
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The Orkneyinga Saga

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 This translation of the saga of the earls of Orkney was published in 1873. Joseph Anderson provides a lengthy introduction, discussing the geography of the islands, and using literary and archaeological material to put the work, which is written in Icelandic and dates from between 1170 and 1220, in context.
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The Letters Of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu - With Some Of The Letters Of Her Correspondents

by Elizabeth Montagu

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 This four-volume edition of the letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu was edited by her nephew and adopted son Matthew (1762â€"1831) and published in 1809â€"13. Volume 4 covers the period from 1755 to 1761, and ends with her description of the coronation of George III that September.
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The Letters Of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu - With Some Of The Letters Of Her Correspondents

by Elizabeth Montagu

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 This four-volume edition of the letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu was edited by her nephew and adopted son Matthew (1762â€"1831) and published in 1809â€"13. Volume 3 covers the period from 1744 to 1755, during which she keeps her circle supplied with gossip and views on life in London.
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The Letters Of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu - With Some Of The Letters Of Her Correspondents

by Elizabeth Montagu

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 This four-volume edition of the letters of Elizabeth Montagu was edited by her nephew and adopted son Matthew (1762â€"1831) and published in 1809â€"13. Volume 2 covers the period from 1741 to 1744, including her marriage to Edward Montagu in 1742, and the death of her son in 1744.
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The Letters Of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu - With Some Of The Letters Of Her Correspondents

by Elizabeth Montagu

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 This four-volume edition of the letters of Mrs Elizabeth Montagu was edited by her nephew and adopted son Matthew (1762â€"1831) and published in 1809â€"13. Volume 1 begins with a short biography, and covers the period from her earliest preserved letter, written in 1732, up to 1741.
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The Stage - Both Before And Behind The Curtain, From Observations Taken On The Spot

by Alfred Bunn

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 Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provides a fascinating account of the period when Bunn was running both the Theatre Royal at Drury Lane and the Opera House at Covent Garden.
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The Stage - Both Before And Behind The Curtain, From Observations Taken On The Spot

by Alfred Bunn

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 Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provides a fascinating account of the period when Bunn was running both the Theatre Royal at Drury Lane and the Opera House at Covent Garden.
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The Stage - Both Before And Behind The Curtain, From Observations Taken On The Spot

by Alfred Bunn

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 Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provides a fascinating account of the period when Bunn was running both the Theatre Royal at Drury Lane and the Opera House at Covent Garden.
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Early Recollections - Chiefly Relating To The Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge, During His Long Residence In Bristol

by Joseph Cottle

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 These 1837 reminiscences of Bristol bookseller Joseph Cottle (1770â€"1853), publisher of the Lyrical Ballads in 1798, have been described as 'unreliable but essential'. They contain evasions and distortions, but are valuable for their account of vital years in the lives of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and William Wordsworth.
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A History Of Japanese Literature

by W. G. Aston

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 The diplomat and scholar William George Aston (1841â€"1911) wrote several highly regarded publications, particularly on Japanese language. This 1899 work is a chronological survey of Japanese literature from its early songs to the European-influenced literature of the nineteenth century. It remained unsurpassed in its thoroughness for eighty years.
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The Tatler

by Richard Steele

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 The Tatler (published 1709â€"11) is usually regarded as the first periodical publication in England. Its founder, Richard Steele (1672â€"1729), intended a paper which would report on news and gossip but not politics. This four-volume edition was first issued in 1797 by a consortium of publishers, including John Nichols.
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The Tatler

by Richard Steele

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 The Tatler (published 1709â€"11) is usually regarded as the first periodical publication in England. Its founder, Richard Steele (1672â€"1729), intended a paper which would report on news and gossip but not politics. This four-volume edition was first issued in 1797 by a consortium of publishers, including John Nichols.
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The Tatler

by Richard Steele

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 The Tatler (published 1709â€"11) is usually regarded as the first periodical publication in England. Its founder, Richard Steele (1672â€"1729), intended a paper which would report on news and gossip but not politics. This four-volume edition was first issued in 1797 by a consortium of publishers, including John Nichols.
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Robin Hood: Volume 2 - A Collection Of All The Ancient Poems, Songs, And Ballads, Now Extant, Relative To That Celebrated English Outlaw

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 A collector of literary antiquities, Joseph Ritson (1752â€"1803) was particularly interested in medieval ballad poetry. Published in two volumes in 1795, this is an important collection of songs and poems relating to the legend of Robin Hood. Volume 2 includes many shorter texts in the tradition.
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Robin Hood: Volume 1 - A Collection Of All The Ancient Poems, Songs, And Ballads, Now Extant, Relative To That Celebrated English Outlaw

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 A collector of literary antiquities, Joseph Ritson (1752â€"1803) was particularly interested in medieval ballad poetry. Published in two volumes in 1795, this is an important collection of songs and poems relating to the legend of Robin Hood. Volume 1 contains a discussion of the tradition as well as several texts.
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Reminiscences Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge And Robert Southey

by Joseph Cottle

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 Published in 1847 by Joseph Cottle, Reminiscences recounts his relationship with Coleridge and Southey, whom he first met in 1794. Criticised by contemporaries for various shortcomings, it nevertheless gives a uniquely valuable insight into the lives and characters of the Romantic poets by a member of their inner circle.
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Illustrations Of The Literary History Of The Eighteenth Century - Consisting Of Authentic Memoirs And Original Letters Of Eminent Persons, And Intended As A Sequel To The Literary Anecdotes

by John Nichols

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 This eight-volume set, published 1817â€"58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812â€"15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.
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Illustrations Of The Literary History Of The Eighteenth Century - Consisting Of Authentic Memoirs And Original Letters Of Eminent Persons, And Intended As A Sequel To The Literary Anecdotes

by John Nichols

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 This eight-volume set, published 1817â€"58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812â€"15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.
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Illustrations Of The Literary History Of The Eighteenth Century - Consisting Of Authentic Memoirs And Original Letters Of Eminent Persons, And Intended As A Sequel To The Literary Anecdotes

by John Nichols

68,93€ + 10% CARD

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 This eight-volume set, published 1817â€"58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812â€"15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.
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Illustrations Of The Literary History Of The Eighteenth Century - Consisting Of Authentic Memoirs And Original Letters Of Eminent Persons, And Intended As A Sequel To The Literary Anecdotes

by John Nichols

67,58€ + 10% CARD

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 This eight-volume set, published 1817â€"58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812â€"15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.
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