Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary DisguisesT. Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 314 pages |
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Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises, Volume 1 William Cushing No preview available - 1963 |
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Alexander Amer American clergyman American lawyer American poet American writer Applebee's Journal Augustus Benjamin Bishop Boston Brown Cambridge Charles Christ Christian Church of England Church of Scotland Clarke Conn Cotton Mather Country Daniel daughter David Divinity School Dublin Earl Edinb Edinburgh Editor educ Edward eighteenth century Elizabeth eminent English clergyman English Dissenter English poet English writer Exam Father Francis Frederick French Friend Gent Gentleman George German novelist Glasgow Harv Helston hundred years ago ican Irish James John Joseph journalist late Layman letter literary LL.D London Lord Mary Mass Member Middle Temple minister Miss Mist's Journal Officer Oxford Paris pastor physician poem professor rector resident Review Richard Robert Samuel Scottish Scottish writer Series signature Smith Sthlm Swedish Temple Temple Bar Thomas Trin Univ vicar Westminster Whig Rev William Maginn William Makepeace Thackeray Yale Coll York City Young
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Page 310 - A Short Narrative of the Life and Death of John Rhinholdt, Count Patkul, A Nobleman of Livonia, who was broke Alive upon the Wheel in Great Poland, anno. 1707. . . . Written by the Lutheran Minister, who assisted him in his last Hours.
Page 198 - He now (about 1744) came to London a literary adventurer, with many projects in his head, and very little money in his pocket.
Page 10 - A Brief Account of Mr. John Ginglicutt's Treatise concerning the Altercation or Scolding of the Ancients," published in 1731, is attributed to him.
Page 74 - An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, from her first coming to Court to the year 1710. In a letter from Herself to my Lord...
Page 108 - written at three, four, and five o'clock (in the morning) by an octogenary pen ; a heart (as Mrs. Lee says) twenty-six years old, and as HLP feels it to be, all your own.
Page 35 - The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus under the Constitution of the United States.
Page 142 - Commentaries and Essays," published by the society for promoting the knowledge of the Scriptures.
Page 93 - DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF SOME OF THE ANCIENT PAROCHIAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCHES OF SCOTLAND, with Woodcuts.
Page 310 - An Enquiry Into The Occasional Conformity Of Dissenters, In Cases of Preferment.
Page 113 - Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of colour of the United States.