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The Stage-Coach. a Comedy. as It Is Acted at the Theatres. by Mr. George Farquhar. to Which Is Prefix'd, the Life and Character of Mr. George Farquhar


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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T026050 An adaptation of Jean de la Chapelle's 'Les carosses d'Orléans'. With a final advertisement leaf. Dublin: printed by S. Powell, for George Risk, 1728. [2], iv, [6],20, [4]p.; 12°




Curiosities of Literature


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Forty Years of 'Spy,'


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The author reflects on the notable people he met during his career as a caricaturist and portrait artist, including his work for Vanity Fair. Using the pseudonym "Spy," he published over 1300 portraits in the magazine.







Household Politics


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Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.




Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama


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Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer




Studies in Words


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C. S. Lewis explores the fascination with language by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations.