Men of renown: character sketches of men distinguished as patriots, statesmen, writers, reformers, merchants, etc
Introductory words to young men -- Abraham Lincoln : the preserver of his country -- John Quincy Adams : the conscientious statesman -- Amos and Abbott Lawrence : two honest merchant princes -- Nathaniel Hawthorne : the popular author -- Rev. Sydney Smith : the reviewer, social reformer, and humoris...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cincinnati New York
Cranston and Stowe
c1886
Cincinnati New York Phillips and Hunt c1886 |
| In: | Year: 1886 |
| Further subjects: | B
Fox, Charles James (1749-1806)
B Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) B Presidents Biography (United States) B Lawrence, Abbott (1792-1855) B History B Chaucer, Geoffrey (d. 1400) B Authors, English Biography B Smith, Sydney (1771-1845) B Authors, American Biography B Lawrence, Amos (1786-1852) B Statesmen Biography (United States) B Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) B Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) B Statesmen Biography (England) B Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556) B Erasmus, Desiderius (d. 1536) B Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) |
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| Summary: | Introductory words to young men -- Abraham Lincoln : the preserver of his country -- John Quincy Adams : the conscientious statesman -- Amos and Abbott Lawrence : two honest merchant princes -- Nathaniel Hawthorne : the popular author -- Rev. Sydney Smith : the reviewer, social reformer, and humorist -- Charles James Fox : the parliamentary orator -- Oliver Cromwell : the patriotic statesman and soldier -- Thomas Cranmer : the martyred reformer -- Desiderius Erasmus : the pusillanimous scholar -- Geoffrey Chaucer : the father of English poetry. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (295 p.), front. (port.) |