Hester Lynch Piozzi manuscripts, 1765-1820.

Samuel Johnson

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Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Sir Robert Chambers

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John Cator, 1728-1806

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Boethius, -524

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Boethius was a member of the Roman aristocracy who became expert in logic, mathematics, music, theology and philosophy. He was appointed to high office under Theodoric and executed for political reasons in 524/5. Boethius' "Arithmetica" served as an important textbook in the medieval educational program of the Quadrivium. From the description of De Arithmetica [manuscript]. [13--]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225841632 ...

Cecilia Thrale Mostyn

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Robert Gray, 1762-1834

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Peter Coxe

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Spencer, William Robert, 1769-1834

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Epithet: Commissioner of Stamps British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x0002c5 Spencer was born in 1764 in Buckingham County, Virginia, but moved to Prince Edward County while young. Served as a Methodist circuit rider, 1789-1797, in Virginia and North Carolina. Married Mary Newbill. Taught school in Prince Edward County. Moved to Lunenburg County in 1804. From the description of Diaries, 1790 Apri...

Gabriel Naudé.

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Sir James Fellowes.

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Susanna Arabella Thrale.

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Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805

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William Dorset Fellowes (1769-1852), who extra-illustrated this volume, was a friend of author Hester Lynch Piozzi during the last years of her life, and is mentioned frequently in her correspondence from 1815 onwards. His brother Sir James Fellowes was also a friend of Piozzi's, and served as her literary executor upon her death in 1821. From the guide to the An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., extra-illustrated, 1788-1844., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...

Pepys, William Weller, Sir, 1740-1825

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Elizabeth Trefusis

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Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781

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William Parsons, fl. 1785-1807

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William Parker, 1714-1802

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George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton

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Martial

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Henry Thrale

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Penelope Sophia Weston Pennington

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Oliver Goldsmith

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Piozzi, Gabriele Mario 1740-1804

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

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William Watkins, cheesemonger of Bath.

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Sophia Thrale

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Mrs. Jackson, daughter of Benjamin Martin.

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Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782

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Italian poet and librettist. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., Vienna?, n.d., 1730-1780], [n.d., 1730-1780]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582374 Epithet: poet and librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000051 Italian poet and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 27 June 1739, to Stel[l]io Mastrac...

Glasse, George Henry, 1761-1809

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George Henry Glasse was the son of Dr. Samuel Glasse, rector of St. Mary's in Hanwell, Middlesex, near London. George attended Christ Church, Oxford, receiving his BA in 1779 and his MA in 1782. He succeeded his father as rector of Hanwell in 1785, and published numerous sermons and translations. He also served as the domestic chaplain to Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge. In November of 1783, he married his cousin Anne Fletcher (d. 1802), and they had at least seven children. In October of ...

Edwin Sandys, Baron Ombersley.

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Edward Lyford's

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Horace

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Henry Thrale, 1728-1781

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Charles Burney

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Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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Epithet: of Add MS 12099 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002fc Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000300 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), dramatist and politician, was born in Dublin on 30 October 1751, and educated at Harrow, 1762-1768. A production of his comedy The rivals was a...

Andrews, Miles Peter, -1814

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Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio

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Samuel Johnson's

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Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782

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Italian poet and librettist. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., Vienna?, n.d., 1730-1780], [n.d., 1730-1780]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582374 Epithet: poet and librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000051 Italian poet and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 27 June 1739, to Stel[l]io Mastrac...

Salusbury family

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Arthur Murphy

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Thomas Trotter, ca. 1750-1803

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Miss K. Fanshaw

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Sophia Thrale Hoare

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Edmund Burke

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Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray, 1769-1849

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William Henry Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton

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David Garrick

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Christopher Smart

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Boswell, James Griffin

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Michael Lort.

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Newton, A Edward

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Peter Spendelove Lamborn

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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 1787-1871

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