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The Catholic Who's who
Sir Francis Cowley BurnandBy Herbert Lucas, S.J. New Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 3s. 6d. net. At the Parting of the Ways. By Herbert Lucas, S.J., Author of "In the Morning of Lite," " Fra (iirolamo Savonarola," etc. Crown 8vo. Pi ice 3s. 6d. net. Mary the First, Queen of ...
Pathways to the Universe
Sir Francis Graham-SmithSir Francis Graham-Smith, Sir Bernard Lovell ... Trailers of borrowed radar equipment arrived in a field at Jodrell Opposite Sir Bernard Lovell (right) and Sir Francis Graham-Smith (left) in front of the 250-foot Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank ...
Reta Summers Cowley
Terry FentonHowever, Cowley explored other directions, becoming a major contributor to the development of Canadian landscape painting after World War II. Reta Summers Cowley is the first book devoted solely to the life and work of this often overlooked ...
Sir Francis Drake: Circumnavigator of the Globe and ...
Joy PaigeA biography of British pirate and explorer Sir Francis Drake, featuring his search for riches in the Americas and his eventual voyage around the world.
The Chinese
sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.)sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) an experiment." And yet this discovery of the metallic base of potash was one result of the investigations of Sir Humphry Davy, whose practical applications of his scientific discoveries to useful and beneficial ...
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54
Dorothy OsborneOther friends we have, then living, but none so intimate or well beloved. Mr. Waller, whom Dorothy may have known, Mr. Cowley, Sir Peter Lely, ——who painted our heroine's portrait,—-and Dr. Jeremy Taylor; very courtly and superior persons ...
Annual Conclave
ReadC E. Sir Lyman Chandler Hurd, E. Sir Amasa Ogden Clapp, E. Sir Francis Granger Jaques, E. Sir John Charles Black, E. Sir Mahlon Lindley. MEMBERS.— ISaaC Albright, Edward Blackshaw, Joseph Black, Myron Stodard Brown, Jesse Burt, ...
Bubbles from the brunnens of Nassau, by an old man [sir F.B. ...
sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.)sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.) like the fire in the grate, it begins to warm its new mansion." Such was the scene, and such was the effect, daily witnessed round one of nature's simplest and most beneficent remedies. All the drinkers seemed ...
KNIGHTAGE & COMPANIONAGE
DEBRETT'S BARON ETAGEDomyile, Sir Charles Compton William, 2nd Bart Domvile, Sir William Compton, 3rd Bart Douglas, Sir Robert, 3rd Bart. ... DrrrzE, Sir Lewis, 3rd Bart. Elton, Sir Edward ... Shockbcroii, Sir George Thomas Francis, 9th Bart. Stonhoose, Sir Henry ...
Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph
Beverley Frances RonaldsLittle recognized until now, his extraordinary legacy is brought to life through never-before published sources written by people close to the man himself.In this book, details of Sir Francis's inventions — covering areas as diverse as ...
I. The Claims of Sir Philip Francis, K. B., to the ...
Edmund Henry BarkerThree days afterwards, a severe invective against that nobleman followed, which was two months before the public were apprised of the dismissal of Sir Philip Francis ; and after this dismissal we have a long account of Lord Barrington's life ...
Time, Space, and Women's Lives in Early Modern Europe
PreviewThe women were Lady Catherine Lovell, Anne Lovell, Lady Bedingfield, and Mary Mordaunt. Catherine Lovell was married to Sir Thomas, son of Sir Gregory; Anne Lovell was the wife of Sir Thomas's younger brother Francis; Francis was the ...
Descriptive essays contributed to the Quarterly review
Francis Bond Head (sir, 1st bart.)Francis Bond Head (sir, 1st bart.) ... on reflection, surprising that a gentleman of ready abilities should, in due time, learn to decipher "broad writing" — such as " sromfredevi," for Sir Humphry Davy; "Ner the Wises," for Near Devizes ; " Biley Ilikey ...
A Voyage Round the World
Sir Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake, William Dampier David Laing Purves. William P. Nimmo & Co., Edinburgh, NIMMO's N AT I O N A L L I B R A R Y. In crown 8vo, with Steel Frontispiece and Vignette, handsomely bound, cloth extra, price 5s. each; also in full ...
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)
Sir Philip SidneySir Philip Sidney. In 1583 Sidney was knighted, and soon afterwards in the same year he married Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Sonnets written by him according to old fashion, and addressed to a lady in accordance with a ...
Wanderings in West Africa
Sir Richard Francis BurtonIn 1861, Sir Richard Francis Burton, one of the Victorian era's greatest scholar/adventurers, entered the British Foreign Office as consul in Fernando Po, a Spanish island off the coast of West Africa.
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):
Sir Thomas MalorySir Thomas Malory. there ever still hermit to his life's end. Then Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Gahalantine, Sir Galihud, Sir Galihodin, Sir Blamore, Sir Bleoberis, Sir Villiars le Valiant, Sir Clarrus of Clermont, all these knights drew ...
Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across the ...
sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.)sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.) pace at which they can skim over the plains on horseback is so swift, in comparison to the rate they could crawl on foot, that the latter must seem a cheerless exertion. As a military nation they are much to be ...
The emigrant
sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.)sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.) MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF WORKS IN PREPARATION. QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVT. CONTENTS : I. FORTIFICATIONS of PARIS. II. LORD NUGENT-S TRAVELS in GREECE. III. SPANISH LADY'S LOVE.
Samuel Francis Du Pont: The blockade: 1862-1863
Samuel Francis Du PontAt one time three English generals met at the British headquarters in Portugal, each having been appointed commander in chief — Sir Arthur Wellesley ( Wellington), Sir Hew Dalrymple, ... 9Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( 1769-1852); ...
More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: Another 50 things you ...
PreviewAnother 50 things you need to know about elections Philip Cowley ... by Biteback Publishing Ltd Westminster Tower 3 Albert Embankment London SE1 7SP Selection and editorial apparatus copyright © Philip Cowley and Robert Ford 2016.
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