The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3
The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3

Author: Susanna Centlivre

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-25

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781332913497

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Excerpt from The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing, the Life of the Author, Perjur'd Husband, Beaux's Duel, Gamester, Basset Table, Love at a Venture, Stolen Heiress Uch new We of late {gain/9 me are made, It done: not in the City ow it: Head. No Place it jafi; each Cnclold turn: Informer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3
The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3

Author: Mrs. Susannah Centlivre

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780259455912

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Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre, Vol. 1 of 3: With a New Account of Her Life In her early Days {he was inclined to be very gav being left an Orphan before fhe was twelve Years of Age, her Father, Mr. Freeman, of Holbeac/z, in Lincoln /lzire, having at that Time been dead, nine Years; thus was the Princefs of Dramatic Poets left without a Guide, but her native Wit foon brought her into Fame. The Spirit of Poetry was born with her, for before the was feyen Years old fhe wrote a very pretty Song, and adapted it to a fprightly Tune, which became a dif tinguilhed country-dance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. in Three Volumes. ... with a New Account of Her Life. of 3; Volume 3
The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. in Three Volumes. ... with a New Account of Her Life. of 3; Volume 3

Author: SUSANNA. CENTLIVRE

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781379767152

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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 T052796 The general titlepage is dated 1761. Each volume has also a separate dated titlepage, that of vol. 1 dated 1761, and those of vols. 2-3 dated 1760 and including the names of two additional booksellers, H. Woodgate and S. Brooks. London: printed for J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, S. Crowder and Co. W. Bathoe [and 3 others in London], 1760-61. 3v., plate: port.; 12°

The Celebrated Hannah Cowley
The Celebrated Hannah Cowley

Author: Angela Escott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1317323475

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Hannah Cowley (1743–1809) was a very successful dramatist, and something of an eighteenth-century celebrity. New critical interest in the drama of this period has meant a resurgence of interest in Cowley’s writing and in the performance of her plays. This is the first substantial monograph study to examine Cowley’s life and work.