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The characters of George the First, Queen Caroline, Sir Robert Walpole, Mr. Pulteney, Lord Hardwicke, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Pitt reviewed : with royal and noble anecdotes, and a sketch of Lord Chesterfield's character

Archive Print Item: Philosophy D-4.4/HUM

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Type of record: Book

Title: The characters of George the First, Queen Caroline, Sir Robert Walpole, Mr. Pulteney, Lord Hardwicke, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Pitt reviewed : with royal and noble anecdotes, and a sketch of Lord Chesterfield's character

Level: Item

Classmark: Philosophy D-4.4/HUM

Creator(s): Davies, Thomas (1712?-1785)

Related people: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773

Publisher: Printed for T. Davies, in Russel Street, and T. Cadell, in the Strand

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1777

Language: English

Size and medium: iv, 95, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/236200

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012984429705181

Description

Authorship attributed to Thomas Davies.


A reply to Lord Chesterfield's "Characters of eminent personages".


Advertisements for Davies' publications on final page.


Gulick, S.L. Chesterfield (2nd ed.) 171 variant D.

Additional description

Bound [no.3] with Hume, D.: The life of David Hume, esq., 1777

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