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Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor president James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern first ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were ...
The Family Shakespeare (at times titled The Family Shakspeare) is a collection of expurgated Shakespeare plays, edited by Thomas Bowdler and his sister Henrietta ("Harriet"), intended to remove any material deemed too racy, blasphemous, or otherwise sensitive for young or female audiences, with the ultimate goal of creating a family-friendly rendition of Shakespeare's plays. [1]
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a digital collection of books published in Great Britain during the 18th century. [1] [2]Gale, an education publishing company in the United States, assembled the collection by digitally scanning microfilm reproductions of 136,291 titles.
Plans of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane measured 177.5 feet long, 30.5 feet wide and 12 feet from the bottom of the hull to the main deck. [1] Her propulsion was a double-right-angled marine engine with two side paddles, supported by two masts; the entire ship was sheathed and fastened with copper.
The Minerva Press issued works by Courtney Melmoth and others. [1] Subscribers to Lane's Circulating Library (established circa 1774) [3] included Leigh Hunt. [4] [nb 1] Around 1799 John Darling and Anthony King Newman joined Lane as "Lane, Darling, Newman & Co." [2] In 1804 Lane retired and Newman took over the business. [6] [7]
The final volume was published in March to complete a seven volume series while a six volume set was simultaneously published. [ 2 ] : 146 Richardson held the sole copyright to Grandison , and, after his death, twenty-fourth shares of Grandison were sold for 20 pounds each.
With Season 2 in production, Herbig-Matten teased what the future holds for James and Ruby.Following the tragic cliffhanger in the Season 1 finale, fans are desperate to know if the star-crossed ...
The first volume contained what at the time were fifty-three unpublished poems and twenty-two letters were in the second volume. [1] Egerer however records fifty-seven and twenty-seven possibly as a result of Burns's having also added extra stanzas or updates that have sometimes been counted as free standing poems. [ 18 ]