Editor |
Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956 |
Illustrator |
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 |
Title |
Biography for Beginners Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of Upper Forms
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Contents |
Introductory remarks -- Sir Christopher Wren -- Miguel de Cervantes -- George Bernard Shaw -- Sir Humphrey [i.e. Humphry] Davy -- J. S. Mill -- François Liszt -- Lord Clive -- King Edward the Confessor -- The Rev. John Clifford, M.A., LL.B., D.D. -- Messrs Chapman & Hall -- Karl Marx -- Otto the Great -- Marconi -- David Hume -- Mr H. Belloc -- Job -- Pizarro -- The Duke of Fife, K.T., P.C., G.C.V.O. -- The Duke of Wellington -- John Bunyan -- George Hirst -- Erasmus and the Humanists -- Besant and Rice -- Tiziano Vecelli -- Professor James Dewar, F.R.S. -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Jane Austen -- Odo of Bayeux -- David Ricardo -- Sir Thomas à Mallory -- Mr Alfred Beit -- Cimabue -- President Roosevelt -- Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford -- Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, M.P. -- Mahomet -- Edvard Grieg -- Jan Van Eyck -- Mr T. Werner Laurie -- Index of Psychology.
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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Subject |
Nonsense verses
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Subject |
Humorous poetry
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Subject |
Caricatures and cartoons
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Subject |
Clerihews
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
46691 |
Release Date |
Aug 26, 2014 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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