The book appeared through Dodsley
, and promised anecdotes from actual medieval writers. Sainte-Palaye's original work was well known to such historians as Richard Hurd
, and had had excerpts incorporated by William Russell
in...
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Jemima Kindersley
Her full title is An Essay on the Character, the Manners, and the Understanding of Women, in Different Ages. She had come upon Thomas's work by chance and thought it superior to a rather...
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14 March 1773: Louise d'Epinay composed, in a letter to...
By May 1773: William Russell anonymously published An...
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By May 1773
William Russell
anonymously published An Essay on the Character, Manner, and Genius of Women in different Ages, translated from the French of Antoine Leonard Thomas
.
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
35 (1773): 376-81
By July 1777: William Russell published his History of...
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By July 1777
William Russell
published his History of America in two volumes at London. The date on the title page reads 1778.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
