ID 1099
Last Name Bailey
First Name Anne
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Gender Female
Date of Birth 1742
Date of Death 1825-10-22
Place of Birth Liverpool
Place of Death Harrison
VIAF URI http://viaf.org/viaf/70723224
Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bailey
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Author Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Bailey, Containing a narrative of her various adventures in life; together with an authentic account of the sufferings she has undergone and is still experiencing from the cruel behaviour of Mr. John Steward, Mr. Macleane, and other false friends. Taken from her own mouth, and revised and corrected by herself. 1771
Author An universal etymological English dictionary; Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughy to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By N. Bailey, [Greek] 1782

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