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Book Holding: Lexiphanes, a Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present Times. Being An Attempt to restore the English Tongue to its ancient Purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.

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Lexiphanes, a Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present Times. Being An Attempt to restore the English Tongue to its ancient Purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.

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Record ID 117692

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 170-171

Lexiphanes

Borrowed: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/5 (Wednesday). Classmark: J8. 22. Original Returned Text: Lexiphanes.


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Henry David Hill
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1762-1820. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1386090556.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present Times. Being An Attempt to restore the English Tongue to its ancient Purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
Classmark: J.8.22, L.9.20.

Borrowed: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/5 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Henry David Hill

Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres

Lexiphanes, a Dialogye

Record ID 131331

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 292-293

Lexsiphanes

Borrowed: 1775/11/31 (Friday). Returned: 1775/11/31 (Friday). Classmark: J8. 22. Original Returned Text: Lexiphanes.


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John Webster
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1755-1807. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417992508.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a Dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present Times. Being An Attempt to restore the English Tongue to its ancient Purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
Classmark: J.8.22, L.9.20.

Borrowed: 1775/11/31 (Friday). Returned: 1775/11/31 (Friday).

Borrower: John Webster

Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres

Lexiphanes, a Dialogye

Record ID 297199

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1788-1791. (UYLY207-9) (1788-1791, Type: Student). Page: 13

Borrowed: 1789/2/23 (Monday). Returned: 1789/2/23 (Monday).

Borrower: Daniel Dewar

Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres

Lexiphanes, a Dialogye