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Record ID 233780
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 47
Adam's Sophocles v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Mount Elphinstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Adam's Sophocles
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Sophocles, translated from the Greek. With notes historical, moral and critical; Wherein several Mistakes of Editors and the old Scholiasts are corrected, and the true Sense of the author cleared. To which is prefix’d, a preface; containing I. A Defence of Tragick Poetry; wherein is occasionally shewn, how some Modern Poets have transgressed the established Laws of Poetry which the Ancients observed. II. An historical Account of its Rise and Progress. III. A Comparison of the ancient Tragedians with each other. By George Adams, A. B. Late of St. John’s College in Cambridge. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1729. Format: 8vo.
Translators: George Adams (c. 1698- c. 1796)
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T140983
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Tragedies of Sophocles
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Mount Elphinstone
Author: Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1