Книга: Grose Francis «Grose'S Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue»

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• Grose, Francis — (?1731 1791)    Born in Middlesex, the eldest son of a prosperous jeweler, he chose to study art rather than go to university, and he went on to illustrate his own books. He served for more than twenty years in the army and is one of the period s …   British and Irish poets

• Grose, Francis — (1731 1791)    Antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction, was Richmond Herald 1755 63. He pub. Antiquities of England and Wales (1773 87), which was well received, and thereafter, 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

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