The publisher was Knott
. The title-page quotes Socrates
and Burns
. The work is dedicated to the Rev. John Disney
. MH
's sister, Eliza or Elizabeth, contributed two Moral Essays.
Hays, Mary. Letters and Essays, Moral and Miscellaneous. T. Knott, 1793.
Disney
observed that AJ
's arguments were pointed, and were felt as such by Powell.
qtd. in
Jebb, John. “Memoirs”. The Works, Theological, Medical, Political, and Miscellaneous, of John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S., edited by John Disney, T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and J. Stockdale; J. and J. Merrill, 1787, pp. 1: 1 - 227.
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Judging that his readers might suppose him biased if her praised the significance of her contribution, he quoted...
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Ann Jebb
Two days after the Tory Duke of Portland
became Prime Minister, AJ
wrote to John Disney
, The Times of today begins to be afraid of peace: still I cry nothing but peace can save...
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Ann Jebb
A Letter to the Author of the Proposal for the Establishment of Public Examinations is generally named as AJ
's earliest, anonymous tract. But John Disney
names the first as A Letter to the Author...
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Ann Jebb
Before William Paley
published The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 1785, AJ
wrote some material for him to read about her views of falsehood as the root of all evil.
Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol.
7
, Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661.
670
She helped...
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Jebb, John. “Memoirs”. The Works, Theological, Medical, Political, and Miscellaneous, of John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S., edited by John Disney, T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and J. Stockdale; J. and J. Merrill, 1787, pp. 1: 1 - 227.
Jebb, John. The Works, Theological, Medical, Political, and Miscellaneous, of John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S. Editor Disney, John, T. Cadell, J. Johnson, and J. Stockdale; J. and J. Merrill, 1787, 3 vols.