BARCLAY, ALEXANDER

bärˈklē, –klā, 1475?–1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best known for The Ship of Fools (1509), a translation and elongation of Sebastian Brant's widely popular poem Das Narrenschiff.

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books on: Barclay Alexander  - 979 results

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Autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk: Containing Memorials of the Men and Events of His Time
Book by Alexander Carlyle; Ticknor and Fields, 1861
Subjects: Carlyle, Alexander--1722-1805
...the book on the table, and blushed to the eyes, retiring a step or two from it. I took up the book, and soon saw it was Barclay the schoolmasters Latin Grammar, which he had dedicated to his patron. "The Duke," says I, "need not be ashamed of this...
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Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
Book by Frank L. Holt; University of California Press, 2003
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C--Numismatics, Coins, Ancient, Coins, Greek, Elephants In Numismatics
...of Hellenistic Bactria, by Frank L. Holt XXXIII. Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora from Alexander to Trajan 323 bce 117 ce , by John M. G. Barclay XXXIV. From Pergamon to Sperlonga: Sculpture and Context, edited by Nancy T. de Grummond...
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The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly upon Original Family Letters and Other Documents, Many of Which Have Never Been Published
Book by Allan McLane Hamilton; Charles Scribners Sons, 1911
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...from Halifax, August 31, 1796, to Hamilton: SIR: Col. Barclay and myself after 7 or 8 days canvassing have agreed upon the...Benson only for a few weeks this fall -- the cause, Col. Barclay and myself have agreed shall be tried in the City of N. York...
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Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity, 1755-1788
Book by Broadus Mitchell; Macmillan, 1957
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...heard." A rider had dismounted before the court house, his bay horse flecked with foam, and delivered his dispatches to Barclay, the doorkeeper, for Hamilton. They were the wished-for letter from Madison and an official certification of Virginias...
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Alexander Hamilton: Portrait of a Prodigy
Book by David Loth; Carrick & Evans, 1939
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...circumspect young woman, fell, jumped or was pushed down a well which the Manhattan Company was digging at the corner of Prince and Barclay Streets. The body bore no more bruises than the fall justified, but the theory of accident was unlikely and the idea of suicide...
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journal articles on: Barclay Alexander  - 89 results

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Rainfall-induced Lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies
Journal article by Jenni Barclay, Jan Alexander, Janez Susnik; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 164, 2007
Subjects: Field study, Stream flow, Volcanoes, Water supply
...Montserrat, West Indies by Jenni Barclay , Jan Alexander , Janez Susnik This paper documents...single event across the island (Barclay et al. 2006), with the consequence...data (seismic and heligraph), Barclay et al. (2006) showed that the...
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A Comparison of Trading Models Used for Calculating Aggregate Damages in Securities Litigation
Journal article by Michael Barclay, Frank C. Torchio; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 64, 2001
Subjects: Damages--Valuation, Securities fraud--Remedies
...defendants. See generally Janet Cooper Alexander, The Value of Bad News in Securities...ed., 1994). (15.) For example, Alexander offers no independent analysis but merely...the total class damages by 100%." Alexander, supra note 14, at 18, citing Beaver...
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Using Song Picture Books to Support Early Literacy Development
Journal article by Kathy H. Barclay; Childhood Education, Vol. 86, 2010
Subjects: Early childhood education--Curricula, Literacy programs--Equipment and supplies, Picture books--Usage, Picture-books for children--Usage, Picture-books--Usage
...Early Literacy Development. by Kathy H. Barclay Like many infants and toddlers, 12...Picture Books <br/ A Youre Adorable. Alexander, M. (1994). Lichfield, UK: Aria...it. New York: Scholastic. Kathy H. Barclay is Professor, Early Childhood Education...
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Law, Policymaking, and the Policy Process: Closing the Gaps
Journal article by Scott Barclay, Thomas Birkland; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 26, 1998
Subjects: Policy sciences--Analysis, Policy scientists--Practice, Public law--Interpretation and construction, Public policy (Law)--Interpretation and construction
...process: closing the gaps. by Scott Barclay , Thomas Birkland Public policy scholars...1989; Wasby, 1970). As noted by Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Papers 78...Science Review, 77, 690-702. Scott Barclay is an assistant professor in the...
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Elegies Ending "Here": The Poetics of Epitaphic Closure (1)
Journal article by Scott L. Newstok; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Cemeteries--Portrayals, Elegiac poetry, Elegies, English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period), English literature, 1500-1660 (Renaissance), Epitaphs
...them" (Skelton refers to Alexander Barclay) who "deprave" Phyllyps...Johns Hopkins UP, 1996. Barclay, Alexander. The Shyp of Folys of the...precisely this levity which Alexander Barclay scorned: "It longeth nat...
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magazine articles on: Barclay Alexander  - 52 results

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People and Companies in the News
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, November 2000
Subjects: Amsterdam School of the Arts--Officials and employees, Ballet--Achievements and awards, Barclay Theater--Finance, Beauvais, Renee--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Boston Ballet--Officials and employees, California State University (Long Beach). Carpenter Performing Arts Center--Finance, Caternak, Ashley--Achievements and awards, Cone, Trude--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Cox, Joseph--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Dance companies--Officials and employees, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts--Finance, El Camino College. Center for the Arts--Finance, Holmes, Anna Marie--Achievements and awards, Jansen, Sara--Scholarships and fellowships, Lapshin, Alex--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Louisville Ballet Company--Officials and employees, Maui Dance Council--Officials and employees, Misouri Arts Council--Contributions, gifts, etc., New York Foundation for the Arts--Contributions, gifts, etc., ODC Theater--Finance, P.S. 122--Finance, Payne, Jim--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Riddle, Suzette--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Sacramento Ballet--Officials and employees, Taylor, Mark--Achievements and awards, Theater--Finance, Trinity Irish Dance Company--Officials and employees
...Torrance, which will present Donald Byrds The Beast; the Irvine Barclay Theater in Irvine, which will inaugurate an international...following stints with the Cincinnati and Dayton Ballet companies; Alexander Lodigiani, Morgan Hulen, and couple Christine Schwaner and...
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Mel and Me
Magazine article by Paris Barclay; The Advocate, August 28, 2001
Subjects: The Producers (Play), Theater, Theater--Theater reviews
Mel and Me. by paris barclay A couple of years ago, when I had an office on the Culver Studios...days in advertising called On Hold With Music that starred Jason Alexander in 1983. Back in my high school and college days, I even adapted...
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Lies! Lies! Lies!
Magazine article by Baffour Ankomah; New African, October 2007
Subjects: Africans--Social aspects, After Abolition - Britain and the Slave Trade since 1807 (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Racism--Evaluation, Sherwood, Marika--Criticism and interpretation, Sherwood, Marika--Works, Slave trade--History, Social reform--Evaluation, United Kingdom--Social aspects
...exchanges. Then, there were David and Alexander Barclay. Though Quakers (generally the...and pro-abolitionists), the Barclay brothers were slave traders in...another member of the family, James Barclay, set up a bank with Joseph Freame...
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Child's Play in Medieval England
Magazine article by Nicholas Orme; History Today, Vol. 51, October 2001
Subjects: Aries, Phillipe--Authorship, Centuries of Childhood (Book)--Analysis, Children--Political aspects, Games--Military aspects, Newbolt, Henry--Authorship, Play--Analysis, Toy industry--History, United Kingdom--History
...grapes. The Tudor poet Alexander Barclay noticed the same in...football. The periods Barclay mentions -- Lent...within Lent that year. Barclay associated tops (another...ed), The Romance of Alexander (Oxford, 1933...
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The Revolt of the Maccabees
Magazine article by Robert Doran; The National Interest, September 2006
Subjects: Jewish history--Analysis, Jews--Analysis, Jews--History, Maccabees--History, Seleucid Empire, 312-64 BC--History
...insurgents. AFTER THE death of Alexander the Great, three major...Demetrius I faced a usurper in Alexander Balas who claimed to be...is found in John M. G. Barclay, Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora: From Alexander to Trajan (323 B.C...
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newspaper articles on: Barclay Alexander  - 157 results

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Football: BARCLAY PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 15, 2005
Football: BARCLAY PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS. Chelsea v Bolton Stamford Bridge, Today, 3pm...thigh) and Sol Campbell (hamstring), while Ashley Cole (foot) and Alexander Hleb (knee) are sidelined for six to eight weeks. Gael Clichy is...
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Napoleon, Alexander and 1812 Will Never Be Seen in the Same Light Again
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 8, 2009
...Lieven rehabilitates Alexander and war minister Barclay de Tolly and overturns...Napoleonic invasion, Alexander emerges as a much...1807, Lieven shows Alexander wasnt bamboozled by...while Field-Marshal Barclay de Tolly appears as...
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Hello and Goodbye
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 29, 2006
Subjects: Barclay, Florence Louisa
...traded to the Indiana Pacers for the 45th overall selection, Alexander Johnson out of Florida State, and two future draft picks...by Boston, traded to Portland, then traded to Minnesota Alexander Johnson, forward, Florida State Drafted No. 45 overall...
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DRIVER 'ON MOBILE PHONE AT 156MPH; Court Hears Speed Camera Man's Claim
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 22, 2005
Subjects: Brown, Alexander
...told the court he spotted a car travelling exceedingly fast. Alexander Brown said he could see in the video footage the driver appeared...convinced he was the driver. But Gordon Jackson and Keith Barclay said he told them: It wasnt me, it must have been one of...
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Bigger Than Life ..Brave as a Lion; Soldiers Given Medals for Their Heroism on the Battlefields of Afghanistan POSTHUMOUS AWARD FOR BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERT GARY
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 6, 2009
...immediate positive effect on all those involved, allowing D Company to make significant gains. 2ND LT ALEX BARCLAY 2ND Lieut Alexander Barclay of the Scots Regiment won the Military Cross. Despite being shot in the leg, 2nd Lieut Barclays bravery...
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encyclopedia articles on: Barclay Alexander  - 3 results

 
 
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Barclay, Alexander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARCLAY, ALEXANDER bar kle, kla, 1475? 1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best...
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Middle English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Chaucer the best-known are John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve . Other poets of the time include Stephen Hawes and Alexander Barclay and the Scots poets William Dunbar , Robert Henryson , and Gawin Douglas . The poetry of John Skelton , which is...
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Brant, Sebastian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...representing a fashionable foible who sail out to sea and die because of their folly. An English translation by Alexander Barclay appeared in 1509. See verse translation (with the woodcuts) by E. H. Zeydel (1944). The poem inspired the...


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