FAIRFAX, EDWARD

1580?–1635, English translator. His excellent translation of Tasso's Gerusalemme liberta was published in 1600 under the title Godfrey of Buloigne. He also wrote a Discourse on Witchcraft (1621), in which he interpreted the seizures of his two young daughters as the result of witchcraft.

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books on: Fairfax Edward  - 1018 results

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Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander
Book by Gary W. Gallagher, Edward Porter Alexander; University of North Carolina Press, 1989
Subjects: Alexander, Edward Porter--1835-1910, Confederate States Of America--History, Military, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Confederate
...Line Richmond defenses , 475 , 478 , 486 Fairfax, Maj. John Walter, 178 , 322 -23, 579 n. 27 Fairfax Court House, Va., 39 , 43 , 65 -66...n. 15 , 561 n. 5 Ferrero, Maj. Gen. Edward, 329 , 592 n. 48 , 604 n. 38 ; conduct...
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The Life and Letters of Edward Everett Hale - Vol. 1
Book by Edward E. Hale Jr.; Little, Brown, and Company, 1917
Subjects: Hale, Edward Everett--1822-1909, Hale, Edward Everett--1822-1909--Correspondence
...matter to his utmost by sending the Trent on. The truth also is that the arrest was managed in the most courteous manner. Lt. Fairfax is himself a Virginian, and may be supposed to have wanted to be courteous to Mason. Twice the people on the ship made such...
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Buckskin Joe: Being the Unique and Vivid Memoirs of Edward Jonathan Hoyt, Hunter-Trapper, Scout, Soldier, Showman, Frontiersman, and Friend of the Indians, 1840-1918
Book by Edward Jonathan Hoyt, Glenn Shirley; University of Nebraska Press, 1988
Subjects: Circus--United States, Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.), Hoyt, Edward Jonathan--1840-1918, Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890
...36 - 37 Erinsville, Ontario, 109 Eskin, John, 113 Eugenie and Marcia, 130 Evans, J. C., 112 Evans, Jerry, 113 Fairfax, 47 Fall River, 66 Fall River City, 66 Farrar, Fred, 120 Finney, Ed., 118 Fishers Hornpipe , 14 Flint Hill, 47 Folton...
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King Edward VII: A Biography - Vol. 1
Book by Sir Sidney Lee; The Macmillam company, 1925-27., 1925
Subjects: Edward--Vii--King Of Great Britain--1841-1910
...extent been stilled, King Edward paid his customary visit to...the British Ambassador, Sir Fairfax Cartwright, who had succeeded Sir Edward Goschen at the Vienna Embassy...relations with England. Sir Fairfax Cartwright was convinced that...
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Edward Hicks: Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom
Book by Mice Ford; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1952
Subjects: Hicks, Edward--1780-1849
...by Edward Hicks"; "Portrait of Edward H. Kennedy, one of Edward Hicks's first paintings, owned by...owned by citizens of Bucks County. 3. Edward Stabler, a prominent member of Fairfax Monthly Meeting, was the proprietor...
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journal articles on: Fairfax Edward  - 287 results

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Jane Austen, Jane Fairfax, and Jane Eyre
Journal article by Jocelyn Harris; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 29, 2007
Subjects: Austen, Jane--Influence, Bronte, Charlotte--Criticism and interpretation, Bronte, Charlotte--Works, Characters and characteristics in literature--Names, Jane Eyre (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary characters--Names
...Fairfax and the Jane who marries Edward Fairfax Rochester subdue their passions...Fairfax and Jane Eyres husband Edward Fairfax Rochester--and more. Did Bronte...and powerless. Jane Eyre loves Edward Fairfax Rochester even though she is plain...
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Jane Fairfax and the "She-Tragedies" of the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Penny Gay; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 29, 2007
Subjects: Emma (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Heroines--Evaluation, Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism and interpretation
Jane Fairfax and the "She-Tragedies...style of heroine, is Jane Fairfax a more familiar type of heroine...the end of the novel, Jane Fairfax is seen wandering on the edges...Jane Shore, the dead King Edward IVs mistress, starves to...
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Edward Austen Knight's Godmersham Library and Jane Austen's Emma
Journal article by Alice Marie Villasenor; Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 29, 2007
Subjects: Austen, Jane--Criticism and interpretation, Austen, Jane--Works, Emma (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Knight, Edward Austen--Collections and collecting, Libraries, Private--Influence, Private libraries--Influence
...developing a romantic interest in Jane Fairfax, Emma responds with a list of Mr. Knightleys...could be romantically interested in Jane Fairfax. But the novel supports Emmas list of...it transpired between 1852 and 1874. Edward Austen Knight (who was living at Godmersham...
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Edward Rothstein, Herbert Muschamp, and Martin E. Marty. Visions of Utopia
Journal article by Harold J. Goldberg; Utopian Studies, Vol. 14, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Visions of Utopia (Book)--Book reviews
...of utopia from their own perspectives, Edward Rothstein, Herbert Muschamp, and Martin...the implications of the utopian ideal. Edward Rothstein is Cultural Critic at Large...outer worlds" (48). Martin Marty is Fairfax Cone Distinguished Professor at the University...
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The Model Business Corporation Act at Sixty: Shareholders and Their Influence
Journal article by Lisa M. Fairfax; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 74, 2011
Subjects: Corporate governance--Laws, regulations and rules, Corporation law--Evaluation, Model Business Corporation Act, Shareholder activism--Laws, regulations and rules, Voting rights (Stockholders)--Laws, regulations and rules
...2.) See, e.g., Lisa M. Fairfax, The Future of Shareholder Democracy...2008). (9.) See Marcel Kahan Edward Rock, Embattled CEOs, 88 TEX. L...the-new-year. (30.) See Fairfax, supra note 2, at 1296-1300...
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magazine articles on: Fairfax Edward  - 246 results

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Fighting the Fire at the Pentagon; Chief Edward P. Plaugher's Antiterrorism Plan, and the Virginia Fire Department That He Heads, Are Credited with Saving Many Lives at the Pentagon on Sept. 11
Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, September 16, 2002
Subjects: Communication--Analysis, Fire fighters--Planning, Fire-departments--Reports, Intellectual cooperation--Usage, Pentagon (Building)--Analysis, Plaugher, Edward P.--Conduct of life, Terrorism--Prevention
...at the Pentagon; Chief Edward P. Plaughers antiterrorism...County, Va., Fire Chief Edward P. Plaugher devised an...heard of the first attack? Edward P. Plaugher: I was sitting at the credit union in Fairfax Va., trying to finish...
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Naseby's Pioneering Archaeologist: Spurred into Action by the False Presumptions of Thomas Carlyle, the Antiquarian Edward FitzGerald Sought to Piece Together the Momentous Events of June 14th, 1645
Magazine article by Martin Marix Evans; History Today, Vol. 59, April 2009
Subjects: Fitzgerald, Edward--Works, Translators (Persons)--Works
...anniversary of the birth of Edward FitzGerald, best known as...the pioneering work of one Edward FitzGerald, the son of the...the tale they wish to tell. Edward FitzGeralds fame lives on...Captain-General Sir Thomas Fairfax, leader of the New Model Army...
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ASIS Announces Board Ejection Results
Magazine article by Flora Szatkowski; Security Management, Vol. 45, December 2001
Subjects: American Society for Industrial Security--Officials and employees, Associations--Officials and employees, Florence, Linda--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Hallen, Edward--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Kropp, Daniel H.--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Millwee, Steven C.--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Pierini, Shirley--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Societies--Officials and employees, Spivey, Jeffrey M.--Appointments, resignations and dismissals
...of Directors. Linda Florence, CPP; Edward Hallen, CPP; Daniel H. Kropp, CPP...degree from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, in 1985, and she is currently...Management Association, Las Vegas Chapter. Edward G. Hallen. Also new is Hallen, who...
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The Good Doctor, the Social Engineer, and the Golfing Gems of California
Magazine article by Edward Allan Brawley; California History, Vol. 86, Winter 2008
Subjects: Architects--Works, California--History, Golf courses--Design and construction, Golf courses--History, Hunter, Robert (American socialist)--Works, MacKenzie, Alister--Works, Socialists--Works
...Golfing Gems of California. by Edward Allan Brawley I have to shake...County; the Meadow Club in Fairfax, Matin County; and the Valley...Sean Tully. Caption sources: Edward Allan Brawley, "The Social...Spirit of St. Andrews, 172. EDWARD ALLAN BRAWLEY is Professor...
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Eight Steps to the GOVERNMENT AMERICANS DESERVE
Magazine article by C. Eugene Steuerle, Edward M. Gramlich, Hugh Heclo, Demetra Smith Nightingale; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, November 1999
Subjects: Administrative agencies--Psychological aspects, Government agencies--Psychological aspects, United States--Political aspects
...AMERICANS DESERVE. by C. EUGENE STEUERLE , EDWARD M. GRAMLICH , HUGH HECLO , DEMETRA SMITH...Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. Edward M. Gramlich is a member of the Board...Public Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. Demetra Smith Nightingale is director...
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newspaper articles on: Fairfax Edward  - 385 results

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Jogging Not Safe after Dark: Fairfax Police Say Nighttime Gives Advantage to Attacker
Newspaper article by Leslie Koren; The Washington Times, November 17, 1998
...said Lt. Mike Fish of the Fairfax County police. "The nighttime...would-be attacker," said Fairfax County Officer Edward OCarroll. Statistics from a...most recent publicized attack in Fairfax County occurred at dusk in July...
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Fairfax Halves Tysons Growth; Rezoning Vote Set for January
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 8, 2006
Subjects: Tysons Corner Center
...Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Fairfax County Planning Commission last...Corner is the economic center of Fairfax County," said Edward E. Alexander of McLean. "But...developer from far away push Fairfax into an urgent, illogical development...
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Fairfax Firefighters Yearning to Join Cleanup in New York
Newspaper article by Daniel F. Drummond; The Washington Times, September 19, 2001
Subjects: New York
...Emergency Management Agency crews at Fairfax Countys fire training center...eyes welling with tears. Fairfax County Fire Chief Edward L. Stinnette said he knows...New York, it is likely the Fairfax and Montgomery County teams...
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Cellular Phone Tax Could Cost Fairfax Jobs
Newspaper article by Doug Abrahms; The Washington Times, April 20, 1996
Subjects: American Personal Communications Inc., Cellular telephone services industry
...will yank its call center from Fairfax County, along with the 1...10 percent tax, he said. Fairfax County is not the only local...the new tax brings in, said Edward Bersoff, chairman of the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce. "My...
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Connolly Declares Victory in Fairfax; Republicans File Legal Challenge
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2003
Connolly declares victory in Fairfax; Republicans file legal challenge...the bitter and expensive race for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman...received 61,895 votes. Meanwhile, the Fairfax County Republican Party and Mrs...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fairfax Edward  - 3 results

 
 
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Fairfax, Edward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FAIRFAX, EDWARD 1580? 1635, English translator. His excellent translation of Tassos Gerusalemme liberta was published in 1600 under the title...
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English Civil War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...zealously upholding the royal prerogative and Sir Edward Coke defending the supremacy of common law. The...reorganized (1644 45) into the New Model Army. Thomas Fairfax (later 3d Baron Fairfax of Cameron ) became the commander in chief. After...
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Virginia , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Virginia, mainly at Williamsburg; George Mason Univ., at Fairfax; Hampton Univ. (formerly Hampton Institute), at Hampton...local option" was adopted. With the exception of Prince Edward County, where schools remained closed from 1959 until 1964...


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