Johnson, Joseph
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Johnson, Joseph (1738–1809), a radical bookseller and publisher of St Paul's Churchyard, who held literary dinners over the shop, where his guests included
Blake,
Fuseli,
Godwin, J.
Priestley, and
Paine. From 1788 to 1799 he published the scientific and literary monthly the
Analytical Review.
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ROXANA, SOUTH ROXANA, & ST. JACOB.(Madison County Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 4/8/1999; 700+ words
; Roxana TRUSTEE, ELECT 3 FRED HUBBARD No response...Country Companies ELECTED POSITIONS: Roxana school board for over seven years WHAT ARE...E. program in the schools. 4. Make Roxana a place everybody wants to live. WHAT ARE...
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ROXANA CELEBRATES ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON.(Alton Area Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 2/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...championship. Such is boys basketball life at Roxana, where the Shells have developed quite...winning the South Central West title. Roxana left the Mississippi Valley Conference...It has been a pretty good ride for Roxana basketball the last three years," Shells...
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Defoe's Roxana: the making and unmaking of a heroine.(Daniel Defoe's "Journal of the Plague Year and Roxana")
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year and Roxana, claiming a link between them in terms...ruin. The central argument is that in Roxana Defoe portrays a heroine who loses her...departure for a discussion of Defoe's Roxana than his Journal of the Plague Year...
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Arguments to the self in Defoe's 'Roxana.' (Daniel Defoe)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; Readers of Defoe's Roxana tend to see it as different, in degree if...author's other works of prose fiction. "Roxana," says David Blewett, "is Defoe's darkest novel. . . . Roxana is Defoe's only protagonist who is passive...
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Roxana survives again, earns shot at Bethalto.
Newspaper article from: Telegraph (Alton, IL); 2/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...Hayes Feb. 13--EAST ALTON -- When Roxana squares off against top-seeded Bethalto...already be in full playoff mode. No. 5 Roxana earned its semifinal berth with a 3...it was third game during that time. Roxana beat Jerseyville in a wild-card game...
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ROXANA OPENS IN IMPRESSIVE FASHION: BEATS FREEBURG BEHIND RUNNING OF ROBERT RAHN.(Alton Area Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 8/28/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Shells appears to be under way. Roxana opened the high school football season...all talking about the rankings," said Roxana coach Bill Smith. "I was happy to be...Rahn said. Rahn was not ready to anoint Roxana as the top Metro-East club, but he...
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ROXANA POST OFFICE WON'T BE CLOSED, POSTAL SERVICE TELLS VILLAGE COUNCIL: MONEY IS SAVED BY NOT REPLACING TWO MAIL CARRIERS.(Madison County Post)(Profile\Roxana Post Office)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Roxana Post Office will not close or transfer...February, the trustees sent letters to all Roxana residents telling them about the changes...Missouri, received letters from more than 300 Roxana residents. Costello received at least...
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A Sermon by the "Queen of Whores".(Daniel Defoe's 'Roxana')(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Daniel Defoe's Roxana seems to resist interpretation, though...exasperation on his attempt to define Roxana's "inner logic": "We cannot know...novel's religious allusions, as when Roxana reflects: "So possible is it for us...
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ROXANA LANDFILL WANTS EXPANSION TO NEARLY DOUBLE SIZE; VILLAGE MUST OK: EXPANDING MEANS MORE MONEY FOR VILLAGE OF ROXANA. "WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR".(Madison County Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 9/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; The management of the Roxana Landfill plans to apply next week for an expansion that...the lengthy approval process and to good relations with Roxana's government. The Roxana Village Board must approve the application before it moves...
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ROXANA LANDFILL WILL APPLY TO EXPAND, NEARLY DOUBLE IN SIZE: EXPANDING MEANS MORE MONEY FOR VILLAGE OF ROXANA. "WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR".(Alton Area Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 9/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; The management of the Roxana Landfill plans to apply next week for an expansion that...the lengthy approval process and to good relations with Roxana's government. The Roxana Village Board must approve the application before it moves...
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Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress, a novel by Defoe , published 1724. This purports...England, France, and Holland, amassing much wealth, and receiving the name Roxana by accident, in consequence of a dance that she performs.
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Roxana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Roxana or Roxane , d. 311 BC, wife of Alexander the Great . She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Alexander married...
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Shell Oil Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...American Gasoline Company, Royal Dutch/Shell Group also founded Roxana Petroleum Company in 1912 in Oklahoma to locate and produce...refineries nearby. In 1922 Shell Company of California and Roxana Petroleum merged with Union Oil Company of Delaware to form...
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Ambition
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Dick hero of a Horatio Alger rags-to-riches story. [Am. Lit.: Ragged Dick ] Roxana sleeps with the rich to get ahead in world. [Br. Lit.: Roxana, The Fortunate Mistress ] Sejanus chief minister of Emperor Tiberius uses seduction...
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Beecher, Catharine (1800-1878)
Book article from: American Eras
...Yet Catharine also was influenced by her genteel mother, Roxana Foote Beecher, as well as the education she received from age...participated vigorously in school and community contests and games. On Roxana ’ s death from consumption in 1816, she assumed full...
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