The British Lion Rous'd; Or Acts of the British Worthies, a Poem in Nine Books, By James Ogden. (1762)
Ogden, James
Ecco (2011)
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Paperback 9781140650492
Originally publlished Manchester : Printed by R. Whitworth, bookseller, next the Weaver's-Arms, at the back of the Bull's-Head, 1762 regarding the British French Indian Wars in North America
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Nationality British
Pub Place Lavergne, TN
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Conflict British Colonial
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Ogden, James, 1718-1802,
Originally publlished Manchester : Printed by R. Whitworth, bookseller, next the Weaver's-Arms, at the back of the Bull's-Head, 1762

He receits the deed of the new worthies, during the recent French and British wars in the Americas, including, George the Second, General Amherst, and his lieutenants Prideaux and Johnson at the battle of Niagra. The defeat of Braddox is lamented, the Indian methods of warfare are described,


Temple of British Worthies
Quite a unique temple/sculpture in Stowe Landscape Gardens, it was designed by William Kent in 1734. The line-up at Stowe, eight picked for their ideas and eight for their actions, consists of Alexander Pope, Sir Thomas Gresham, Inigo Jones, Milton, Shakespeare, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, King Alfred, the Black Prince, Elizabeth I, William III, Raleigh, Drake, Hampden and, tucked away at one end with his nose almost in a bush, Sir John Barnard