Thomas Nugent
(c. 1700 – 1772)

Irish travel writer and translator

Works

Travelogues

  • The Grand Tour (1749).
  • Travels through Germany (1768).
  • A Tour to London (1772).

Translations

  • The New System, or Proposals for a General Peace upon a solid and lasting Foundation; with a Prefatory Discourse by the Translator on the horrid Consequence of the present Wicked and Unnatural Rebellion (1746)
  • ''Critical reflections on poetry, painting and music: with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the theatrical entertainments of the ancients (1748), by Jean-Baptiste Dubos (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • Principles of Natural Law by Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (1748)
  • The Spirit of Laws by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron of Montesquieu (1752)
  • Principles of Politic Law by Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (1752)
  • Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1756)
  • Chronological Abridgement of the Roman History by Philippe Macquer (1759)
  • Essay on Universal History: the Manners and Spirit of Nations from the Reign of Charlemaign to the Age of Lewis XIV by Voltaire (1759), in 4 vols.
  • Chronological Abridgment of the History of France by Charles-Jean-François Hénault (1762)
  • Emilius, or an Essay on Education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1763), in 2 vols.
  • New Observations on Italy by Pierre Jean Grosley (1769), in 2 vols.
  • Autobiography by Benvenuto Cellini (1771), in 2 vols.
  • Tour to London, or New Observations on England and its Inhabitants by Pierre Jean Grosley (1772), in 2 vols.
  • Present State of Europe by Eobald Toze (1770), in 3 vols.
  • History of the Famous Preacher-Friar, Gerund de Campazas, otherwise Gerund Zotes by Joseph Francisco de Isla (1772), in 2 vols.

Other

Works about Nugent


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