Elegant anecdotes, and bons-mots, of the greatest princes, politicians, philosophers, orators, and wits of modern times : Such as His present Majesty Prince of Wales Duke of Clarence Peter the Great King of Prussia Henry IV. Empress of Russia Charles XII. Lewis XIV. Sir Isaac Newton Lord Chesterfield Lord Mansfield Dr. Johnson Voltaire Sterne Garrick Savage Steele Mr. Hume Sheridan, &c. Calculated to inspire the minds of youth with noble, virtuous, generous, and liberal sentiments. By the Rev. John Adams, A.M.